Division of Surgery
Our Team
Trauma Surgery
Clinical services:Treatment of about 22000 trauma victims annually, within the unit, or by referral to appropriate surgical divisions.
Current focus areas : Maintenance of a trauma database, selective non-operative management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma, selective management of patients with penetrating cervical injuries.

Head: Prof GVE Oosthuizen
MBChB | FCS (SA) | FACS | PhD | Subspecialist Trauma Surgeon
Chief Specialist: Surgery, Tygerberg Hospital
Tel: +27 21 938 9271
E-mail: george-oost@sun.ac.za
Dr Z (Zamira) KeyserSpecialist Consultant: Trauma Surgery
MBChB(Free State), MMed(Surg)(Stell), FCS(SA)
Email:
zkeyser@sun.ac.zaDr Hendrick LateganSpecialist Consultant: Trauma and Emergency Medicine
BSc(UPE), MBChB(Wits), MMed(EM)(UCT), FCEM(SA)
Email:
hendrickjlategan@sun.ac.za
Dr Elaine Erasmus
MBChB(UP), Dip PEC(SA), MMed(EM)(Stell), FCEM(SA)
Email: elainee@sun.ac.za
Dr Chanel Changfoot
Consultant Fellow: Trauma Surgery
MBChB(UP), FCS(SA), MMed(Surg)(Stell)