She obtained PhD in Surgery through the University of Witwatersrand, investigating the PAM50 Intrinsic subtypes in HIV positive & HIV negative patients with Breast Cancer.

She has co-published several manuscripts focusing on breast cancer & HIV, the spectrum of male breast diseases etc and has been invited by local & international journals to review several manuscripts around various breast pathologies, prior to their publication.

She has also won several research prizes including the ScealesAntrobus Research prize in 2021 for the Best Breast Cancer Research at the 48th Surgical Research Society of Southern Africa Research Conference.

She is very passionate about breast healthcare education as well as raising awareness about breast cancer in the community and has done several radio and tv interviews on breast cancer awareness.

She also passionate about sharing knowledge around the latest trends and controversies in various breast pathologies, esp.

Breast cancer & HIV, with colleagues and has spoken in local and international conferences, as well as clinical care media platforms. Her passion in promoting ‘Be Breast-Wise. Early detection. Timeous treatment. Best Outcome’ has led to her successfully leading the establishment of Regional Surgical Breast Units in Gauteng & KwaZulu-Natal, as a way of decentralizing and taking the breast healthcare services closer to ‘remote’ communities.

She is a member of the Breast Interest Group of Southern Africa (BIGOSA), Federation of South African Surgeons (FoSAS), African Organisation Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), Association of Surgeons, South Africa and the PanAfrican Cancer Research Institute (PACRI).