APPOINTMENTS & PROMOTIONS

FACULTY SENIOR ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & PROMOTIONS

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Aubrey Makgotloe

Dr Makgotloe began his training in the Division of Ophthalmology in 2001, and has proven to be an excellent academic in the Division since. He completed his registrar training and qualified as a specialist in 2004, his MMed studying aspects of corneal transplantation, graduated in 2009, and published the work in the South African Medical Journal, which was a good achievement for a registrar. Dr Makgotloe received several awards including the prestigious 'Registrar of the Year' award.

Dr Makgotloe is currently the Academic Head of the Division of Ophthalmology, and therefore, makes a significant contribution in training both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. He is responsible for curriculum development with respect to GEMP 3 and 4. Dr Makgotloe has been successful in modernizing the delivery of teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students. This has made delivery of ophthalmology training more efficient and kept up with trends. The Division of Ophthalmology has an excellent pass rate at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He conducts workshops on various Ophthalmology topics as part of ongoing medical education, while also serving as an examiner at both undergraduate and postgraduate level nationally.

His publications reflect his clinical involvement but he has also played a role with the projects in Pharmacology that has given rise to many publications for the department. He has further received recognition for his research in the SAM - Nora Cohen Award in 2008.

Dr Makgotloe is recognized as an expert vitreo-retinal surgeon, recognized for his management and training in retinal disorders on the WITS circuit. His clinical expertise is reflected in his many invitations as a speaker at National congresses and he was invited to Chair a session at the African Ophthalmology Congress. He has chaired 4 national congress sessions on Ophthalmology in the past 5 years. Dr Makgotloe serves on several Department, School and Faculty Committees. He is the current President of the College of Ophthalmologists and is a CMSA Senator (he was previously secretary of the college). He is a MMed examiner for other Universities, as well as, an editorial board member of SA Ophthalmology Journal (SAOJ) and reviewer for SAOJ and A YEH. He conducts ongoing CME workshops in Ophthalmology for General Practitioners, and served on the EXCO of the Ophthalmology Society of SA.

We congratulate Dr Makgotloe on his promotion to Adjunct Professor

FACULTY SENIOR ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & PROMOTIONS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Nqoba Tsabedza

Dr Tsabedze is a Specialist Cardiologist, and completed his certification in Cardiology (CMSA, 2015), and an MMed (2017), currently registered for a PhD. Dr Tsabedze is involved with curriculum development, and teaching Cardiology to Undergraduate GEMP 3 and 4 students. He is responsible for Registrar and Fellows training in Cardiology, and has successfully developed a cardiology bedside teaching guide at an Undergraduate level, and established ECG teaching for GEMP 3 and 4 students rotating in medicine. To date, 60 Registrars and 9 Fellows have successfully completed the cardiology rotation. He has supervised 5 MMed and 8 BTech students to completion. He supervises Registrars, and he is an external examiner at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level for other Universities. He is extensively involved in continuing medical education and training in Cardiology.

Dr Tsabedze’s research niche is focused on heart failure and its respective phenotypes and etiologies. To date, he has published 24 peer-reviewed accredited articles – 15 original research, 3 case reports and 6 reviews. Two of the reviews by invitation are published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology, with an impact factor of 24. He is first/senior author on 10 of the articles. He is co-author on a book chapter, and he has an additional 6 unaccredited publications. He has 14 congress publications, and has successfully established a translational cardiovascular research group, which has attracted research-related funding through self-initiated research projects, PhD student's research grants and academic travel grants. Dr Tsabedze is the chair of weekly cardiology academic meetings at the CMJAH. He is a frequent convener of the Certification in Cardiology examination, also involved in reforming the CMSA Cardiology examination format, sets and moderates multiple-choice questions for the FCP (SA) part two examinations, and also regularly contributes to final-year medical students' exit examinations. Additionally, he has been invited to be an external examiner for the MBChB program at UKZN and SMU.

Dr Tsabedze has been an invited keynote speaker at more than 70 local and international congresses in the past five years. He served on the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Cardiovascular Health, and serves as the Vice President of the Heart Failure Society of SA and National Chairperson of the SA Heart Registry. He is a peer reviewer for 17 local and international journals, and is an examiner for the CMSA Diploma in Internal Medicine.

We congratulate Dr Tsabedza on his promotion to Associate Professor