Master of Medicine Graduates in 2012
Master of Medicine
Azam, Muhammad, MBBS(UPunjab)…………………………………………………………………….. Family Medicine
Dissertation: Exploration of pain in children on antiretroviral treatment in a regional hospital, South Africa.
Du Plessis, Vicci Clark, MBChB(Stell), DIP IN ANAESTHETICS(CollMedSA), FC Rad Diag(SA)(CollMedSA)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Radiology
Dissertation: Baseline chest radiographic features of HIV-infected children eligible for antiretroviral therapy.
Supervisor: Dr NH Mckerrow
Gill, John Morton, MBBCH(Wits)………………………………………………………………………….. Family Medicine
Dissertation: A retrospective study to measure the effect of the introduction of a standard monitoring protocol on the metabolic control type 2 diabetes at Addington Hospital Medical Out patients Department.
Supervisor: Dr FJ Pirie
Govender, Dhanalutchmee, MBChB……………………………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Dissertation: Sharps disposal practices among diabetic patients using insulin.
Supervisor: Dr AJ Ross
Govind, Mayuri, MBChB(UKZN), FC Rad Diag(SA)(CollMedSA)……………………………………… Radiology
Dissertation: The impact of HIV infection when superimposed on Pulmonary Tuberculosis (either active or sequelae Tuberculosis) on the Success of Bronchial Artery Embolisation.
Supervisor: Dr J Maharajh
Hussain, Akhtar, PGDip(ClinicalHIV/AIDSMngt)…………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Jogessar, Jithesh Vinod, MBChB(UNITRA), FCOG (SA)(CollMedSA)………. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dissertation: An Audit of Couples attending the Infertility Clinic at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH), Durban
Supervisor: Professor JS Bagratee
Kendon, Mary-Anne, MBChB(UCT)……………………………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Kitshoff, Chelline Helena Louise, MBChB(Stell)……………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Dissertation: Symptoms of depression and adherence to antiretroviral therapy at a semi-urban clinic in KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Dr LM Campbell
Magan, Nitasha, MBChB(UKZN), FCOG (SA)(CollMedSA)…………………….. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dissertation: The frequency of insulin resistance and hyperlipidaemia in women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) attending the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital.
Supervisor: Professor JS Bagratee
Mayet, Leila, MMedSc………………………………………………………………………………………….. Family Medicine
Dissertation: An objective evaluation of the initiation of insulin therapy for glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetic patients attending the medical outpatient department of a large public sector hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. ORAL FAILURE.
Supervisor: Professor SS Naidoo
Mazibuko, Bongani…………………………………………………………………………….. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dissertation: An audit of pregnant women with prosthetic heart valves at a tertiary hospital in South Africa: A five year experience.
Supervisors: Professor M Ariatti and Professor J Moodley
Mhlaba, Tsholofelo Yulaine, MBChB………………………………………………………………………… Public Health
Dissertation: Timing of highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation of therapeutic outcomes in tuberculosis and HIV Co-infectedadult patients in an urban anti-retroviral treatment programme in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa.
Supervisor: Dr SE Knight
Moodley, Kalavani, MBChB(MEDUNSA)…………………………………………………………………… Public Health
Dissertation: Developing an effective and appropriate STI prevention strategy based on risk factors for sexually transmitted infections in a HIV infected population on HAART
Supervisor: Professor CC Jinabhai
Nadesan/Reddy, Nisha, MBChB(UN), MBChB…………………………………………………………… Public Health
Dissertation: The effectiveness of Traffic Calming on Pedestrian injury and Road traffic collisions in the eThekwini municipality from 2003-2007:A controlled before¿and-after study
Supervisor: Dr SE Knight
Naidoo, Ashantha, MBChB…………………………………………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Dissertation: Tuberculosis in Medical Doctors in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: Reflections on personal experiences with regard to their diagnosis and treatment.
Supervisor: Professor UG Lalloo
Naidoo, Samantha, MBChB(UKZN), FC Psych(SA)(CollMedSA)……………………………………….. Psychiatry
Dissertation: Prevelance of mental disorders in a prison population in Durban, South Africa.
Supervisor: Professor CC Rout
Naidu, Tesuven Krishna, MBChB……………………………………………………………………. Otorhinolaryngology
Dissertation: Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma metastasis to the submandibular gland.
Supervisor: Dr SK Naidoo
Naidu, Thameshree, MBChB(UCT)……………………………………………………………………………. Public Health
Dissertation: Red cell concentrate utilisation patterns in the eThekwini district during the year 2010
Supervisor: Dr SE Knight
Narasimooloo, Ronelle, MBBS(ManipalJColl)………………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Dissertation: A review of the interval between definitive diagnosis and effective treatment at a Multi-drug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Supervisor: Dr AJ Ross
Narsai, Neil Yeshwant, MBChB(UKZN), MBCHB (5 Year)(UN)…………….. Radiotherapy and Oncology
Dissertation: Radioactive Iodine in the Management of Thyrotoxicosis
Supervisor: Professor AA Motala
Niehaus, Abraham Johannes, MBCHB(UOVS), FC Path(SA) Micro(CollMedSA)… Medical Microbiology
Dissertation: An outbreak of foodborne Salmonelliosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Supervisor: Professor P Moodley
Okeke, Paul Ifeanyichukwu, MBChB(UNigeria)……………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Dissertation: Tobacco and Alcohol use among health care workers
Supervisor: Dr AJ Ross
Orisakwe, Emeka Edwards…………………………………………………………………………………… Family Medicine
Dissertation: Patients knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of HIV testing at Ngwelezane hospital KwaZulu-Natal in 2010.
Supervisor: Dr AJ Ross
Seevnarain, Kalesh, MBChB, MBA………………………………………………………………. Occupational Medicine
Dissertation: Occupational factors associated with tuberculosis in health care workers working in the Durban South Region of the eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Supervisor: Dr S Naidoo
Singh, Nikhil, MBChB(MEDUNSA), Dip Obst (SA) 2002(CollMedSA), FCOG (SA)(CollMedSA)
Dissertation: A descriptive analysis of patients presenting with ectopic pregnancies at King Edward Viii Hospital, Durban.
Supervisor: Professor JS Bagratee