The conditions we treat, when and where each clinic runs, our round-the-clock inpatient cover, and the hospitals we visit beyond Groote Schuur.
Our busy rheumatology unit, together with Tygerberg Hospital at the Stellenbosch University, services the Western Cape.
We provide comprehensive care for patients with rheumatic and immunologic diseases, with state-of-the-art imaging, diagnostics, and therapeutics, and collaborating teams of specialists. Our clinical activities play a vital role in our academic mission, including patient-oriented research, and training of outstanding clinical rheumatologists.
We diagnose and manage patients with a wide range of conditions including:
A registrar and consultant team is available for consultations offering a 24-hour service for new referrals as well as care for existing patients admitted to the hospital.
Our team of registrars, junior consultants and senior consultants run the following outpatient clinics with the support of nursing staff and clerical team.
We welcome new referrals from primary or secondary level facilities, or from private practitioners.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Inflammatory Arthritis, Systemic Sclerosis, Vasculitis.
For patients using biologic disease modifying antirheumatic therapies.
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Spondyloarthritides.
We provide consultation services and visits to George Hospital, Livingstone Hospital (Port Elizabeth), Frere Hospital (East London) and primary care day hospitals in the Western Cape.
Division base
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
Outreach visit
George Hospital
Western Cape
Outreach visit
Livingstone Hospital
Port Elizabeth
Outreach visit
Frere Hospital
East London
Also visitedPrimary care day hospitals across the Western Cape
New referrals are made through the Vula medical referral app. Waiting times, triage, and the numbers for each clinic are on the contact page.
How to refer