Dr. Neil Kruger
I am a specialist hand and wrist orthopaedic surgeon based in Cape Town. I treat all hand and wrist conditions, ranging from traumatic injuries of the hand and wrist (including microvascular replantation), to thumb, finger and wrist arthritis.
I have high level experience and skill at arthroscopic, endoscopic and joint replacement surgery of the hand and wrist, and manage peripheral nerve compression syndromes like carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome daily. I also maintain strong academic ties, working as a consultant in the Martin Singer Hand Unit at the University of Cape Town and at Red Cross Children’s Hospital treating congenital hand conditions. I regularly attend and present at local and international hand congresses, and train future orthopaedic and plastic surgeons on hand conditions at both Groote Schuur and Red Cross Childrens hospital.
I love and take great pride in my work, and am incredibly proud to have founded the Good Hope Hand Centre – a centre with a dedicated team to help eliminate your pain and restore your function.
Carpal tunnel syndrome | Trigger finger | De Quervain's Tenosynovitis | Rheumatoid arthritis | Ganglions | Traumatic hand injurieS | Base of thumb arthritis | Dupuytrens | Mucous cysts | Finger and wrist arthritis | Distal radius fractures
Tammy Williams
Tammy’s curiosity in Hand Therapy was ignited in high school, when she observed a family friend going through major injury rehabilitation. It lead her to study Occupational Therapy at UCT, where her interest in the hands specialty was stoked, doing practical placements in both Hands and Burns care as a student. Graduating in 2000, she was then fortunate to get grounded early professional experience in at the Cape Hand Clinic (Vincent Pallotti, Cape Town) spending a collective 8 years with the team. She also spent 6 years with Therapy in Action (Stellenbosch & Somerset West), with a strong focus on work related injuries and expanding the specialist hand therapy service in the Helderberg area. Aside from her Cape Town work, Tammy has gained international experience both in and out of the Hand Therapy sector. She worked for an humanitarian NGO (Medair) in Uganda as a program manager serving war-affected children. She also spent >2 years in Ethiopia with The Leprosy Mission International, as a consultant at a major training hospital in Addis Ababa (ALERT), training local OT and Physiotherapists as well as contributing to rehabilitation policy development with the Ministry of Health.
Tammy has always been committed to promoting Hand Therapy education, and has been a committee member for SA Society of Hand Therapists (Western Cape), where she helped organise CPD courses for therapists in the field. She has also taught several hand therapy short courses incl Splinting, Upper Limb Assessment and Thumb Injury Management, as well as a training for rural OT’s in the Eastern Cape. She started her own private practice in 2019, (based in Claremont and Constantiaberg) and continues to treat a wide variety of hand injuries and conditions.
Dr Farzana Moosajee
What is rheumatology?
A rheumatologist is an internal medicine specialist with subspecialized training in rheumatology. This medical specialty deals with musculoskeletal conditions, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions in teenagers and adults of all ages. These disorders include Inflammatory disorders that affect muscles, joints and bones, Connective tissue diseases (CTD) that affect supporting structures like your ligaments, tendons, skin, and other organs including blood vessels and Autoimmune diseases that are caused by your immune system attacking your healthy tissues.
About Dr Moosajee
Dr Farzana Moosajee has been diligent and compassionate both as a doctor and previously as a student. She received the top student class medal award in Medical Physiology in 2000 and the class medal for Virology in 2002 during her undergraduate years. She graduated Cum Laude from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2005 obtaining her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree with honours and distinction in the pre-clinical examinations and has been a member of the Golden Key International Honors Society since 2005.
A rheumatologist is an internal medicine specialist with subspecialized training in rheumatology. This medical specialty deals with musculoskeletal conditions, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions in teenagers and adults of all ages. These disorders include Inflammatory disorders that affect muscles, joints and bones, Connective tissue diseases (CTD) that affect supporting structures like your ligaments, tendons, skin, and other organs including blood vessels and Autoimmune diseases that are caused by your immune system attacking your healthy tissues.
