Founding Members

Chris Archer

Gynaecologist
5 November 1945 - 3 March 2021

Eugene Allers

Psychiatrist

Eugene Allers is currently working as a psychiatrist in private practice. He has been involved in the management of private practice since 1998 and has served on several committees and boards. He is a past president of the South African Society of Psychiatrists and has chaired the private practice interest group within SASOP for several years. He has also, with the help of a team of psychiatrists, run a very successful anti-stigma campaign for SASOP. He was the chairperson of the Specialist Private Practice Committee of SAMA for 2 years. He is the editor of the Serenity Magazine and has been the editor of several publications. He is currently the main author of the South African Psychiatric Guidelines.

Franco Colin

Psychiatrist

Andrew Halkas

Paediatrician

Chris Joseph

ENT Specialist

Qualifications: MBBCh (Wits) FRCS (England) FCS (South Africa)
M.Med (Wits).
Chairman: ENT Management Group of South Africa, 1999-2004.
Executive committees:
- SA Society ENT-Head & Neck Surgery.(Portfolio: tariff and coding).
- SA Head & Neck Oncology Society.
Past President: SA Head & Neck Oncology Society (Past secretary/treasurer/vice-president). SA Society Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
ENT Representative:
- RASD (Representative Association of Surgical Disciplines) of the SAMA
- SPPC (Specialist Private Practice Committee) of the SAMA.
Founding member : Johannesburg ENT Institute. SAG (Specialist Advocacy Group).

Louis Kruger

Ophthalmologist

Jan Talma

Ophthalmologist

Ophthalmologist in Private Practice
• He was involved in MASA and later SAMA Private Practice activities since 1992
• He has been RASD (Surgical Representative) and SAMA Specialist Private Practice Committee member for many years.
• Became Chairman of the SAMA Specialist Private Practice Committee and SAMA
Board member. Current Member of the Heath Policy Committee.
• Ophthalmology involvement:
• Ophthalmological Society EXCO member since 1993 and later OSSA President.
• Founder member of the Ophthalmology Management Group (OMG) and Private Practice Representative ever since.
• Is the Past President: SA Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

With: Adri Kok (Physician), Anthony Stanley (Cardiologist), Keith Klintworth and Pieter Bettings (Anaethetists), Mike Wellstead (General Surgeon), Frank Snyckers (Neuro Surgeon) ,Marius Bongers and Paul Porteous (Urologists), Dick van der Jaght (Othopaedic Surgeon), Leon Gous (Oncology), Tjaart Erasmus (Pathologist), Bates Alheit (Radiologist), Steven Grobler (Gastroenterologist), Stefaan Bouwer (ENT Surgeon), Geoff Bhil, Les Shamley, Philip Reyneke, Tienie Van Rooyen, Fred Hayward (Obstetrician and Gynaecologists), Sats Pillay and Martin Vellar (General Surgeons).

Unit 16 Northcliff Office Park

203 Beyers Naude Drive

Northcliff

2195