Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology


 

General Specialist Services

The General Specialist Services (GSS) is the ​largest part of the Specialised- and Highly Specialised O&G Services within Tygerberg Hospital. Apart from the clinical service at Tygerberg Hospital, it oversees the clinical governance of all O&G services within the Tygerberg, Northern, Eastern and Khayelitsha substructures of Cape Town. The GSS is headed by prof S Gebhardt and the team consists of 8 consultants, 14 medical officers, 16 registrars and 14 interns. The GSS manages 113 ward beds: 42 antenatal, 44 postnatal beds and 27 general gynaecology beds.

The emergency O&G service is in charge of all acute specialist obstetrics and gynaecology referrals from 8 midwife obstetric units, the community health centres, clinics and the 4 large district hospitals within its substructure drainage areas.  The 24-hour O&G Emergency Centre consists of a triage area (4 obstetric and 3 gynaecology beds); 19 dedicated acute (high risk antenatal and delivery) beds, a 24-hour emergency theatre as well as an additional elective theatre on 3 days of the week.

This platform manage the clinical service in which all undergraduate and postgraduate training (apart from the registrar subspecialist training) takes place and all 8 of the Tygerberg-based specialists are also senior lecturers on the joint Stellenbosch University platform and share in the teaching, training and research activities of the academic department.

The general specialist services do outreach to the surrounding district hospitals and midwife obstetric units, with outreach gynaecology clinics, colposcopy services and surgery lists and on-going skills training sessions using the national ESMOE models and modules.


 

Personnel:

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Prof GS Gebhardt
MB CHB, Dip Obst (SA), MMed (O&G), FCOG (SA), MSc (MedSci), MSc (ClinEpi), PhD
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Associate professor
Managerial responsibility: Head of Clinical Department: General Specialist Services
Special Interests: Molecular genetics of early pregnancy disease, community obstetrics, patient-centered care, health systems research.
Tel: 021 938 4638 (secretary); 021 938 5407 (office)
Fax: 021 938 5407
Email:
gsgeb@sun.ac.za / Stefan.Gebhardt@westerncape.gov.za

 

Dr J Kluge
MB CHB, MMed (O&G) FCOG (SA), FRCOG
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer; Head of Family Planning

Clinical lead for the RCOG Leading Safe Choices program
Special Interests: Minimally invasive gynaecological surgery, Fertility regulation
Managerial responsibility: Gynecological wards, family planning and termination of pregnancy
Tel: 021 938 4638
Email: judykluge@sun.ac.za

 

Dr V Thomas
FCOG (SA), MMed, Certificate in Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy (UK), MBChB
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer

Program director: MAGS (Minimal Access Gynaecological Surgery)
Special Interests: Minimally invasive gynaecological surgery and Endometriosis
Managerial responsibility: Gynaecological  and Endoscopic theatre
Tel: 021 938 4911 / 021 938 5100
Fax: 021 938 9163
Email: vthomas@sun.ac.za / vthom@webmail.co.za

 

Dr JL Butt
Msc, MBChB, MMed, FCOG(SA), Cert Oncol
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer
Subspecialist in Gynaecological Oncology
Managerial responsibility: Departmental rosters; Registrar rotations
Tel: (021) 9384749/9384431
Email: jbutt@sun.ac.za

 

Dr A Cloete
MB CHB, MMed (O&G) FCOG (SA)
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer
Email:
alresec@yahoo.co.uk

Tel (021) 938 4638

 

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Dr L de Waard

MB CHB, Dip Obst (SA), MMed (O&G), FCOG (SA)
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer
Special interest: Endoscopy, general gynaecology
Managerial responsibility: Labour ward secundes, Intern curator, MBChB mid clinical rotation secundes
Tel Office: 021 933 3270


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Dr E Swart

MBChB, MMed, FCOG(SA)
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer.

Special interests: Student training, fetal maternal medicine
Managerial responsibility: Perinatal mortality (PPIP), early clinical rotation secundus (MB ChB program), FCOG part 1 training, labour ward emergency service.

email: swartnov@gmail.com

Tel 021 9384638


Dr D Masimila

 MBChB,​ MMed (O&G), FCOG (SA)
 Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer.

Managerial responsibility: General O&G; gynaecology emergency centre

email: daviniamas@gmail.com

Tel 021 9384638​


Dr N Mbungu

MBChB,​ FCOG (SA)
Position: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Senior Lecturer.

Managerial responsibility: General O&G; gynaecology emergency centre

email: lastmbungu@gmail.com

Tel 021 9384638​​