Emeritus Professor Heinz Rode
MBChB Pretoria
MMed (Surg) Pretoria
FRCS (Edinburgh)
FCS (SA)
Nominated by:
Professor A Millar
Professor A Figaji
Associate Professor B Eley
Associate Professor J Thomas
Emeritus Associate Professor M Mann
Dr S Cox
Candidate’s Statement:
I have served the University and Provincial Administration in various capacities
when I joined the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in 1975.
Throughout my professional career I have developed international relationships,
not only with Europe but also by establishing the Pan-African Paediatric Surgical
Association and initiated the acceptance of surgeons from Africa to train under
our auspices in Cape Town. From 1975 I was actively engaged in teaching and
research and the relevant information is depicted in my CV.
Throughout the years I have enhanced the quality and profile of our candidates,
especially by the development of a Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery through the
Colleges of Medicine of South Africa.
Through my burn research and
engagement in burn care I am also regarded as the leading academic and
practical burn surgeon in this country
Abbreviated CV:
Emeritus Professor Heinz Rode qualified as a medical doctor in 1966 and
qualified as general surgeon from the University of Pretoria in 1974, from the
colleges of Medicine South Africa, FCS (Surg) 1974 and from the Royal College
of Surgeons Edinburgh (Ed) 174. He spent 15 months in Antarctica after
qualification as the medical doctor and deputy leader to be the 9th South African
national Antarctic Expedition. He was appointed Senior Specialist in Paediatric
Surgery in 1983 and subsequently as principal specialist and eventually as Chief
Specialist and Charles F.M. Saint Professor and Head of the Department of
Paediatric Surgery at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and
University of Cape Town in 1997. He held this position for 10 years. He is
recognised as a leading burns surgeon in South Africa.
Awards and Honours
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Douglas Medal for the most outstanding student in Surgery from the
Colleges of Medicine;
honorary membership of the Australia/New Zealand Burn Association;
the Golden Jubilee Award from the College for outstanding services to
medicine; and the
Zora Janzekovic Golden Razor Award for outstanding services to burned
children
Academic Supervision
He was the supervisor and examiner for 17 higher degrees. He developed a
diploma in general surgery as well as a Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery for the
Colleges of Medicine. He was the original driving force behind the establishment
of the Pan-African Paediatric Surgical Association.
He has been visiting Professor to various universities and has given various
national and international eponymous lectures, established the EMSB course in
South Africa and is honoured by PAPSA with a named lecture. He served on the
editorial board of leading paediatric surgical journals and has received
substantive financial support for research. His main interests are in trauma,
neonatal surgery. Oncology and burns
Offices Held
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President of the South African Association of Paediatric Surgeons
President of the South African Burn Association,
President of the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa.
Secretary of SAAPS,
Secretary of Finance and General Purpose Committee of the Colleges of
Medicine
Secretary of the European Club for Paediatric Burns and the
Secretary of the Pan-African Paediatric Surgical Association.
Examiner and convener of examinations for the Colleges of Medicine
Executive Member and Secretary of the College of Surgeons
Member of the Senate of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa.
EXCO member of the World Federation of Associations of Paediatric
Surgeons
African representative of the British Association of Paediatric surgeons.
Member of the rehabilitation committee of the International Society for
Burn Injuries
Publications
He has written one book and is currently writing two additional books on the
history of paediatric surgery in South Africa, a surgical manual for paediatric
burns, 51 chapters in leading international textbooks and has published 265
articles in peer review journals.