Department of Psychiatry
Staff
Psychiatrists - Tygerberg
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Anusha Lachman
MBChB, DCH, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), Cert Child Psych, MPhil (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Tel: 021 938 9021/4573
Fax: 021 938 6111
Email: anusha@sun.ac.za
Dr. Lachman is the C&A consultant at the adolescent inpatient unit at Tygerberg Hospital and the acting Head of the Clinical Unit at Tygerberg Child Psychiatry.She is also the program convener for the MPhil in Infant Mental Health. Dr. Lachman's research interests include maternal and infant mental health, adolescent neuropsychiatry, and paediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry.
Dr. Sandra Swart
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych)
Tel: 021 938 4572
Email: sandra.swart2@westerncape.gov.za
Dr Swartz is the locum consultant at C&A OPD. Her special interests include Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental disorders.
Dr. Graham de Bever
MBChB
Tel: 021 938 4572
Email: gndb@westerncape.gov.za
Dr. deBever is the medical officer in C&A psychiatry at Tygerberg Hospital, and his special interests include ADHD and Gender disorders in children and adolescents.
Adult Psychiatry
Dr. Kerry-Ann Louw
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), MPhil (Liaison Mental Health)
Tel: 021 938 9765
Fax: 021 940 4573
Email: kerrylouw@sun.ac.za
Dr. Lindokuhle Thela
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), Cert Neuropsychiatry
Tel: 021 938 9623
Fax: 021 938 9738
Email: thela@sun.ac.za
Dr. Thela is a lecturer and neuropsychiatrist based at Tygerberg Hospital. His research interests are HIV neuropsychiatry and neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy.
