Archive

Work & writing

Research that changed transplant practice, policy that protects donors, and writing about what surgery teaches beyond the operating room.

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Academia

HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive kidney transplantation: results at 3 to 5 years

New England Journal of Medicine · 2015

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The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism

2018 edition · co-chair

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Transplantation in limited-resource settings

Research and policy work

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The Lancet Commission on Transplantation

Chair · ongoing

About the commission
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Book chapters

What the hands know

Chapter in a book edited by Jonathan Jansen

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Articles and lectures

Touch

Written for an honorary doctorate

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On failure

Lecture for the College of Medicine

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Inaugural lecture

Stellenbosch University · published in herri

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Interviews

Womanity podcast

Conversation · 2024

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Podcasts

Conversations with patients

What it is like to wait, to receive and to live with a donated organ

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Conversations with donors and families

The decision that makes every transplant possible

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Conversations with leaders in the field

What they have changed, and what it cost them

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Media

The HIV-positive transplants

Documentary

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A profile in The Lancet

The Lancet · 2012

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The Transplant Games

Patients’ stories and photographs

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Awards

Women in Transplant Hero Award

The Transplantation Society

2016

Honorary member

European Surgical Association

2016

Most Influential Woman in Business and Government: Africa

CEO Magazine

2014

Most Influential Women in Africa

Health care category

2013

Fellowship

American College of Surgeons

2013

Woman of the Year, health care

Checkers Shoprite

2011