Getting to know our registrars: 2023 – Part II

Drs Jacqueline Holdsworth-Jenkins, Luzanne van der Colff, Nikita Hagroo, Shazia Jassat, and Zikhona Cwayi joined the department as psychiatry registrars in August 2023.   Dr. Jenkins has taken many years to find herself in a career that resonates with her values formed from the richness and diversity of past experiences.…

Prof Willie Pienaar’s publishes a book – “SOBER”

Prof Willie Pienaar, an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry with more than 40 years of experience in healthcare (clinical and academic) published a book in Afrikaans titled ‘Sober – n’ Pratiese gid na vryheid van verslawing’.   What inspired Prof Piennar to write this book? As clinicians, educationists,…

MSc in Neuroscience – new degree in the Department of Psychiatry

In 2023, the Department of Psychiatry enrolled the first students for the new MSc in Neuroscience degree, a research-based programme with no study modules. The aim of the programme is to train researchers who can contribute toward the biopsychosocial understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders and develop much-needed research capacity in neuroscience in…

Getting to know our registrars: 2023 – Part I

Dr’s Angus Fletcher,  Kholofelo Morodi, Musa Ngwenya, and Sinombulelo Booi joined the MMed (Psychiatry) programme in February 2023.   Dr. Flecther completed his MBChB degree at the University of Pretoria after growing up under the purple canopy of the Jacaranda trees. He then set his sights on Cape Town, where…

3 PhD graduates from the Department of Psychiatry at the December 2022 graduation ceremony

At the Stellenbosch University December 2022 graduation ceremony, the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences had 3 PhD graduates: Dr Jaiyeola A. Kajero investigated the potential attenuating effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on antipsychotic-induced vacuous chewing movements, behavioural and biochemical aberrations, and cognitive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia…

Getting to know our registrars: 2022 Part II

Dr’s Carine Gagiono and Menasia Patterson joined the MMed (Psychiatry) programme in August 2022.   Dr. Gagiano completed her BCur (Nursing) degree at Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2007. She soon realized that she wanted to be a doctor so she applied for MBChB 4 years consecutively at SU. In 2013…

Getting to know our registrars: 2022 Part I

Dr’s Angus Byers, Jessica Kew, Anmari van Dyk, and Elle Visser joined the MMed (Psychiatry) programme in February 2022.   Dr. Byers completed his MBChB at Stellenbosch University in 2012, thereafter he did his two years of internship at the East London Hospital Complex. From 2015 to 2017 Dr Byers…