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This is the Provisional Programme for TMC 2019, it is subject to change.
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Yellow fever
Lee Baker and Albie de Frey
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Travel vaccines in practice Part 1
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Dentistry for Travellers
Suzanne van der Linden
Speakers
Suzanne van der Linden
SpeakerDr Suzanne van der Linden
Suzanne van der Linden is a general dentist in private practice in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. She qualified from the University of Pretoria in the top ten of her class in 2004. She runs a busy practice specializing in aesthetic and pediatric dentistry.
Emerging infectious disease threats to travellers
Adriano Duse
Speakers
Adriano Duse
Speaker at SASTM ExecutiveProfessor Adriano Duse
Professor Duse is Professor and HOD of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at WITS University and the National Health Laboratory Services.
Malaria Epidemiology, Prevention & Prophylaxis
Lee Baker
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Travel vaccines in practice Part 2
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
DVT: Stopping the clots
Salim Parker
Speakers
Salim Parker
Speaker at SASTM ExecutiveSalim Parker is a general practitioner based in Cape Town and immediate Past-President of the South African Society of Travel Medicine. He is the co-director of the Cape Town GeoSentinel site and currently serves on the Liaison Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) as well as on the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Medicine. In collaboration with the Global Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine, he is involved in Hajj pilgrimage related research. Original research has been presented at the last five ISTM conferences. He has authored book chapters, including co-authoring the 2018 Hajj chapter in the CDC Health Information for International Travel.
Welcome and introduction
Lee Baker SASTM President
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Altitude sickness
Fanie Jute
Speakers
Fanie Jute
SpeakerDr Fanie Jute is currently employed as Regional Medical Director with International SOS based in Dubai. He joined International SOS in 2008 as Regional Medical Director based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to joining International SOS Dr Jute was employed by an international mining company in 2003 as a health services manager to remote mining projects based in Mali and Tanzania. During this period he managed all aspects of remote health care delivery including Public and Occupational Health.
Dr Jute is a South African citizen and has more than 25 years of professional experience. He completed his Masters in Family Medicine from University of Orange Free State, South Africa in 2000 and attained postgraduate qualifications in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and Travel Medicine. He is a member of various professional bodies including the South African Society of Travel Medicine, International Society of Travel Medicine and South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care.
The Epidemiology of Travel Medicine
Mary Ross
Speakers
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTMProfessor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
The psychology of travel - ethical aspects of placement
Marius van Aswegen
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Marius Van Aswegen
SpeakerDr Marius van Aswegen
Industrial psychologist with specific expertise in expatriate placement.
Food and water borne diseases
Rochelle Lee
Speakers
Rochelle Lee
SpeakerEstablishing a Travel Health Clinic
Therese Maarschalk
Speakers
Therese Maarschalk
SpeakerDr Therese Maarschalk
Therese Maarschalk is a travel health practitioner at Travel Doctor Corporate doing pre- and post-travel consultations and looking after some 3000 expatriates worldwide. After working in Malawi and the UK she did diplomas in obstetrics, anaesthetics, tropical medicine and occupational health while in general practice.
Therese did the first certificate in Travel Medicine at WITS in 2000 and delivered papers and posters at the ISTM conferences in New York, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Shanghai and AECTM.
She is the CMO for De Beers Consolidated Mining and the volunteer Palliative Care doctor at a HIV/AIDS Hospice for homeless people in Hillbrow.
Hajj travel
Salim Parker
Speakers
Salim Parker
Speaker at SASTM ExecutiveSalim Parker is a general practitioner based in Cape Town and immediate Past-President of the South African Society of Travel Medicine. He is the co-director of the Cape Town GeoSentinel site and currently serves on the Liaison Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) as well as on the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Medicine. In collaboration with the Global Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine, he is involved in Hajj pilgrimage related research. Original research has been presented at the last five ISTM conferences. He has authored book chapters, including co-authoring the 2018 Hajj chapter in the CDC Health Information for International Travel.
The traveller with disabilities
Garth Brink
Speakers
Garth Brink
Speaker at SASTM Project ManagerDr Garth Brink
Graduated from the University of Pretoria before the turn of the Century, and entered family medicine practice in Durban in 1972. Subsequently he obtained the MPraxMed degree from Medunsa and the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians, South Africa.
Dr Brink’s involvement in travel medicine began in 2004 as President, and subsequent to that he was appointed as the Project Manager for the Society.
He is the Past Chairman of the Destination Communities Special Interest Group of the ISTM, and a member of the Education Committee.
Dive Medicine
Jack Meintjes
Speakers
Jack Meintjes
SpeakerDr Jack Meintjes
Dr Meintjes is presently employed at the Tygerberg Academic Hospital and the Facility of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University.
He is a Specialist Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Head of the Unit for Infection Prevention and Control as well as the programme co-ordinator of all postgraduate programmes in Underwater Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Practical experience: He was employed in the military for 11 years and was responsible for the medical support for the SA Navy divers and submariners. After this he got involved in the international commercial diving sector, doing approximately 800 diving medical examinations per year. Dr Meintjes was the medical officer on site during the 270m deep dive in 2005, where Dave Shaw lost his life (and spent more than 9 hours in the chamber saving the lives of his companions).
Snakes and Snake Bite in South Africa
Johan Marais
Speakers
Johan Marais
SpeakerJohan Marais is the C.E.O of The African Snakebite Institute and is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand. His interest is venomous snakes and snakebite. He lectures widely on snakes of Africa as well as snake handling and first aid in snake bite.
He has two publications: A Complete Guide to snakes of Southern Africa and Snakes & Snakebite in Southern Africa.
Travel insurance and Medical Evacuation
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
The paediatric traveller
Theunis Avenant
Speakers
Theuns Avenant
SpeakerProfessor Theuns Avenant
Theunis Avenant heads the Department of Paediatrics at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Pretoria, where he also acts as assistant to the Dean. He is a registered sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and regularly lectures at conferences on diverse topics in this field. In addition to serving on several University and Hospital committees has served on the executive committees of the South African Paediatric Association (SAPA) and the Southern African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Other interests include travel medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.
Dermatology
Robert Weiss
Speakers
Robert Weiss
SpeakerDr Robert Weiss
Robert Weiss graduated at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1980. He studied dermatology at the University of the Witwatersrand and completed his Fellow of the College of Dermatology exams in 1986.
He is currently the immediate past- President of the Dermatology Society of South Africa
Dr Weiss has been the editor of S A Dermatology Review for the last 14 years He has published widely in both local and international peer-reviewed journals and is on the South African National Guidelines Committees for Atopic eczema, Acne, Psoriasis and the Psoriasis biologics review committee.
Dr Weiss serves on a number of medical advisory boards to multinational companies.
His interests include bird watching, cycling and mountain climbing. He has recently published a book on high altitude trekking in the Himalayas.
IHR and travel medicine
Mary Ross
Speakers
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTMProfessor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
The ABC of occupational health travel
Mary Ross
Speakers
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTMProfessor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
Managing vaccination resistance in the population
Theunis Avenant
Speakers
Theuns Avenant
SpeakerProfessor Theuns Avenant
Theunis Avenant heads the Department of Paediatrics at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Pretoria, where he also acts as assistant to the Dean. He is a registered sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and regularly lectures at conferences on diverse topics in this field. In addition to serving on several University and Hospital committees has served on the executive committees of the South African Paediatric Association (SAPA) and the Southern African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Other interests include travel medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.
The traveller with chronic diseases
David Hyams
Speakers
David Hyams
SpeakerDr David Hyams
Graduated with MBChB ,University of Pretoria 1986.
During 2 years of Military service, qualified as an Aviation Medical Examiner.
Spent 1year as Medical officer in Departments of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Ear -nose and throat.
Qualified in Travel Medicine in 2001.
Private general Practitioner/director of Menlynmed in the east of Pretoria for the last 25 years.
The pre-travel consultation
Therese Maarschalk
Speakers
Therese Maarschalk
SpeakerDr Therese Maarschalk
Therese Maarschalk is a travel health practitioner at Travel Doctor Corporate doing pre- and post-travel consultations and looking after some 3000 expatriates worldwide. After working in Malawi and the UK she did diplomas in obstetrics, anaesthetics, tropical medicine and occupational health while in general practice.
Therese did the first certificate in Travel Medicine at WITS in 2000 and delivered papers and posters at the ISTM conferences in New York, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Shanghai and AECTM.
She is the CMO for De Beers Consolidated Mining and the volunteer Palliative Care doctor at a HIV/AIDS Hospice for homeless people in Hillbrow.
Information resources
Max Winkler
Speakers
Max Winkler
Speaker at SASTM President ElectMax Winkler graduated from the University of Cape Town and is a general practitioner at the Hout Bay Family Medical Centre in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, offering travel medicine related advice to travellers in the travel clinic as well as general clinical duties. His fields of interest include infectious diseases, wilderness medicine and occupational health. He is President-elect, the South African Society of Travel Medicine.
Immunisation: The Basic Science
Lee Baker
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Evidence based travel medicine
Max Winkler
Speakers
Max Winkler
Speaker at SASTM President ElectMax Winkler graduated from the University of Cape Town and is a general practitioner at the Hout Bay Family Medical Centre in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, offering travel medicine related advice to travellers in the travel clinic as well as general clinical duties. His fields of interest include infectious diseases, wilderness medicine and occupational health. He is President-elect, the South African Society of Travel Medicine.
Putting it all together: clinical case scenarios
John Frean
Speakers
John Frean
SpeakerJohn Frean is Head, Parasitology Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and is affiliated to the Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. He holds South African, United Kingdom and Australian qualifications in medicine, pathology (microbiology and parasitology), tropical and travel medicine. His areas of interest are clinical and diagnostic microbiology and tropical medicine, especially parasitic and zoonotic diseases.
The post travel consultation
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Ethical issues in travel medicine
Garth Brink
Speakers
Garth Brink
Speaker at SASTM Project ManagerDr Garth Brink
Graduated from the University of Pretoria before the turn of the Century, and entered family medicine practice in Durban in 1972. Subsequently he obtained the MPraxMed degree from Medunsa and the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians, South Africa.
Dr Brink’s involvement in travel medicine began in 2004 as President, and subsequent to that he was appointed as the Project Manager for the Society.
He is the Past Chairman of the Destination Communities Special Interest Group of the ISTM, and a member of the Education Committee.
The Immunocompromised Traveller
Therese Maarschalk
Speakers
Therese Maarschalk
SpeakerDr Therese Maarschalk
Therese Maarschalk is a travel health practitioner at Travel Doctor Corporate doing pre- and post-travel consultations and looking after some 3000 expatriates worldwide. After working in Malawi and the UK she did diplomas in obstetrics, anaesthetics, tropical medicine and occupational health while in general practice.
Therese did the first certificate in Travel Medicine at WITS in 2000 and delivered papers and posters at the ISTM conferences in New York, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Shanghai and AECTM.
She is the CMO for De Beers Consolidated Mining and the volunteer Palliative Care doctor at a HIV/AIDS Hospice for homeless people in Hillbrow.
SASTM: All you need to know
Garth Brink
Speakers
Garth Brink
Speaker at SASTM Project ManagerDr Garth Brink
Graduated from the University of Pretoria before the turn of the Century, and entered family medicine practice in Durban in 1972. Subsequently he obtained the MPraxMed degree from Medunsa and the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians, South Africa.
Dr Brink’s involvement in travel medicine began in 2004 as President, and subsequent to that he was appointed as the Project Manager for the Society.
He is the Past Chairman of the Destination Communities Special Interest Group of the ISTM, and a member of the Education Committee.
Speakers
Theuns
Avenant
Speaker
Professor Theuns Avenant
Theunis Avenant heads the Department of Paediatrics at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Pretoria, where he also acts as assistant to the Dean. He is a registered sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and regularly lectures at conferences on diverse topics in this field. In addition to serving on several University and Hospital committees has served on the executive committees of the South African Paediatric Association (SAPA) and the Southern African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Other interests include travel medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.
Lee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Garth Brink
Speaker at SASTM Project Manager
Dr Garth Brink
Graduated from the University of Pretoria before the turn of the Century, and entered family medicine practice in Durban in 1972. Subsequently he obtained the MPraxMed degree from Medunsa and the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians, South Africa.
Dr Brink’s involvement in travel medicine began in 2004 as President, and subsequent to that he was appointed as the Project Manager for the Society.
He is the Past Chairman of the Destination Communities Special Interest Group of the ISTM, and a member of the Education Committee.
Albie
De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM Executive
Dr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Adriano Duse
Speaker at SASTM Executive
Professor Adriano Duse
Professor Duse is Professor and HOD of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at WITS University and the National Health Laboratory Services.
John Frean is Head, Parasitology Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and is affiliated to the Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. He holds South African, United Kingdom and Australian qualifications in medicine, pathology (microbiology and parasitology), tropical and travel medicine. His areas of interest are clinical and diagnostic microbiology and tropical medicine, especially parasitic and zoonotic diseases.
David Hyams
Speaker
Dr David Hyams
Graduated with MBChB ,University of Pretoria 1986.
During 2 years of Military service, qualified as an Aviation Medical Examiner.
Spent 1year as Medical officer in Departments of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Ear -nose and throat.
Qualified in Travel Medicine in 2001.
Private general Practitioner/director of Menlynmed in the east of Pretoria for the last 25 years.
Fanie Jute
Speaker
Dr Fanie Jute is currently employed as Regional Medical Director with International SOS based in Dubai. He joined International SOS in 2008 as Regional Medical Director based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to joining International SOS Dr Jute was employed by an international mining company in 2003 as a health services manager to remote mining projects based in Mali and Tanzania. During this period he managed all aspects of remote health care delivery including Public and Occupational Health.
Dr Jute is a South African citizen and has more than 25 years of professional experience. He completed his Masters in Family Medicine from University of Orange Free State, South Africa in 2000 and attained postgraduate qualifications in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and Travel Medicine. He is a member of various professional bodies including the South African Society of Travel Medicine, International Society of Travel Medicine and South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care.
Rochelle Lee
Speaker
Therese
Maarschalk
Speaker
Dr Therese Maarschalk
Therese Maarschalk is a travel health practitioner at Travel Doctor Corporate doing pre- and post-travel consultations and looking after some 3000 expatriates worldwide. After working in Malawi and the UK she did diplomas in obstetrics, anaesthetics, tropical medicine and occupational health while in general practice.
Therese did the first certificate in Travel Medicine at WITS in 2000 and delivered papers and posters at the ISTM conferences in New York, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Shanghai and AECTM.
She is the CMO for De Beers Consolidated Mining and the volunteer Palliative Care doctor at a HIV/AIDS Hospice for homeless people in Hillbrow.
Johan Marais is the C.E.O of The African Snakebite Institute and is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand. His interest is venomous snakes and snakebite. He lectures widely on snakes of Africa as well as snake handling and first aid in snake bite.
He has two publications: A Complete Guide to snakes of Southern Africa and Snakes & Snakebite in Southern Africa.
Jack
Meintjes
Speaker
Dr Jack Meintjes
Dr Meintjes is presently employed at the Tygerberg Academic Hospital and the Facility of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University.
He is a Specialist Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Head of the Unit for Infection Prevention and Control as well as the programme co-ordinator of all postgraduate programmes in Underwater Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Practical experience: He was employed in the military for 11 years and was responsible for the medical support for the SA Navy divers and submariners. After this he got involved in the international commercial diving sector, doing approximately 800 diving medical examinations per year. Dr Meintjes was the medical officer on site during the 270m deep dive in 2005, where Dave Shaw lost his life (and spent more than 9 hours in the chamber saving the lives of his companions).
Salim Parker
Speaker at SASTM Executive
Salim Parker is a general practitioner based in Cape Town and immediate Past-President of the South African Society of Travel Medicine. He is the co-director of the Cape Town GeoSentinel site and currently serves on the Liaison Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) as well as on the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Medicine. In collaboration with the Global Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine, he is involved in Hajj pilgrimage related research. Original research has been presented at the last five ISTM conferences. He has authored book chapters, including co-authoring the 2018 Hajj chapter in the CDC Health Information for International Travel.
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTM
Professor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
Marius
Van Aswegen
Speaker
Dr Marius van Aswegen
Industrial psychologist with specific expertise in expatriate placement.
Robert Weiss
Speaker
Dr Robert Weiss
Robert Weiss graduated at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1980. He studied dermatology at the University of the Witwatersrand and completed his Fellow of the College of Dermatology exams in 1986.
He is currently the immediate past- President of the Dermatology Society of South Africa
Dr Weiss has been the editor of S A Dermatology Review for the last 14 years He has published widely in both local and international peer-reviewed journals and is on the South African National Guidelines Committees for Atopic eczema, Acne, Psoriasis and the Psoriasis biologics review committee.
Dr Weiss serves on a number of medical advisory boards to multinational companies.
His interests include bird watching, cycling and mountain climbing. He has recently published a book on high altitude trekking in the Himalayas.
Max Winkler graduated from the University of Cape Town and is a general practitioner at the Hout Bay Family Medical Centre in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, offering travel medicine related advice to travellers in the travel clinic as well as general clinical duties. His fields of interest include infectious diseases, wilderness medicine and occupational health. He is President-elect, the South African Society of Travel Medicine.
Suzanne
van der Linden
Speaker
Dr Suzanne van der Linden
Suzanne van der Linden is a general dentist in private practice in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. She qualified from the University of Pretoria in the top ten of her class in 2004. She runs a busy practice specializing in aesthetic and pediatric dentistry.
Evaluation Forms
Please complete the evaluation form daily. To be submitted by hard copy or electronic copy.
To complete the evaluation forms electronically, please select the appropriate link below.
Exhibitors
Exhibitors
Travel Medicine Congress 2019
Lamar International and Forrester Pharma
Lamar International and Forrester Pharma
Forrester Pharma and Lamar International are registered pharmaceutical companies focussed on providing innovative healthcare at affordable prices. We focus on successful product launches and swift generic entries, led by our vision to broaden access to quality healthcare in an affordable and efficient manner.
Aspen Pharmacare
Aspen Pharmacare
This year we celebrate our 20th anniversary as a JSE-listed company. Established from humble beginnings in Durban South Africa, and with a 160 year heritage, we have grown into a leading specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company. Our extensive basket of high quality, affordable products treat a broad spectrum of acute and chronic conditions experienced through all stages of life.
Equity Pharmaceuticals
Equity Pharmaceuticals
Clinigen South Africa is part of Clinigen Group plc which is a rapidly-growing global specialty pharmaceutical and services company with a unique combination of businesses focused on delivering the right medicine to the right patient at the right time to improve the quality of people’s lives around the world. The Group consists of five synergistic businesses focused in three areas of global medicine supply: clinical trial, unlicensed and licensed medicines.
Activo Healthcare
Activo Healthcare
Activo Health (Pty) Ltd markets and distributes a broad scope of pharmacy products across South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland. Our range includes generic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products and complementary products. Established in 2009, proudly-South African Activo Health has experienced consistent growth, which we attribute to various factors.
Sponsors and Partners
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
The following requirements are applicable for admission on the Travel Medicine Course:
If these criteria are not met your application will not be successful.
Target group:
The course is aimed at licensed health care practitioners who are already involved in travel medicine or who intend to set up practice in travel health care.
Minimum operational requirements:
Please refer to Starting a Clinic on the Menu for the minimum operational requirements for establishing a Travel Medicine Clinic.
Other requirements:
SASTM has the following requirements for the operation of Travel Medicine Clinics and these requirements are applicable for admission to the course:
Individuals who practice travel medicine should be licensed health-care practitioners (e.g. a registered nurse and a medical practitioner working collaboratively) with a background in family practice, internal medicine, paediatrics, public health or infectious diseases.
A medical practitioner, suitably qualified in travel medicine and who has a yellow fever license, must be in overall charge of a Travel Medicine Clinic.
The medical practitioner will assume medico-legal responsibility for and oversee the entire operation of the Travel Medicine Clinic.
Whereas ideally the medical practitioner in overall charge of the Travel Medicine Clinic should be on site at all times, he/she must be at least locally available to attend to any matters that arise during operation of the Travel Medicine Clinic.
The knowledge base is broad, and it is for this reason that a Travel Medicine Clinic must be supervised by a health-care professional as indicated above. The core knowledge includes a basic knowledge and understanding of the following:
- Geography
- Global distribution, epidemiology, mode of transmission, prevention and, if appropriate, self-treatment of travel-associated infectious diseases.
- Immunology and the immune system.
- Indications, contraindications, pharmacology, drug interactions and adverse events of available travel-related drugs and vaccines.
- Preventions and management of non-infectious disease risks for travellers.
- Aside from the skills required to practice as a health care professional, the following skills are mandatory for the travel medicine practitioner:
- The ability to undertake a basic health assessment.
- Evaluation of any underlying health problems.
The assessment of the health of the traveller is an important aspect of the pre-travel consultation. This would often necessitate examination of the traveller, evaluation of underlying or concurrent chronic conditions, general health and providing information to obtain optimal control of chronic illness.
- Individual risk assessment to determine the traveller's health risks.
- Risk reduction strategies.
- Recognition of any travel-related illness.
- All post-travel consultations should be managed by a medical practitioner
- Timely medical assessment for the management of travel-related illness
CPD Points
The Course is a CPD activity.
Points TBC
Exams and Projects
Study Material
Your course material will be sent to you via Postnet counter to counter service or can be collected from the SASTM office once you receive confirmation of acceptance on the course and have made payment.
This will consist of the following:
- WHO International Travel & Health
- A Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in the South African Context Third Edition
- Beyond Childhood Vaccination (Hard copy and electronic update)
- The Older Traveller
- Travel Medicine Anthology
- Online access to Journal articles
- SASTM 2019 Membership Certificate
You will be given a file containing the speaker's handouts when you register on site on the first day.
PLEASE make every effort to STUDY the material as soon as you receive it. It is a large volume of work to cover and you will NOT be able to absorb and know it all if you only start at the time of the course.
You MUST know the content of the WHO Guideline. Be sure you are familiar with the vaccines and malaria prophylactics covered.
Remember that you will be writing an MCQ exam ON ARRIVAL on the first day of the course, which counts towards your total pass mark. This exam as well as the final (last day) exam is compulsory.
Certificate of Competence and Yellow Fever License
CERTIFICATE
A Certificate of Competence will be issued by the University of Witwatersrand to each student on successful completion of the course.
YELLOW FEVER LICENCE
Successful completion of the Travel Medicine Course is required by the Department of Health for the issuing of a Yellow Fever licence. Details on how to obtain your license will be provided to you on the course.
Accommodation
Premier Hotel Midrand
Address:
187 Third Road,
Halfway Gardens,
Midrand, 1683
Gauteng
Contact Details:
Tel: 010 161 0000
Email: res.midrand@premierhotels.co.za
(This hotel is situated next door to the Conference Centre with an inter-linking walkway to the Conference Centre)
Transportation between airport and hotel - Please make own arrangements with your respective hotel.
Course and Registration Dates
Registration:
Applications for the 2019 course will open on 01 September 2018
Only on-line applications are accepted.
No faxed applications will be accepted.
Procedure following Registration:
Once your On-line application has been received, you will receive confirmation that it has been received by the SASTM office.
Your application is then processed and submitted to the University of the Witwatersrand for approval. Please note: this can take several weeks.
Once approval has been received from the University of the Witwatersrand, the SASTM office will invoice you electronically.
Once you have made payment and sent confirmation to the SASTM office your Course Material will be couriered to you. The Course Material is couriered via the South African Post Office, Counter to Counter service. (This is not applicable to applicants outside the borders of South Africa. In this case the Course Material is couriered directly to you).
Places are limited to 100 students.
Course Dates:
Wednesday 08 – Sunday 12 May 2019
Course Cost and Cancellation Policy
COST: 2019 Course Fee – Refer to Tickets
SURCHARGES:
There is a surcharge of R 1 350.00 per delegate for special dietary requirements:
Kosher and Halaal
Please note the venue has a Halaal friendly kitchen and vegetarian meals are served at no extra charge.
The Course Fee DOES NOT include the cost of your accommodation and flights.
Included in the course fee:
- SASTM Membership Fee for 2019 with full membership benefits (Please refer to Join us on the website to view membership benefits)
- Includes teas and lunches
- Includes course material
Full payment will be required on notification of acceptance of application.
Course material will only be dispatched after full payment is received.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY:
Cancellation four months prior to course – full refund less 10% administration fee
Cancellation four to two months prior to course – 50% refund
Cancellation two months and up to start of course – no refund