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| h1 Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town | h1 Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town |
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| h2 ANAESTHESIA | h2 ANAESTHESIA |
| * Cardiac anaesthesia | * Cardiac anaesthesia |
| * Cardiac surgery | * Cardiac surgery |
| * Liver transplants | * Liver transplants |
| * Separation of conjoined twins | * Separation of conjoined twins |
| * Burns unit | * Burns unit |
| * Multi-discipline Paediatric Intensive Care Unit | * Multi-discipline Paediatric Intensive Care Unit |
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| Supports following ICUs | Supports following ICUs |
| * Respiratory intensive care unit | * Respiratory intensive care unit |
| * Surgical intensive care unit | * Surgical intensive care unit |
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| Centre for Pain Management | Centre for Pain Management |
| * Patients with chronic pain | * Patients with chronic pain |
| * Acute pain service available for postoperative patients | * Acute pain service available for postoperative patients |
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| | h2 CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH |
| | * Full range of paediatric disciplines: |
| | •Paediatric medicine |
| | •Paediatric surgery |
| | •Paediatric nursing |
| | •Paediatric pathology |
| | •Paediatric radiology |
| | •Paediatric anaesthetics |
| | •Paediatric pulmonology |
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| h3 CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH | |
| * Full range of paediatric disciplines | |
| •Paediatric medicine | |
| •Paediatric surgery | |
| •Paediatric nursing | |
| •Paediatric pathology | |
| •Paediatric radiology | |
| •Paediatric anaesthetics | |
| •Paediatric pulmonology | |
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| * Children’s public health | * Children’s public health |
| * Pathology | * Pathology |
| * Psychiatry in maternal and child health | * Psychiatry in maternal and child health |
| * Child and adolescent psychiatry | * Child and adolescent psychiatry |
| * Child health unit | * Child health unit |
| * Critical care and children’s heart disease | * Critical care and children’s heart disease |
| * Neonatology | * Neonatology |
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| | Clinical Services: |
| | * Ambulatory and emergency |
| | * Allergy |
| | * Community |
| | * Dermatology |
| | * Diabetes |
| | * Endocrine |
| | * Gastroentenology, heptatology and nutrition |
| | * Haematology / oncology |
| | * Infectious diseases and immunology |
| | * Nuclear medicine |
| | * Poisons |
| | * Rheumatology |
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| | h2 CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES |
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| | h3 A. ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY |
| | * Diseases common in SA: |
| | • Tuberculosis |
| | • Cardiomyopathy |
| | • Foetal-alcohol syndrome |
| | * Various cancers: |
| | • Oesophageal |
| | • Gastric |
| | • Breast |
| | • Cervical |
| | • Colorectal and hepatocellular carcinomas |
| | • Childhood cancers |
| | * Renal and liver pathology |
| | * Neonatal pathology |
| | * Neuropathology |
| | * Immunohistochemisty |
| | * Electron microscopy |
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| | h3 B. CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY |
| | * Deals with metabolic disease |
| | * Basic biochemistry |
| | * Cell biology |
| | * Molecular biology |
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| | h3 C. FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY |
| | * Violence against women and children |
| | * Role of drugs and toxins in death |
| | * Firearm injuries |
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| | h3 D. HAEMATOLOGY |
| | * Outpatient clinics |
| | * Diagnostic and research laboratories |
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| | h3 E. HUMAN GENETICS |
| | * Primary health care in community outreach clinics |
| | * Highly sophisticated quaternary services |
| | * Heritable disorders which cause childhood handicap incl: |
| | • Blindness |
| | • Crippling |
| | • Profound deafness |
| | • Mental retardation |
| | * Clinical rotations in prenatal, paediatric and adult medical genetics incl exposure to: |
| | • Dysmorphology |
| | • Teratogenic disorders |
| | • Metabolic disorders |
| | • Neurogenetics |
| | • Cardiogenetics |
| | • Cancer genetics |
| | * Theoretic and practical education in genetic counselling and communication |
| | * Lab rotations in cytogenetics and molecular genetics |
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| | h3 F. IMMUNOLOGY |
| | * Immunology of infectious diseases |
| | * Innate immunity and allergy |
| | * Important advances in diseases e.g. |
| | • Tuberculosis |
| | • Bilharzia |
| | • African Trypanosomiasis |
| | • T-cell cykotine responses to allergens (immunotherapy) and mTB protein |
| | • Clinical trials in UCT Lung Institute conducted in areas of: |
| | o Antihistamines |
| | o Asthma |
| | o Eczema |
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| | h3 G. MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY |
| | * GnRH receptors, signalling, structure function and as target for development of therapeutics for treatment of reproductive cancers |
| | * Role of cyclooxygenases and prostaglandins in cervical cancer and other uterine pathologies |
| | * Identification of differentially regulated genes associated with the development of cervical cancer |
| | * The role of the transcription factor AP-1 in oncogenesis |
| | * Molecular mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of oesophageal cancer |
| | * Identification and characterisation of novel compounds that can be used in the treatment of cancer |
| | * Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) Structure activity relationships and development of ACE inhibitors for treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction and renal disease |
| | * Application of functional proteomics for diagnostics, drug and vaccine development for infectious disease and cancers |
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| | h3 H. MEDICAL VIROLOGY |
| | * Referral laboratory for a large proportion of the regional virus identification |
| | * Members are part of national and international programmes to: |
| | • Discover an effective vaccine against HIV |
| | • Developed candidate HIV vaccines that have been tested in clinical trials |
| | * Participates in the WHO human papillomavirus laboratory network (Labnet) |
| | * Collaborating partner in the WHO African AIDS Vaccine Collaborative Centre in Biomedical Research |
| | * Interest in working on development of novel diagnostic tools for some of the more neglected but still clinically relevant viral diseases that are common in Africa |
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| | h3 I. MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
| | * Full range of microbiological diagnostic services including state-of-the-art molecular diagnostics |
| | * Involved in research activities: |
| | • Basic science |
| | • Clinical and diagnostic trials |
| | * Defining the epidemiology and strain biology of major infectious diseases in Southern Africa |
| | * Important areas of research focus on: |
| | • Tuberculosis |
| | • Bacterial antibiotic resistance |
| | • Nosocomial pathogens |
| | • Outbreak surveillance |
| | * Developing and evaluating novel diagnostics which are applicable in low-resource settings |
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| | h2 HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES |
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| | h3 A. COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS |
| | * Speech-language pathologists and audiologists work with people who have difficulty hearing, speaking and swallowing |
| | * Speech-Language Pathology is the profession dealing with the management of communication disorders such as: |
| | • Articulation |
| | • Voice |
| | • Fluency |
| | • Language and learning |
| | • Swallowing in children and adults |
| | * Speech-language therapists work in addressing communication health |
| | * Audiology is the profession dealing with the: |
| | • Management of hearing |
| | • Hearing impairment |
| | • Deafness, noise measurement and control |
| | * Audiologist diagnoses hearing loss and initiates rehabilitation to help the person cope with everyday communicative demands, including the selection and fitting of hearing aids, in adults and children; emotional, linguistic and cognitive functioning and to their home, work and social environment |
| | * Rehabilitation also involves aural rehabilitation with adults and children, skills development and education of others |
| | * Audiologists also measure and manage exposure to noise in the work environment to help prevent hearing loss |
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| | h3 B. NURSING AND MIDWIFERY |
| | * Committed to the development of competent, caring and autonomous professional nurses and midwives capable of creative and critical thought |
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| | h3 C. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY |
| | * When one's ability to do things for themselves is disrupted by illness or injury, occupational therapy (OT) helps to restore function and improve quality of life |
| | * Therapists use real occupations to help people who have been ill, injured or disabled to recover their skills, or to develop new ones. This includes: |
| | • Visiting and assisting clients at home and at work |
| | • Treating patients in clinics and hospitals |
| | • Assisting growth and development of disabled children at school |
| | • Promoting the integration of people with physical and mental health concerns |
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| | h3 D. PHYSIOTHERAPY |
| | * Physiotherapy is a client-centered profession that aims at optimizing quality of life. This includes: |
| | • Promotion of a healthy life-style |
| | • Prevention of illness and injury for those at risk |
| | • Exercise therapy and electrotherapy to reduce pain |
| | • Promote healing and improve function |
| | * Holistic approach to management includes counselling which empowers both client and caregiver to improve quality of life |
| | * Service is offered to clients of all ages with conditions such as: |
| | • Headaches |
| | • Bronchitis |
| | • Asthma |
| | • Cerebral palsy |
| | • Strokes |
| | • Fractured bones |
| | • Stiff joints |
| | • Sports injuries |
| | • Painful necks and backs |
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| | h2 HUMAN BIOLOGY |
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| | h3 A. APPLIED ANATOMY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY |
| | * Biological anthropology tries to understand human variation and human evolution |
| | * Topics such as: |
| | • Comparative growth studies |
| | • Demography |
| | • Primate behaviour |
| | • Skeletal biology |
| | • Forensic anthropology |
| | * Applied anatomy tries to understand human structure and function |
| | * Topics such as: |
| | • Clinical anatomy |
| | • Structural embryology |
| | • Growth and development |
| | • Comparative anatomy |
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| | h3 B. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL IMAGING |
| | 1. Biomedical Engineering: |
| | * Medical imaging and signal processing |
| | * Biomechanics |
| | * Healthcare technology management |
| | * Rehabilitation engineering |
| | 2. Medical Imaging: |
| | * Conduct world-class research in medical imaging that specifically addresses the healthcare needs of Africa |
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| | h3 C. CELL BIOLOGY |
| | * Encompasses diverse approaches to understanding normal cellular processes and how they are altered in disease. This includes: |
| | • Study of melanocytes and melanoma |
| | • Neuronal development and regeneration |
| | • Stem cells |
| | • Identification of novel therapeutic approaches to treat diseases ranging from pigmentary and neuronal disorders to cancer as well as vascular biology in ocular development and disease |
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| | h3 D. MRC/UCT RESEARCH UNIT FOR EXERCISE SCINCE AND SPORTS MEDICINE (ESSM) |
| | * Research factors influencing physical performance and health and to disseminate knowledge and skills through education. |
| | * Develop a novel understanding of integrated human function during exercise and to use this knowledge: |
| | • To promote health and well-being |
| | • To treat and prevent specific chronic diseases |
| | • To treat and prevent injuries and medical conditions associated with sport and exercise |
| | • To optimize exercise performance |
| | * Courses offered: |
| | • Exercise Science (Hons) |
| | • Exercise Science (Biokinetics) (Hons) |
| | • Sport and Exercise Medicine (Masters) |
| | • Physiotherapy (Masters) |
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| | h3 E. NEUROSCIENCE |
| | * Neurodegenerative disorders (e.g. Parkinson's Disease) |
| | * Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |
| | * Neurophysiology and cellular architecture of the mammalian visual system |
| | * Comparative aspects of neural development |
| | * Regeneration and degeneration in lower and higher vertebrates |
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| | h3 F. NUTRITION AND DIETETICS |
| | * Train versatile, excellent nutrition scientists and professional dietitians with a special expertise in addressing the needs of Africa |
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| | h3 G. PHYSIOLOGY |
| | * Exercise and neurophysiology |
| | * Main research fields of specialization in the department include the: |
| | • Cardiovascular system and neuroscience research |
| | • Mostly animal models of human disorders |
| | • Effects of stress, aging and exercise on the brain. |
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| | h2 MEDICINE |
| | * Divisions and research units include: |
| | * Albertina & Walter Sisulu Institute of Ageing in Africa / Geriatric Medicine |
| | * Acute Tertiary Medicine |
| | * Allergology |
| | * Cardiology |
| | * Casualty |
| | * Clinical Skills |
| | * Clinical Haematology |
| | * Clinical Pharmacology |
| | * Endocrinology & Diabetic Medicine |
| | * Dermatology |
| | * Gastroenterology |
| | * Hatter Institute for Cardiology Research |
| | * Heptatology |
| | * Infectious Diseases |
| | * Lipidology |
| | * Lung Infection and Immunity Unit |
| | * Nephrology & Hypertension |
| | * Respiratory Medicine |
| | * Rheumatology |
| | * UCT Lung Institute |
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| | h3 A. ACUTE TERTIARY MEDICINE |
| | * A team of physicians with interests and expertise in general medicine, skilled in handling undifferentiated problems, cares for patients |
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| | h3 B. BIOETHICS CENTRE |
| | * Centre offers a bioethics consultation service, as well as regular teaching and consultation sessions at all UCT-affiliated hospitals, including the Red Cross Children's Hospital |
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| | h3 C. CARDIOLOGY |
| | * Electrophysiology |
| | * Evaluation for heart transplantation |
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| | h3 D. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY |
| | * Assays for drugs of abuse |
| | * Therapeutic level monitoring for patients on a variety of regimens from anticonvulsants to immunosuppresants |
| | * Assays on request utilising mass-spectrometry linked HPLC |
| | * Division maintains several active research groupings. Primary interests include: |
| | • Identification of novel compounds from plants used medicinally by traditional healers |
| | • Clinical pharmacokinetics of anti-tuberculosis drugs |
| | • Clinical pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs |
| | • Several aspects of study into anti-malarial drug action at the in vitro, in vivo and clinical levels |
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| | h3 E. GASTROENTEROLOGY |
| | * Hepatobiliary disease – surgical |
| | * Colorectal disease – surgical |
| | * Oesophageal disease - medical/surgical |
| | * Inflammatory bowel disease - medical/surgical |
| | * H.pylori-related disease – medical |
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| | h3 F. GERIATRIC MEDICINE |
| | * Division collaborates closely with other units in the Faculty of Health Sciences that have a specific focus on ageing, like Gerontology and Psychogeriatrics |
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| | h3 G. HATTER HEART INSTITUTE |
| | * Cardiac protection against ischaemia |
| | * The molecular biology of cardiac hypertrophy |
| | * Molecular, cellular and physiological basis of heart diseases |
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| | h3 H. HEPATOLOGY |
| | * Dedicated hepatological expertise |
| | * Liver transplantation services |
| | * Unique porphyria diagnostic and clinical service |
| | * Clinical and laboratory-based research on liver disease and porphyria |
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| | h3 I. INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
| | * Inpatient and outpatient consulting service |
| | * Provides dedicated HIV/AIDS clinics |
| | * In clinical research, particularly in the fields of tuberculosis and HIV |
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| | h3 J. LIPIDOLOGY |
| | * Clinical services |
| | * Clinical research |
| | * Diagnostic investigation for dyslipidaemia |
| | * Laboratory research |
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| | h3 K. NEPHROLOGY |
| | * Renal/porphyria laboratory |
| | * Active transplant and dialysis service |
| | * Renal transplants |
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| | h3 L. NEUROLOGY |
| | * Operates a general clinical neurological service. This includes: |
| | • In-patients |
| | • Out-patients |
| | • An acute stroke unit |
| | • Neurophysiology laboratory |
| | • Referral and emergency service |
| | * Specialised clinics for: |
| | • Stroke |
| | • Myasthenia gravis |
| | • Epilepsy |
| | • Neuro-genetic disorders |
| | • Dystonia |
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| | h3 M. RESPIRATORY MEDICINE |
| | * Multiple tertiary services with a considerable research output |
| | * Outpatients' Clinic and the Respiratory Intensive Care Units at Groote Schuur Hospital |
| | * G F Jooste Hospital High Care Unit |
| | * Brooklyn Chest and Brewelskloof Tuberculosis Hospitals |
| | * Thoracic Surgery Clinics - providing the basis for a consolidated thoracic service, both medical and surgical |
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| | h2 OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY |
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| | h3 A. GENERAL GYNAECOLOGY |
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| | h3 B. PENINSULA MATERNAL AND NEONATAL SERVICE (PMNS) |
| | * PMNS is a regional system of co-ordinated and tiered obstetric care based upon primary health care principles and associated with the delivery of basic midwifery services to women within their own communities |
| | * Success of the PMNS as a system of health care is derived from several factors that include: |
| | • Ability to provide a unitary system of care that recognises common protocols, a common process of patient administration and common lines of clinical authority |
| | • Common ability to audit and intervene at all levels of management without restriction |
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| | h3 C. REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE |
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| | h3 D. UROGYNAECOLOGY |
| | * Represents an interface between gynaecology and urology, as physiological events or diseases affecting the genital tract may also affect the adjacent urinary system |
| | * Following disorders: |
| | • Congenital anomalies |
| | • Incontinence |
| | • Voiding difficulties |
| | • Urinary fistulae |
| | • Bladder neuropathy |
| | • Genital prolapse |
| | • Urgency and frequency |
| | • Urinary tract infection |
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| | h3 E. GYNAECOLOGY ONCOLOGY |
| | * Radiation Oncology |
| | * Anatomical Pathology |
| | * Colposcopy Clinic |
| | * Gynaecology Oncology Pathology Meeting |
| | * Combined Assessment Clinic |
| | * Ovary Cancer Clinic |
| | * Radiotherapy Clinic |
| | * Vulval Clinic |
| | * Molar Clinic |
| | * Hysteroscopy clinic |
| | * Gynaecological trials unit |
| | * Gynaecological Cancer Group |
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| | h3 F. MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE |
| | * Provides tertiary services to pregnant women referred from the various components of the PMNS |
| | * Unit consists of a fetal medicine service and a number of clinics that cater for women with medical disorders in pregnancy |
| | * Anaesthesiology |
| | * Cardiology |
| | * Neurology |
| | * General medicine |
| | * Paediatrics |
| | * Nephrology |
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| | h2 PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH |
| | * Addiction psychiatry/psychology |
| | * Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health |
| | * Community and public health psychiatry/psychology |
| | * Consultation-liaison psychiatry/psychology |
| | * Forensic psychiatry/psychology |
| | * Infant psychiatry and mental health |
| | * Inpatient psychiatry |
| | * Intellectual disability psychiatry/psychology |
| | * Neuropsychiatry/neuropsychology (including HIV psychiatry) |
| | * Psychotherapy |
| | * Women's mental |
| | * Mental health services and policy |
| | * Social determinants of mental health |
| | * Perinatal mental health |
| | * Adolescent risk behaviour |
| | * HIV/AIDS |
| | * Schizophrenia |
| | * Bipolar disorder |
| | * Depression |
| | * Anxiety disorders (including posttraumatic stress disorder) |
| | * Foetal alcohol syndrome |
| | * Violent crime |
| | * Substance abuse |
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| | h2 PUBLIC HEALTH AND FAMILY MEDICINE |
| | * Health Economics Unit |
| | * Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research |
| | * Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research |
| | * Women's Health Research Unit |
| | * Health and Human Rights Programme |
| | * Health Policy and Health Systems |
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| | h2 RADIATION ONCOLOGY |
| | * Provide good quality, specialised care for patients with cancer |
| | * Create an uplifting environment for patients, and all who contribute to their well-being |
| | * Palliative treatment |
| | * Surgery |
| | * Radiation therapy |
| | * Chemotherapy |
| | * Hormonal therapy |
| | * Biological therapy |
| | * Best supportive care |
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| | h2 SURGERY |
| | * General Surgery |
| | * Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| | * Emergency Medicine |
| | * Neurosurgery |
| | * Ophthalmology |
| | * Orthopaedic Surgery |
| | * Otorhinolaryngology |
| | * Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| | * Urology |
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| | h3 A. GENERAL SURGERY |
| | * Four surgical firms of: |
| | • Colorectal Surgery |
| | • Hepatobiliary Surgery |
| | • Surgical Oncology |
| | • Vascular Surgery |
| | * Trauma Unit |
| | * Surgical Intensive Care Unit |
| | * Transplant Unit |
| | * Surgical Gastrointestinal Unit |
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| | h3 B. OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |
| | * Full spectrum of pathology at the levels of both the developed world and the developing world is experienced |
| | * Comprehensive ENT service to state patients and to private patients |