Keertan Dheda
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Keertan Dheda is Professor of Respiratory Medicine, and Head of the Division of Pulmonology at the University of Cape Town. He directs the interventional pulmonology program at UCT, which includes bronchial thermoplasty, ultrasound-guided mediastinal biopsy (EBUS TBNA) and medical thoracoscopy.
His research work focuses on the epidemiology, diagnosis, transmission, and treatment of TB. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers including 4 first or senior author original publications in The Lancet. He has been the recipient of several prestigious awards including the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Scientific Award.
He has been profiled in The Lancet (see http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol383no9915/PIIS0140-6736(14)X6068-X)[1] , the Business Day newspaper (see https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/business-day/20140630/281719792675888)[2] and Carte Blanche, a high profile news programme is South Africa . He is frequently quoted and consulted by national and international news agencies and the media, and has given plenary and keynote addresses at several international conferences.
He serves on the editorial board of several journals including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine and Lancet Respiratory Diseases amongst others. He holds 4 patents related to new TB control technologies. He serves on several national and international academic and advisory bodies, and is the current president of the South African Thoracic Society. He is also the director of a non-profit company named Free of TB, with the main objective to provide healthcare to poor and needy persons afflicted with diseases of poverty (Tuberculosis, HIV and pneumonia), and to provide primary health-care education about these diseases[3].
References
- ^ "The Lancet, 01 February 2014, Volume 383, Issue 9915, Pages 383-486, e9-e10". www.thelancet.com. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ Dheda, Prof Keertan. "Free of TB (tuberculosis)". www.freeoftb.com. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
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