The Department
of Medicine of the University
of Cape Town is a large academic
and clinical department which
plays a leading role in medical
education and research, and provides
clinical services to the communities
of the Western Cape and, in the
case of our highly specialised
services, to patients throughout
southern Africa.
Structure
of the Department
The Department
consists of 16 clinical divisions and 8 major research units.
The clinical divisions are Acute General Medicine, Cardiology,
Clinical Haematology, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pharmacology,
Dermatology, Endocrinology & Diabetology, Geriatric
Medicine, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine,
Lipidology, Medical Gastroenterology, Nephrology & Hypertension,
Neurology, Pulmonology and Rheumatology.
The Department has 9 major Research Units: The Allergy
Diagnostic & Clinical Research Unit, Albertina &
Walter Sisulu Institute for Aging in Africa, UCT Bioethics
Centre, Desmond Tutu HIV Research Centre, UCT/UCL Hatter
Institute for Cardiology Research, UCT Leukaemia Unit, UCT
Lung Institute, MRC/UCT Liver Research Centre, MRC/UCT/UWC
Research Unit for Traditional Medicines and the World Health
Organisation Collaborating Centre for Drug Policy.
Our
staff
Our 2007 figures reflect a full-time
academic staff of 12 Professors, 21 Associate Professors,
2 Honorary Associate Professor, 5 Honorary Professors, 3
Emeritus Professors, 28 full-time Senior Lecturers/Lecturers,
39 Honorary Senior Lecturers, 2 Honorary Research Associates
and 34 Administrative/clerical Staff.
Educational
activities
Senior students comprise 33
Doctoral and 77 Masters students. The department also plays
a major role in the education of 936 undergraduate students.
Clinical Service
Our staff
provide excellent clinical care
to patients in our principal teaching
hospital, Groote Schuur Hospital,
as well as its associated regional
hospitals: GF Jooste Hospital,
Somerset Hospital and Victoria
Hospital, as well as in the UCT
Private Academic Hospital. Our
expertise spans the full spectrum
of internal medicine, including
highly specialised areas such
as renal, cardiac and liver transplantation.
Research activities
We have a
strong research ethic and have
a steady research output in both
the basic and applied medical
sciences and in bioethics.
Our mission
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