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How can I find the right person for persistent pain? Navigating the health care system in South Africa
30 January 2026
Professor Romy Parker(chair), Neuroscience Insitute, Director of Pain Management Unit, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town.
Panellists
Helen Buchanan (occupational therapist)
Dr Kerry Louw (lead psychiatrist, Tygerberg Hospital Chronic Pain Clinic)
Dr Sheron Forgus (general specialist family physician, convenor of the 'Family Medicine' postgraduate programme at UCT)
Huyaam Samuels (doctoral candidate and person living with persistent pain)
Dr Rowan Duys (lead anaesthetist, Groote Schuur Hospital Chronic Pain Clinic)
COURSE FEES R115; UCT Staff & Students R58
CPD points accredited.