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Division of General Internal Medicine 

This is the biggest division in the Department of  Medicine attached to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital. With respect to clinical services our activities are divided into emergency, in-patient (this includes high care) and out-patient services. With respect to teaching most of the undergraduate and postgraduate (registrar) teaching takes place in this division.
We are also engaged in out-reach activities to the Elsies River CHC.

Head: Dr N Schrueder
Tel: +27 21-9384944
Fax: +27 21-9317810
Email:
nschrueder@sun.ac.za

Contact details:

The divisional secretary for clinical services is:
Jane Horn
Tel: 021 938 4944
Fax: 021 938 5232
Email: jhorn@pgwc.gov.za

Other personnel:

This Unit is comprised of a few general physicians as well as some physicians from the other divisions such as rheumatology,infectious diseases,gastro-enterology  and geriatrics.

Consultants:

The division is organised into 4 firms - the  Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday firms.
Each firm is divided into 2 halves with dedicated registrar and intern cover. There is also a small team of registrars covering for relief and assisting with intakes in the emergency unit(ward F1).

Special Interests/Research:

  • S Walsh: Medical Informatics
  • P Brink: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy,Long QT syndrome
  • J Taljaard/H Prozesky: HIV and TB
  • C.Bouwens: Anaemia in the elderly
  • D Whitelaw:Genetics of  SLE
  • M Manie: Inflammatory Myopathy
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