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PORTFOLIOS OF CURRENT ALLSA EXCOM 2009-2012

AHMED ISMAIL MANJRA - CHAIRMAN

MBChB(Natal); FCP(PAED)(SA); Diploma in Allergology(SA); FAAAAI

Address:
Suite 218, Highway Medical Centre, Westville Hospital Spine Road, Westville

Current Position:
Paediatrician in Private Practice

Professional Activities:

  • Executive member of ALLSA since 1993
  • Past Chairman of ALLSA
  • Current Chairman of the South African Childhood Eczema Working Group
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
  • Organized four ALLSA Congresses in Durban
  • Awarded the “Eugene Weinberg” medal for outstanding performance in the College of Medicine examinations in Allergology in 2003
  • He has several publications

Areas of Interest:

  • Atopic eczema
  • Food allergy
  • Drug allergy

ANDREW HALKAS - HON. SECRETARY

MBChB; FCPaed(SA); MMed(Paed)(Wits)

Address:
Room 201 Edwil Section, Krugersdorp Private Hospital, 8 Burger Street,
Krugersdorp 1739

Current Position:
Paediatrician in Private Practice

Professional Activities:

  • Chairperson Paediatric Management Group
  • Member of South African Paediatric Association
  • Member of ALLSA Executive Committee
  • Portfolio: Chairman of the Advocacy Committee
  • Member of NAEP Executive Committee
  • He has several publications
  • He has awarded research grants from both ALLSA and the S.A. Thoracic Society
  • His dissertation for his Master of Medicine was awarded with distinction

Areas of Interest:

  • Wheezy infant
  • Genetics of asthma

SHARON KLING - IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN

MBChB(UCT); DCH(SA); FCP(SA); MMed(Paed)(UCT)

Address:
Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Tygerberg Children’s Hospital and Stellenbosch University

Current Position:
Senior Specialist, Paediatric ICU and Allergy Clinic

Professional Activities:

  • Secretary of the Allergy Society of South Africa
  • Secretary of the South African Childhood Asthma Working Group
  • Editorial member of Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology
  • Education Portfolio holder on the EXCOM of ALLSA
  • Co-ordinator of Kidz n All Congress 2004
  • Member of Scientific Committee of combined ALLSA/SATS 2007 Congress
  • Secretary of College of Paediatricians Council of Colleges of Medicine of SA
  • Member of NAEP Council

Areas of Interest:

  • Asthma
  • Ethics (enrolled for M Phil in Applied Ethics)
  • Paediatric intensive care

MOHAMED FAREED JEEBHAY

MBChB; DOH; MPhil (Epi); MPH(Occ Med); PhD

Address:
Occupational & Environmental Health Research Unit School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town

Current Position:
Associate Professor & Associate Director (Occupational Health) of the Occupational & Environmental Health Research Unit

Professional Activities:

  • Convenor of the Occupational Medicine Specialist Training programme at UCT
  • Directs the research programme on bioaerosols causing occupational allergy and asthma in the OEHRU, UCT
  • Chairman of the Provincial Medical Advisory Panel on Occupational Diseases (Workers Compensation Fund) established by the National Ministry of Labour
  • Co-programme manager and member of the Scientific Review Committee of the University of Michigan/Fogarty International Centre programme aimed at promoting research and training in occupational and environmental health in Southern Africa
  • Executive member of ALLSA (Portfolio: Research Committee)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the journal of Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Maritime Health
  • Produced over 80 technical reports and 40 journal articles and book chapters in local and international publications

Areas of Interest:

  • Occupational allergy and asthma among workers in the wood, grain, fruit farms, bakery and seafood processing industry
  • Research and policy development on occupational health services development and workers compensation issues in South Africa

DIANE ATHENA HAWARDEN - Treasurer

National Diploma – Medical Laboratory Technologist; BS.c(UCT); MBChB(UCT)

Address:
Allergy Diagnositc & Clinical Research Unit UCT Lung Institute, George Street, Mowbray

Current Position:
Medical Officer in the Department of Allergology at Groote Schuur Hospital & Red Cross Children’s Hospital and Consults at the Allergy Diagnostic & Clinical Research Unit at UCT

Professional Activities:

  • Member of ALLSA
  • Performs Drug Challenges at ADCRU
  • Latex Allergy Clinic at GSH for all hospital staff in the Western Cape
  • Works in conjunction with the Pharmacology Department and Medicine Information Centre at GSH regarding drug allergies
  • Lectures to Pharmacists and local GP’s at their CMEs
  • Several publications in peer reviewed journals, and has been involved in over 33 clinical trials
  • Supervised diatetics honours students at UCT and this work has been presented internationally

Areas of Interest:

  • Food and chemical sensitivities

ROBIN JOHN GREEN

MBChB(Rand); DCH; FCPaed(SA); DTM&H(Wits); MMed(Paed)(Wits); FCCP; PhD(Med)(Wits) and Diploma in Allergy(SA)

Address:
Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Current Position:
Associate Professor, Prinicipal Paediatrician and Paediatric Pulmonologist at the University of Pretoria

Professional Activities:

  • Executive member – Organising Committee – All 4 Kids Congress 2006
  • Student Block Chairman (Block 10 – Paediatrics & Child Health) University of Pretoria
  • Executive member – S.A. Childhood Asthma Working Group
  • Executive member – National Asthma Education Programme (NAEP)
  • Chairman – 3rd NAEP Asthma for Africa Congress Organising Committee
  • Paediatric Editor – S.A. Respiratory Journal
  • Member of various national and international professional societies
  • He has several publications

Areas of Interest:

  • Upper airway allergy
  • Pharmacoeconomics
  • Respiratory diseases

SAMUEL MALAMULELE RISENGA

BSc(Unin); MBChB(Natal); DCH(SA); MMed(Paed)(Medunsa); Diploma in Allergology(SA)

Address:
P.O. Box 835
Masingita 0832

Current Position:
Principal Specialist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Limpopo and Letaba Provinicial Hospitals, Limpopo Province

Professional Activities:

  • Member of the ALLSA
  • Member of the South African Childhood Asthma Working Group
  • Member of the HIV Clinicians Society
  • Member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)
  • Convenor 2010 ALLSA Congress

Areas of Interest:

  • Asthma and allergic rhinitis
  • Atopic eczema

MATTHIAS HAUS

MBChB(Cape Town); MD(Cape Town); DCH(SA); MFGP(SA); FFPM(RCP);
Dip Mid COG(SA)

Address:
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Private Bag X30 Sunninghill 2157

Current Position:
Executive Director for AstraZeneca (South Africa) Responsible for Clinical,
Medical and Regulatory Affairs

Professional Activities:

  • Executive member of ALLSA
  • Past Chairman of ALLSA
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK).
  • Director of various other companies
  • Appointed Adjunct Professor (Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Served on a World Health Organisation Task Force compiling guidelines for the prevention of asthma and allergic diseases
  • Professorial duties at UCT which include his presence on various standing committees such as the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and the Innovation Technology Transfer Company
  • Chairman of both the PPS Holding Company and PPS Insurance Company
  • He has published and lectured both nationally and internationally on both academic and pharmaceutically related topics.

Areas of Interest:

  • Epidemiology and immunology of the allergic response.

ANDRE VAN NIEKERK

MBChB(Pret); MMed(Paed)(Pret); Paediatric Pulmonology Registration

Address:
P.O. Box 5766
Meyersdal
1447

Current Position:
Paediatrician and Paediatric Pulmonologist, Private Practice

Professional Activities:

  • Private Practitioner
  • Special interest in paediatric pulmonology and allergy
  • Clinical Research
  • Executive member of ALLSA 2001-2006
  • Convenor of ALLSA “State of the Art” congress 2003
  • Convenor of ALLSA “Kids-4-All” congress 2006
  • ALLSA "Distinguished Service Award" 2006

Areas of Interest:

  • Airway allergy, asthma management and asthma research
  • Paediatric Pulmonology
  • Viral airway infections