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FACULTY OF health scienceS
Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long Term Contract Staff
Professor
1
Associate Professor
2
Senior Lecturers
3
Senior Lecturers – Part-time
4
Lecturers – Full-time
5
Lecturers – Part-time
6
Administrative and Clerical Staff
1
Total
22
Students
Postgraduate FCS(SA) Orth & MMed
19
Undergraduate MBChB
185
Bsc Physio/Occupational Therapy 111
30
Diploma in Orthopaedic Nursing Science
26
Total
260
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Staff
Professor Johan Walters
Head of Division; Anterior Cruciate Ligament; Hip and
Knee Replacement; Exoskeletal Fixation devices; Patello
femoral joint; Implant development.
Associate Professor EB Hoffman
Head, Orthopaedic Service, Red Cross Children’s Hospital;
Paediatric Orthopaedic Deformity; Tumours and Infection.
Dr MW Solomons
Head, Martin Singer Hand Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital;
Mechanics of External Fixation; Fracture Dislocations
around the Elbow; Humerus Shaft Fractures; Distal Femur
Fractures; Two-stage Flexor Tendon Grafting; Radial Head;
Ulnar Head Prosthetics, Radiographic Imaging Device
Development.
Associate Professor RN Dunn
Senior Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit; Spinal
trauma and deformities; Spinal Implant development.
Dr SJ Roche
Senior Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit; Shoulder
and Elbow problems.
Dr SI Dix-Peek
Senior Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit; Foot
reconstruction; Limb inequality and Paediatric deformities.
Dr N Kruger
Lecturer, Groote Schuur Hospital; Trauma; Spinal problems.
Dr S Maqungo
Lecturer, Groote Schuur Hospital
Dr G P Grobler
5/8th Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Hospital; Hip
and knee pathology; Arthroplasty Outcome Studies.
Dr J Crosier
Part-time Senior Lecturer, Groote Schuur Hospital; Spinal
problems.
Dr KV Hosking
Part-time Senior Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic
Unit; Bone tumours; Limb salvage procedures; Implant
development.
Dr P Makan
Part-time Senior Lecturer, Groote Schuur Hospital; Spinal
fusion instrumentation.
Dr LT Sparks
Part-time Senior Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit;
Paediatric Surgery; Cerebral palsy.
Dr B Dower
Part-time Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit,
Arthritis, Hip Replacement surgery.
Dr T Munting
Part-time Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit, Adult
Lower Limb Reconstruction.
Dr P Polley
Part-time Lecturer, Groote Schuur Hospital; Trauma
Dr H Hobbs
Part-time Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit,
Arthroplasty
Dr R von Bormann
Part-time Lecturer, Princess Alice Orthopaedic Unit, Lower
Limb : Trauma Reconstruction
Dr M Maree
Part-time Lecturer, Groote Schuur Hospital; Hands
Contact Details
Postal address: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, H49
Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory,
7925, Republic of South Africa.
Telephone: +27 21 406 6157/8
Fax: +27 21 447 2709
E-mail: johan.walters@uct.ac.za