Different disciplines.
One shared purpose.

Jarrod Zamparini is a Specialist Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) and Netcare Park Lane Hospital. He completed his undergraduate training at the University of Pretoria and his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine on the University of the Witwatersrand training circuit. Jarrod has a special interest in Obstetric Medicine and is passionate about working with Obstetricians and other healthcare professionals to deliver top quality medical care to pregnant women with medical problems. He has established an Obstetric Medicine Unit at CMJAH and provides an Obstetric Medicine service at Netcare Park Lane Hospital.

Dr Samantha Budhram is a subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) and received an MPhil (MFM) from the Stellenbosch University in 2016. She is currently Head of Clinical Unit in the Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Tygerberg Hospital and a senior lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Stellenbosch University. She has a keen interest in the impact of maternal disease on the feto-placental unit and pathology of the feto-placental unit affecting maternal health (e.g. Diabetes and the hypertensive disorders). She loves teaching and enjoys research. Her goal is to increase access to care and more specifically quality care to pregnant women and their unborn child/children and believes that the key is education and creating opportunities and SOOMSA is ideally positioned to make the change!

Shastra Bhoora is a specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and is a subspecialist in Critical Care. She completed her MSc (Wits) in 2022. Shastra is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand as an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in the Centre for Health Science Education in Simulation. She is also affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, in Texas, USA as an Associate Professor in Maternal Critical Care. She is a faculty member of the SMFM Critical Care Obstetrics Simulation Team and an instructor for Basic ICU courses held at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. Since 2019, Shastra has served on the NCCEMD as a maternal death assessor for Gauteng Central.

Dr Lizemarie Wium is a Specialist Physician with an interest in Obstetric Medicine. She completed MBChB at the University of the Free State, and in 2016 acquired an MMed (Internal Medicine) and FCP(SA) from the University of Pretoria. Lizemarie was trained in Obstetric Medicine by Prof. Catherine Nelson-Piercy at the Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital Trust, London in 2018. She practiced as a General and Obstetric Physician at the University of Pretoria until 2021 and now practices as an Obstetric Physician at King’s College Hospital in London. She has a special interest in the care of high risk obstetric patients, critical care obstetrics and renal disease in pregnancy.

Dr Valerie Vannevel graduated from the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and relocated to South Africa in 2015. She started her academic career at the University of Pretoria in 2016 while working at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital. She then moved over to the University of the Witwatersrand in 2022 and works as a consultant at Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital. She is currently completing her subspecialty training in Maternal and Fetal Medicine. She has been involved in several antenatal and intrapartum research projects and guideline development, both national and international. Her academic interests lie in the prevention and management of adverse pregnancy outcomes and development of new technologies.

Prof. Elise Schapkaitz is a Specialist Haematologist at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and the National Health Laboratory Service in Johannesburg, South Africa. She completed her PhD in the field of pregnancy and venous thromboembolism in 2023. She has a special interest in managing anticoagulation in pregnant women and delivering care within a multidisciplinary team.