Hanneke Van der Merwe

General practitioner working in a multidisciplinary and documentation based care chronic back and neck pain facility. Applying evidence based medicine in treating chronic pain and complex pain conditions. 

2019- Present: Medical doctor at Fx Health/ DBC (Back and neck rehabilitation).I currently work as a general practitioner at the DBC practice in Cape Town. My responsibilities include: Diagnosing complex and complicated neurological pain disorders, engaging with interdisciplinary teams that include neurologists, neurosurgeons, chemical pathology and histopathology departments, physiotherapists, psychiatrists and orthopedic surgeons. My position requires me to have goo fundamental clinical skills and a firm understanding of complex pathological processes. Daily DBC data collection of patients and writing case studies every month.

2018 (July-Nov) Grade 1 Medical officer (sessional post) in Surgery Mitchell's Plain District hospital.

2018 (Jan-July) Grade 1 Medical officer Locum at Paarl Provincial Hospital Emergency department and Karl Bremer Hospital Internal medicine department.

2017 Community Service Medical Officer at Paarl Provincial Hospital: Orthopedic and Surgery department for 2 months and 6 months Emergency medicine.

2015- 2016 Medical Intern - Cape Metropolitan Healthcare Complex (Mitchell's Plain District Hospital and Mitchell's Plain CHC).

2023 - World Institute of Pain (WIP) African Congress. Training in ultrasound and C-arm guided pain interventional procedures.

2022- Stellenbosch University general practitioner refresher course.

2021- Crede: Good Clinical Practice certificate

2019 and 2020 - Train pain courses (University of Cape Town): Principles of pain, pain interventions for prescribers, communication skills and exercise for pain rehabilitation.

2016 and 2018- CardioCare (ACLS and BLS)

2009-2014 Stellenbosch University MBChB