Why Did I Become A Doctor South Africa

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  42 Years & Still Fascinated | Dr André Hugo

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr André Hugo has... Read more

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr André Hugo has been practising as a specialist orthodontist for 42 years. He grew up in Krugersdorp as the son of a dentist — and very nearly became a plas... Show less

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  Jul 19, 2026

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  I Broke My Spine in Matric, Now I'm in Dental School | Luvaan Rooyan

  This episode of Why Did I Become a Doctor South Africa is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief — South Africa's leading daily healthcare news service. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1 --- At 19, Luvaan Rooyan... Read more

  This episode of Why Did I Become a Doctor South Africa is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief — South Africa's leading daily healthcare news service. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1 --- At 19, Luvaan Rooyan is the youngest guest we've ever had on the show, and his road to dental school is unlike any we've heard. A week before his mid-year matric exams, Luvaan w... Show less

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  Jul 05, 2026

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  The Doctor Who Defends Doctors | Dr Ninakhulu Ntsanwisi

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr Ninakhulu Ntsanwisi is... Read more

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr Ninakhulu Ntsanwisi is a medical doctor and admitted attorney who now runs her own consultancy in the medico-legal space, helping doctors and healthcare fa... Show less

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  Jun 21, 2026

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  Dentist by Day, Recording Artist by Night | Dr Kiash Arjun

  This episode is brought to you by Bedfordview Dental Care. https://bedfordviewdentalcare.co.za/ --- Dr Kiash Arjun is a 26-year-old dentist working in private practice in Pietermaritzburg — and a recording artist with original songs on radio, an EP, an album, and a history of gigging his way through dental school. He... Read more

  This episode is brought to you by Bedfordview Dental Care. https://bedfordviewdentalcare.co.za/ --- Dr Kiash Arjun is a 26-year-old dentist working in private practice in Pietermaritzburg — and a recording artist with original songs on radio, an EP, an album, and a history of gigging his way through dental school. He takes us from growing up in Verulam and receiving his first guitar as a seventh birthday gift from his late grandfather, to opening for Jeremy Loops at Park Acoustics, to navig... Show less

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  Jun 14, 2026

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  Why Did I Become a Vaccinologist? | Daniel Kapelus

  Daniel Kapelus had never heard the word vaccinology before 2019. By 2020, he was rotating through real COVID-19 clinical trials as a master's student at Wits — thrown into one of the most consequential public health moments in living memory. In this conversation, Daniel breaks down how vaccines actually work,... Read more

  Daniel Kapelus had never heard the word vaccinology before 2019. By 2020, he was rotating through real COVID-19 clinical trials as a master's student at Wits — thrown into one of the most consequential public health moments in living memory. In this conversation, Daniel breaks down how vaccines actually work, why the COVID vaccines were developed so quickly without cutting corners, what mRNA technology does inside your body, and why you simply cannot copy-paste one country's vaccine schedule ... Show less

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  Jun 07, 2026

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  Scalpels & Sculptures — Dr Eric Louw on 36 Years of Small-Town Medicine

  Dr Eric Louw has been a family physician in Standerton, Mpumalanga since 1990. While many of his peers emigrated, he stayed — and built something rare: a full-service GP practice that does obstetrics, surgery, gastroscopies, ultrasounds, and procedures most specialists would hesitate to attempt in a small-town setting. In this... Read more

  Dr Eric Louw has been a family physician in Standerton, Mpumalanga since 1990. While many of his peers emigrated, he stayed — and built something rare: a full-service GP practice that does obstetrics, surgery, gastroscopies, ultrasounds, and procedures most specialists would hesitate to attempt in a small-town setting. In this conversation, Dr Louw talks about growing up in the gold fields of Virginia in the Free State, his father's unfulfilled dream of studying medicine, the Chamber of Mine... Show less

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  May 24, 2026

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  He Crawled Across a Border to Become a Dentist | Dr Reggie Reddy

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr Reggie Reddy is... Read more

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr Reggie Reddy is a dentist with over 35 years in practice. He holds a post-graduate diploma in periodontology and has worked extensively across community de... Show less

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  May 10, 2026

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  The Dentist Who Walked Away From Six Figures to Build Something New | Dr Farouk Satar

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr Farouk Satar is... Read more

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- Dr Farouk Satar is a dentist and practice owner of The Health House in Boksburg, with special interests in implantology, facial aesthetics and conscious sedat... Show less

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  Apr 26, 2026

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  "I Do What I Do Because of Who I Am" — Vinyl, Root Canals & Life | Dr Odirile Moloi

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- As a boy in... Read more

  This episode is brought to you in partnership with MedicalBrief. Stay informed with trusted reporting, expert insights, and analysis that matters to healthcare professionals. From breaking news to in-depth features, MedicalBrief keeps you up to date with everything happening in healthcare. Subscribe free at https://bit.ly/3Pei7o1. --- As a boy in Tlhabane, Rustenburg, all Dr Odirile Moloi wanted was a gold filling — because everyone at school had one. But the locum dentist who saw him that ... Show less

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  Apr 12, 2026

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  She Rejected Medicine to Study the Ocean From Space | Sejal Pramlall

  Sejal Pramlall is a South African oceanographer and PhD candidate at the University of Bergen, Norway. She uses satellites to study the water quality and productivity of the world's oceans — work that sits at the intersection of marine science, climate change, and space technology. In this episode, Sejal takes... Read more

  Sejal Pramlall is a South African oceanographer and PhD candidate at the University of Bergen, Norway. She uses satellites to study the water quality and productivity of the world's oceans — work that sits at the intersection of marine science, climate change, and space technology. In this episode, Sejal takes us through a journey that is anything but conventional: from growing up in Johannesburg and dreaming of medicine, to a BSc triple major at UCT, a first job in the Maldives that turned ... Show less

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