Meet the Faculty
Professor KD Boffard
Professor and Head of Unit
Professor Boffard's Biography
Prof Ken Boffard
BSc (Hons) (Aerospace Medicine), MB.BCh., FRCS, FRCS(Edin), FRCPS(Glas), FCS(SA), FACS(Hon), MAMSE.
Specialist Trauma and Critical Care Surgeon.
Professor Ken Boffard is a registered Sub-specialist in Trauma Surgery, Director of Trauma and Academic Head at Milpark Hospital, and Professor Emeritus, and Honorary Consultant in the Department of Surgery of the University of the Witwatersrand. He was previously Head of the Department of Surgery at Johannesburg Hospital and Head of the Johannesburg Hospital Trauma Unit.
He qualified in Johannesburg and trained in Surgery at the Birmingham Accident Hospital and Guy’s Hospital in London. He has Honorary Fellowships from The American College of Surgeons, The American Surgical Association, The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, The Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand, The Japanese Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Honorary Membership of the German Society for Surgery. He has recently been awarded membership of the Academy of Master Surgical Educators of the American College of Surgeons.
He is a Past President and currently Secretary General of the International Society of Surgery (ISS) in Switzerland, a Past President of the Trauma Society of South Africa, and the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC).
He is a reserve Colonel in the South African Military Health Service.
His interests include trauma resuscitation, intensive care, and regional planning of Trauma Systems. His interests include flying (he is a licensed fixed wing and helicopter pilot), scuba diving, and aeromedical care. His research interests include haemostasis and coagulation.
Professor SM Moeng
Consultant Surgeon
Professor Moeng's Biography
Prof Maeyane Stevens Moeng
MBBCH (Wits), Dip PEC (SA), H Dip Surg (SA), FCS(SA)
Specialist Trauma and Trauma Critical Care Surgeon
Is a registered Sub-Specialist in Trauma Surgery. Both undergraduate and postgraduate studies were done at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).
Head of Trauma Unit at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital. Chairman and Academic Head of Trauma at Wits. He has both local, national and international academic activities, with a keen interest in Critical Care. He started his career in the mining industry and became hooked on Trauma ever since. Actively involved in ICU care of a closed ICU unit at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital Trauma Unit and Milpark Trauma unit.
As the Chairman of the Disaster Committee at the hospital plays a significant role in organization and training for mass casualty incidents.
Actively involved in undergraduate, postgraduate, and Trauma fellow training through the university platform and the College of Medicine of South Africa. Previous Chairman of ATLS® Gauteng, current Chairman of DSTC™ in RSA, current Vice President of the TSSA, and Council member of the South African College of Medicine.
Serves on multiple other academic and professional committees. He enjoys hiking with his family and playing tennis.
Dr. Riaan Pretorius
Consultant Surgeon
Dr. Pretorius' Biography
Dr. Riaan Pretorius
MBChB, FCS (SA), Cert Trauma Surgery (SA)
Specialist Trauma and Trauma Critical Care Surgeon.
Dr Pretorius is a registered Sub-Specialist in Trauma Surgery, and is currently the Acting Head of the Trauma Unit of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.
Born in Standerton in 1976. Qualified as a medical doctor at the University of Pretoria in 2000. Did his internship and community service in Polokwane in 2001 and 2002. Became a specialist in General Surgery at the University of Witwatersrand in 2009. Currently is a Consultant at the Trauma Unit of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and a Lecturer at the Department of Surgery of the University of the Witwatersrand.
Involved in prehospital medicine training and working on the road since 2001. Worked on the HEMS for 5 years. Also involved on a consultation basis for paramedics and doctors for Netcare 911.
Dr. Reuven Jacks
Consultant Surgeon
Dr. Jacks' Biography
Dr. Reuven Jacks
MBBCh, FCS (SA), Cert Trauma Surgery (SA)
Specialist Trauma and Trauma Critical Care Surgeon.
Dr. Jacks is a registered Sub-Specialist in Trauma Surgery, and is currently the Deputy Head of Trauma Unit at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
Born in Johannesburg, Dr Jacks attended Rabbinical College after high school. He then went to the University of Cape Town Medical School where he graduated in 1998. Dr. Jacks returned to Johannesburg to complete internship and community service. Following this, he worked fulltime in HEMS and aviation medicine for 2 years, followed by a year working in emergency medicine in the UK. He then qualified as a general surgeon in 2010, followed by a sub-specialty in Trauma Surgery. He is currently the medical director of Hatzolah Ambulance Service and a Trauma Surgeon at C.M.JA.H. and Milpark Hospitals.
His area of special interest is Paediatric Trauma, as well as interests in Pre-hospital Medicine and Trauma Laparoscopy.
Dr. Marissa Joubert
Consultant Surgeon
Dr. Joubert's Biography
Dr. Isabella Margaretha (Marissa) Joubert
MB ChB, FCS(SA), MMed(Surg)(UP), Cert. Trauma Surgery(SA)
Specialist Trauma and Trauma Critical Care Surgeon.
Dr. Marissa Joubert is a subspecialist in Trauma Surgery Surgery and is currently practicing as a trauma surgeon at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Netcare Milpark Hospital Level 1 Academic Trauma Center. She is an ATLS and DSTC instructor and is passionate about educating people about trauma care.
Dr. Joubert does volunteer prehospital work for Netcare 911 EMS and HEMS. Dr. Joubert also has some experience in trauma care in the military setting after serving as trauma leader for a surgical team at a UN base in Timbuktu, Mali in 2018. Her main interests are surgical critical care and prehospital trauma care.
Outside of work Dr. Marissa Joubert has a keen interest in medieval weaponry and warfare and has an impressive sword collection.
Dr. Shumani Makhadi
Consultant Surgeon
Dr. Makhadi's Biography
Dr. Shumani Makhadi CV
MBChB, FCS (SA), Cert Trauma Surgery (SA)
Specialist Trauma and Trauma Critical Care Surgeon.
Dr. Makhadi is one of the youngest Trauma Surgeons in South Africa. He currently works at Charlotte Maxeke and Milpark Academic Hospitals.
Dr. Makhadi was born in Venda (Limpopo province), he attended Kolokoshani Secondary school. After high school then went to the University of Pretoria where he graduated in 2011. Dr Makhadi went back to Limpopo to complete his internship in Letaba hospital in Tzaneen.
He completed his community service in the Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital complex where he worked in the General surgery and Plastic Surgery. This was the defining moment in his career due to the limited number of surgeons and access to these services.
Thereafter, he commenced his general surgery training. He passed his FCS(SA) in 2018 and earned his master’s in surgery degree at Sefako Makgatho Health sciences university in 2019.
Dr. Makhadi went to the University of Witwatersrand to do his trauma fellowship, where he qualified as a Trauma Surgeon in 2021. He is currently a Trauma Surgeon at CMJAH and Milpark Hospital. His areas of interest are Trauma laparoscopy, management of the open abdomen, and ventral hernia repair.
His hobbies include hiking, photography and soccer.
Leanne Van Rooy
Trauma Program Manager
Leanne's Biography
Leanne van Rooy
Leanne is currently the Trauma Programme Manager of Netcare Milpark Hospital since February 2019. She was born in Pretoria and matriculated at Die Hoerskool Menlopark. She qualified as a Registered Nurse (General, Midwifery, Psychiatry and Community) from the University of Pretoria in 2006. After her basic nursing degree qualification she was part of the commencing of Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital and worked 4 years in the Labour Ward and Maternity Unit.
She then pursued her career in Emergency Nursing, specialised Trauma and Emergency Nursing through University of Pretoria in 2013 and worked at Netcare Unitas in the Emergency Department. Leanne then completed and cum laude her Masters in Clinical Nursing in 2017. In 2017 she implemented the Trauma and Emergency 6 month course at Netcare Education. Leanne qualified as a TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) Instructor in 2018.
Leanne enjoys the term: swim, bike, run and has completed half Ironman.
Li-Ann Matthee
Practice Manager
Ntswaki Zimba
Data Registrar
Mbavhalelo Rasikhanya
Data Registrar