Although I come from a family of teachers, I knew from the age of 10 that I wanted to be a medical doctor. As a grade 4 pupil, I was one of the first to sign up for the first aid group at my primary school under the supervision of Mrs van Rooyen at Lochnerhof, in Strand. I pursued my studies at the University of Stellenbosch and obtained my primary medical degree in 1994.

During my internship in 1995 at Helderberg Hospital, I was naturally drawn to the obstetric ward and had to do a breech vaginal delivery on the third afternoon of my internship! As a Senior House Officer in England, I worked at two different maternity hospitals for a period of time in 1996.

On my return to South Africa, I worked for two years at Helderberg Hospital, had two baby girls 4 years apart, and worked in private practice as a general practitioner up to 2003.

My postgraduate training was done at Tygerberg Hospital and I received my degree with distinction in 2006. This was followed by 2 years of training in Gynaecological Oncology under the mentorship of Professor Hennie Botha at Tygerberg Hospital. The subspecialty certificate in gynaecological oncology was obtained from the College of Medicine of South Africa in 2009.

I was based in Somerset West for the course of my studies and my family settled here. In 2009 I took over the practice of Dr. Adele Roux and am currently in my 11th year of practice. I work mainly at Mediclinic Vergelegen but also at surrounding day hospitals as well as Stellenbosch Mediclinic and Busamed Hospital on occasion.

I completed my level I and II of the International Winners program in minimally invasive surgery – laparoscopy and hysteroscopy.

Currently, I am part of the following societies: SASOG, SASGO, IGCS. I am a member of the Vergelegen Mediclinic Clinical Performance Committee. I am a part-time consultant at Tygerberg Hospital and train Fellows in Oncology in the surgery of Gynaecological Oncology procedures. I will be involved in final year medical school students’ practical training from June 2021.

I am fully bilingual and offer consultations and procedures over the whole spectrum of gynaecology.