Department of Psychiatry
Staff
Psychiatrists - Tygerberg
Associate Professor Laila Asmal
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), MSc in Clinical Epidemiology cum laude
Tel: +27 21 938 9623
Fax: +27 21 938 9738
Email: laila@sun.ac.za
Dr Asmal is a lecturer and specialist psychiatrist, based at Tygerberg Hospital, and also the convener of MPhil in Neuropsychiatry. She has a clinical and academic interest in neuropsychiatry, and is currently involved in research related to first episode psychosis.
Dr Anusha Lachman
MBChB, DCH, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), Cert Child Psych, MPhil (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Tel: +27 21 938 4573
Fax: +27 21 919 5066
Email: anusha@sun.ac.za
Dr Lachman is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and a consultant at the adolescent inpatient unit at Tygerberg Hospital. 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 Kerry-Ann Louw
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), MPhil (Liaison Mental Health)
Tel: +27 21 938 9765
Fax: +27 21 938 9738
Email: kerrylouw@sun.ac.za
Professor Gerhard Jordaan
MBChB, FCPsych (PR), MMed (Psych), DMed
Tel: +27 21 938 9489
Fax: +27 21 938 9738
gpj2@sun.ac.za
Prof Jordaan is a psychiatrist, clinical head of the adult psychiatric unit at Tygerberg Hospital, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry. His areas of research interest include alcohol-induced psychotic disorder, eating disorders, and psychopharmacology.
Dr Susan Hawkridge
MBBCh, FFPsych
Tel: +27 21 938 9174
Fax: +27 21 938 9738
Email: smh@sun.ac.za
Dr Hawkridge is a registered child and adolescent psychiatrist and she is the head of child and adolescent psychiatry services at Tygerberg Hospital . She is also a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University and a visiting lecturer in the Departments of Psychology at Rhodes University. Her areas of interest include early onset psychotic disorders, paediatric psychopharmacology, paediatric neuropsychiatry, child and adolescent forensic psychiatry and community-based child psychotherapy. Her current service commitments include the integration of child and adolescent mental health care into primary health care services.
