Department of Psychiatry
Heads of Clinical Units
Clinical Services, Stikland Hospital
Prof Liezl Koen
MBChB, MMed (Psych), PhD
Tel: 021 940 8718/4455
Prof Koen is a senior specialist and associate professor. She is also the head of clinical services at Stikland Hospital. Her interests include schizophrenia, emergency psychiatry, and psychopharmacology.
Adult Psychiatric Services, Tygerberg Hospital
Dr. Kerry-Ann Louw
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), MPhil (Liaison Mental Health)
Tel: 021 938 9116
Dr. Louw is a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist and
senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She is the Head of the Clinical Unit of
adult psychiatry services and runs consultation-liaison psychiatry services at
Tygerberg Hospital.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Tygerberg Hospital
Dr. Anusha Lachman
MBChB, DCH, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), Cert Child Psych, MPhil (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Tel: 021 938 9021/4573
Fax: 021 938 6111
Dr. Lachman is the C&A consultant at the adolescent inpatient unit at Tygerberg Hospital and the 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.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Lentegeur Hospital
Dr. Rene Nassen
Tel: 021 370 1316
Fax: 021 938 9738
Dr. Nassen is a psychiatrist (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) and lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry. She is particularly interested in the neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV.
