About Me

Welcome to my website,

I grew up in Belgium, where I graduated as a medical doctor at the University of Leuven.

I studied Tropical Medicine at the Tropical institute in Antwerp, finished my postgraduate course in Family and Sexological sciences at the University of Leuven, both in Belgium and qualified as Master in Family Medicine at the University of Orange Free State in Bloemfontein.

I started my own private practice early in the new millennium. I am registered as a specialist in Family Medicine and have a special interest in skin cancer.

As I rotated through all the different departments in teaching hospitals for more than 10 years, my experience as a General Practitioner includes a wide scope of practice, treating patients of all ages, common and less common ailments and chronic diseases, physical and emotional.

I was taught conventional Western medicine: identifying diseases by recognising patterns of symptoms and prescribing drug-based therapies accordingly. However, medication has far more side effects than we are led to believe and in many cases the side effects do not justify the benefits. With the stress of modern life, pollutants in the air and water (including cell phone radiation and heavy metals), preservatives in food, hormones in poultry and meat, it is critical to embrace a preventive approach to health and well-being. Treatment often needs dietary and lifestyle intervention and may need to be combined with medicines. However, if the patient prefers alternative medicine and can be helped with it, I am quite open to that.

I don’t just treat symptoms but I rather look for the root cause and consider the whole patient and his/her family. I do special investigations when needed, mostly to confirm a diagnosis and only if it will enhance my management.

My main aim is to improve health and optimise quality of life for the patient and his/her family. Hence, I now also offer Ozone therapy.

Other interests are:

• Minor surgical interventions and removal of skin lesions.
• Weight loss.
• Woman’s health (including PAP smears and yearly check-ups)
• ADHD in children, adolescents and adults, anxiety and depression.
• Aesthetic medicine.
  

Other services offered:

Ozone therapy for management of chronic pain, boosting immunity, recovery from viral infections, speeding up the healing process of sores and other ailments.

Medical examination for Belgian visa.

Now we also have a competent practice assistant wo can help with dressing and cleaning of wounds, home bathing, removal of stitches, providing advice regarding pressure sore prevention etc.

Language proficiency:

English, Afrikaans, Flemish, French and German.