CURRICULUM VITAE
1 Personal Details.
Name
Date of Birth
Work address
David Kenneth Stones
21 June 1952 (Vanderbijlpark S. A.)
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of the Free State
PO Box 339 (G69)
BLOEMFONTEIN
Free State
South Africa
Telephone
Fax Number
Cellphone
+27 051 4053293
+27 051 4443230
+27 083 444 7233
E-Mail address stonesdk@ufs.ac.za
Department of Paediatrics,
Livingstone Hospital,
Port Elizabeth
2. Academic and Professional Qualifications
MBChB: University of Cape Town, 1976
DCH: College of Medicine 1982
M Med (Paed): University of the OFS, 1986
Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) registration 3.
MP No: 0193020
Medical Protection Society No: 12/19325
Registration as Medical Officer
Registration of DCH
Registration of M. Med (paed)
Registration as Medical Oncologist
4. Past and current work experience
14/12/1977
01/05/1981
31/01/1986
28/06/1993
1986 - 1987 Specialist Department of Paediatrics and
Child Health, Medical Faculty,
University of the Orange Free
State, Bloemfontein.
1987-1990 Specialist/
Senior Specialist

1990-11/2000
Senior specialist
12/2000- onwards
Principal Specialist
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics and
Child Health,
Haematology and Oncology
University of the Orange Free
State, Bloemfontein
Department of Paediatrics and
Child Health,
Haematology and Oncology
University of the Orange Free
State, Bloemfontein
5 Publications (2008 onwards)
Moore SW, Davidson A, Stones DK et al
MALIGNANT LIVER TUMOURS IN SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN: A NATIONAL AUDIT
World Journal of Surgery. Jul 2008:32:7:1389-95
DC Stefan, DK Stones, A Dippenaar, M Kidd
ETHNICITY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HODGKIN LYMPHOMA IN CHILDREN
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. February 2009: 52: 2: 182-186
DK Stones, JC Jansen, D Griessel
SIALOBLASTOMA AND HEPATOBLASTOMA IN A NEWBORN INFANT
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. July 2009:52:7:883-885
DC Stefan, DK Stones
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO TREAT CHILDREN WIYH HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
Leukemia and Lymphoma. February 2009:50:2:196-199
JN Mahlangu for MASAC
HAEMOPHILIA CARE IN SOUTH AFRICA: 2004-2007 LOOK BACK etc Haemophilia
2009:15:135-141
D K Stones
CHILDHOOD CANCER: EARLY WARNING SIGNS
CME. The SA Journal of CPD
July 2010: 314-317
DC Stefan, DK Stones, L Wainwright, R Newton
KAPOSI SARCOMA IN SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. November 2010:55:5(abstract no O049)
DC Stefan, G Wessels, J Poole, L Wainwright, DK Stones et al
INFECTION WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-1 (HIV) AMONG CHILDREN
WITH CANCER IN SOUTH AFRICA
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. November 2010:55:5(abstract no PP010)
DC Stefan, DK Stones, L Wainwright, R Newton
KAPOSI SARCOMA IN SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN
DC Stefan, G Wessels, J Poole, L Wainwright, DK Stones et al
INFECTION WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-1 (HIV) AMONG CHILDREN
WITH CANCER IN SOUTH AFRICA
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. July 2011:56:77-795

PRESENTATIONS (since 2008)
2 nd ANNUAL HAEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
CAPE TOWN
MARCH 2008
PAPERS
1) Acute myeloid leukemia: Has the prognosis improved over the last twenty years: An audit of patients treated at the Bloemfontein Academic Hospital Complex
3) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Have we achieved any improvement in survival rate over the last 20 years
DK Stones, J du Plessis, S Stannard
27 th BIENNIAL CONGRESS OF THE PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION AND SOUTH
AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS,
SUN CITY
MAY 2008
PAPERS
DK Stones, J du Plessis, S Stannard
2) Profile and outcome of Paediatric patients with Burkitt lymphoma seen in Bloemfontein over the last 20 years
DK Stones, J du Plessis, S Stannard
1) HIV and Lymphoma: The experience of the Paediatric
Oncology Unit at the Bloemfontein Academic Complex
DK Stones, J du Plessis, S Stannard
2) Profile and outcome of Paediatric patients with Burkitt lymphoma seen in Bloemfontein over the last 20 years
DK Stones, J du Plessis, S Stannard
3) Profile and survival rates for patients with nephroblastoma: A comparison between SIOP and
NWTS protocol.
DK Stones, J du Plessis, S Stannard
4) Is it worthwhile treating patients with stage 4
Nephroblastoma?
DK Stones, J du Plessis, S Stannard
5) How much does it cost to treat Hodgkin lymphoma in
Africa?
6) Correlation between ethnicity and prognosis in
Hodgkin disease in two South African hospitals
DC Stefan, DK Stones, A Dippenaar, P Hesseling, G
Wessels
TRANSFUSION IN OBSTETRIC AND PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS
KINE 1
AUGUST 2008
INVITED LECTURE
Management of Bleeding Disorders in Children
FACULTY FORUM
AUGUST 2008
PAPERS 1) Are there differences in the profile and outcome of
Lesotho and South African Children with malignancies
(Runner up Best Clinical Paper)

DK Stones, K Rautenbach, S Stannard
2) Chronic myeloid leukemia: Has the prognosis changed with the introduction of Imatinib
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, S Stannard
PAEDIATRIC REFRESHER COURSE (BACK TO BASICS)
MARCH 2009
PAPER Red Flags in Paediatric Oncology
(Invited speaker)
SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CANCER STUDY GROUP 6 th ANNUAL WORKSHOP
DURBAN
MAY 2009
PAPERS 1) Are there differences in the profile and outcome of
Lesotho and South African Children with malignancies
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, S Stannard
2) Chronic myeloid leukemia: Has the prognosis changed with the introduction of Imatinib
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, S Stannard
3) ACCESS (AIDS Childhood Cancer Electronic Storage
System) : Auditing Malignancy in HIV-positive South
African Children
A Davidson, DK Stones et al
4) The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Cancer in
Children
C Stefan, DK Stones et al
FACULTY FORUM
AUGUST 2009
PAPERS 1) Outcome of patients tissue typed for stem cell transplants.
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
2 Malignancies in HIV infected Children in Paediatric
Oncology: Has the profile changed? (Runner up Best
Clinical Paper)
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
3) Has the profile and survival rates of our patients with malignancies changed over the last 20 years?
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
41 st ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC
ONCOLOGY SIOP 2009
SAO PAULO
OCTOBER 2009
PAPER 1) Malignancy in HIV-positive South African children.
A Davidson, M Hendricks, J Geel, D Stones,
L Wainwright
THE 9 TH CONTINENTAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF
PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY (SIOP) AFRICA
ACCRA
MARCH 2010
PAPERS 1) Malignancy in HIV-Positive South African children
A Davidson, M Hendricks, J Geel, D Stones,
L Wainwright
2) Malignancies in HIV infected Children in Paediatric

POSTER
Oncology: Has the profile changed?
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
Has the profile and survival rates of our patients with malignancies changed over the last 20 years?
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
THE 26 TH INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION CONGRESS OF
PAEDIATRICS
JOHANNESBURG
AUGUST 2010
PAPER (Invited)
Who should treat adolescents?
POSTERS 1) Has the profile and survival rates of our patients with
malignancies changed over the last 20 years?
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
2) Malignancies in HIV infected Children in Paediatric
Oncology: Has the profile changed?
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
FACULTY FORUM
AUGUST 2010
PAPERS Do our patients with nephroblastoma achieve the survival rates of the international trials?
DK Stones, K Rautenbach, J du Plessis
NOVARTIS PAEDIATRIC CML SYMPOSIUM
SEPTEMBER 2010
CAPE TOWN
PAPERS 1) Manipulation by Pharmaceutical Companies/Medical
Aids: What about ethics and the patient?
DK Stones
2) What a catastrophe! When nothing goes right.
DK Stones
2 ND INTERNATIONAL PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 2010
CAPE TOWN
PAPERS What is Supportive care?
DK Stones
(Invited Speaker)
CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
CONGRESS
CHAMPAGNE SPORTS RESORT
OCTOBER 2010
PAPER Oncology Emergencies including Tumour Lysis
DK Stones
(Invited Speaker)
42 st ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC
ONCOLOGY SIOP 200
BOSTON

OCTOBER 2010
PAPER Kaposi Sarcoma in South African children
DC Stefan, DK Stones et al
POSTER Infection with Human Immunodeficiency virus-
1(HIV) among children with cancer in South
Africa
DC Stefan, G Wessels, DK Stones et al
12 th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MALIGNANCIES IN AIDS AND OTHER
AQUIRED IMMMUNODEFICIENCIES (ICMAOI)
WASHINGTON
APRIL 2010
POSTER Kaposi sarcoma in South African children
DC Stefan, DK Stones et al