Speakers
Dr Balaba Martin
Dr. Balaba Martin is a distinguished medical doctor and health innovations expert, dedicated to delivering cutting-edge healthcare solutions across Africa.
Dr Martin Bekker
Dr Martin Bekker is a computational social scientist and AI ethics researcher, lecturing in ethics and social science at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Dr AW Dreyer
Dr AW Dreyer is a medical doctor who specialized as a clinical microbiologist at the University of Pretoria in 2011.
Dr Lauren Fogel Mersy
Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy (she/her) is a licensed psychologist, an AASECT-certified sex therapist, and a certified emotionally focused couple therapist.
Dr Cole Goldberg
Dr Cole Goldberg is an experienced Occupational Therapist specialising in neurodiversity and the intersection of developmental work with mental health and psychiatry.
Dr Craig Howes
Craig is currently based in Paternoster, Western Cape, where he runs a hybrid palliative care/mental health practice online and in person.
Monique Koopman
Monique Koopman is a physiotherapist with a special interest in pelvic and women’s health.
Elliott Kotze
Elliott Kotze is a counselling and community psychologist and researcher, with a special interest in gender-affirming healthcare, queer sexual health, and adolescent sexual health.
Chant Malan
Chant Malan (they/them) is a clinical sexologist, counselling psychologist and the Gauteng Chairperson of the Southern African Sexual Health Association (SASHA).
Prof Elna McIntosh
Prof Elna McIntosh is an almost retired Clinical Sexologist and TOP provider.
Dr Madeleine Muller
Dr Madeleine Muller is a Family Physician and Senior lecturer at Walter Sisulu University. She provides clinical services at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane, East London, and teaches and mentors medical students, registrars and medical officers.
Prof Shingai Mutambirwa
Prof. Shingai Mutambirwa holds M Med (Urology) Medunsa and FCS (Urol) degrees qualifying in 1996.
Silva Neves
Silva Neves is an award-winning, COSRT-accredited and UKCP-registered psychosexual and relationship psychotherapist, and a trauma psychotherapist.
Dr Francis Paterson
Frances has a BSc. in genetics from UKZN, and studied medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology at WITS.
Dr Marie Pienaar
Marie Elizabeth Pienaar is a Gynaecologist and Obstetrician currently practicing at Mediclinic Panorama.
Dr Sohan Pinto
Sohan Zane Pinto is an HPCSA-certified urologist who recently graduated with a fellowship in Urology from the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa.
Dr Deidre Pretorius
She qualified as a social worker and worked in hospitals, mental health and oncology. At the end of 2000 , she joined Family Medicine at the then called Medical University of South Africa as lecturer.
Dr Dulcy Rakumakoe
MBBCH degree from Wits University, a Diploma in Occupational Health, a Diploma in HIV Management, Travel Medicine Certificate, Masters of Science in Sports Medicine and a Masters in Business Administration Degree from GIBS.
Yochi Ress
Yochi Ress is a seasoned Clinical Psychologist (since 2005) and is also a qualified Professional Musician with a BMus degree.
Dr Elna Rudolph
Dr Elna Rudolph is currently serving as the President of the World Association for Sexual Health.
Dr Esther Sapire
Esther was born in 1930 and went to school in Rhodesia- now Zimbabwe. She trained as a Medical Doctor at the University of Cape Town. She married Joe at the beginning of her final year.
Levi Singh
Levi Singh works with the SRHR Africa Trust as regional youth and policy officer. As former secretary general of the African youth and adolescent network on population and development (AfriYAN), he now serves as a mentor to the current executive committee of the network.
Delene van Dyk
Delene is a Psychosexual Educator, Counsellor, and Sexual Health Nurse by profession, with more than 30 years’ experience in the field of mental health, sexual health, and adult education.
Dr Eugene Viljoen
Eugene Viljoen has been practicing as a Clinical Psychologist in private practice since 1992. He is registered with the HPCSA and also hold post graduate qualifications in Biochemistry and Human Physiology.
