Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Staff
General Paediatrics
Head of Clinical Unit

Senior Specialists

Dr Heather Finlayson
(Infectious Diseases)
MB,ChB (Cape Town), DCH, FC Paed (SA), MBA (SU)
Tel: +27 21 9389653;
finlayson@sun.ac.za
Contact: Portia Permall, +27 21 9389584;
pfcp@sun.ac.za

Dr Andrew Redfern
(Emergency)
MBChB (Cape Town), MRCPCH (UK), FC Paed, Cert Develop Paed (SA)
Tel: +27 21 9386520;
redfern@sun.ac.za
Contact: Portia Permall, +27 21 9389584;
pfcp@sun.ac.za

Dr Liezl Smit
(Generalist)
MB,ChB, MMed (Paed) (Stell), DCH, MSc Child Health (UK), AHMP (FPD&Yale), FC Paed (SA)
Tel: +27 21 9386642;
ls@sun.ac.za
Contact: Jennifer Adams, +27 21 9389219;
jpadams@sun.ac.za
Dr Thandi Wessels
(Generalist)
MBChB, FC Paed (SA)
Tel: +27 21 9386547;
thandi.wessels@westerncape.gov.za
Contact: Mandy Herdien, +27 21 9386197; Mandy.Herdien@westerncape.gov.za

Dr Lisa Frigati
(Infectious Diseases)
MB,ChB, MMed (Paed) (UCT), Dip HIV Man, DCH, FC Paed (SA), MScTMIH (London School of Tropical Medicine), PhD (UCT
Tel: +27 21 9389888;
frigati@sun.ac.za
Contact: Jennifer Adams, +27 21 9389219;
jpadams@sun.ac.za
Principal Medical Officer

Dr Netta van Zyl
(Neonatology)
MBChB(Stell)
Tel: +27 21 935874;
jivz@sun.ac.za
Contact: Salome Engelbrecht, +27 21 9384538;
se2@sun.ac.za
Career Medical Officers
Dr K Coetzee
Dr S Murray