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Specialist Physician / Rheumatologist
Dr. Stella Botha
MBChB, PhD
Dr. Botha is an experienced Rheumatologist with excellent clinical and research skills. She has worked in several international and national academic centres doing clinical trials and research work.
ABOUT
Stella-Alet Botha studied medicine at the University of Stellenbosch were she graduated in 1999. She moved to the Netherlands in 2001 where she acquired her PhD degree in 2007 on the thesis “Assessment and determinants of disease progression in osteoarthritis at multiple sites.” (supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Breedveld and Prof. Dr. Frits Rosendaal, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology at the Leiden University Medical Center). This was followed by specialization in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology (qualification in 2013) at the Leiden University Medical Center.
Since she returned to South-Africa in 2014, she is working as a consultant in the Department of Medicine and in the Division of Rheumatology of Groote Schuur Hospital/University of Cape Town.
Her current research interest is the assessment and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a focus on comorbidities in RA. She is the principle investigator of the Meteor study at Groote Schuur Hospital: an international prospective observational study using an online application tool to monitor and assess treatment outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the Cape Rheumatoid (Early) Arthritis Therapy Evaluation (CREATE) study.
She is married and has 3 daughters.
TESTIMONIALS
After 26 years of countless doctors telling me there’s nothing wrong with me, despite my health being so poor, Dr. Botha helped me. She diagnosed my autoimmune disease and has changed my life. She’s incredibly thorough and detail oriented and she will try and help you. She’s a brilliant doctor.
Sophia Saks
After being constantly misdiagnosed, I was sent to Dr. Botha. She has figured out what's wrong and takes her time to listen and understand your story. She has a wonderful empathetic nature. I am blessed to have found her and can honestly recommend her to anyone!
Kate Lee
Dr. Stella Botha was honestly amazing. First Rheumatologist I’ve personally come across that really listens and cares. She really takes her time. Reception service is also wonderful.
Samantha Nortje
PROFILE
| HPCSA Number | MP0522236 |
| Practice Number | 0180120627356 |
| 1999 | MBChB, University of Stellenbosch |
| 2007 | PhD, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands |
| 2012 | Specialisation in Internal Medicine & Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands |
| 2017 | European Certificate of Rheumatology, EULAR, Madrid, Spain |
Experience
- 2001:
– Senior Medical Officer, Internal Medicine, Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid, Rotterdam, Netherlands (April 2001– May 2002) - 2002
– Senior Medical Office, Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands (June 2002 – Dec 2002) - 2003
– Full time PhD Research Fellow, Department Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands (Jan 2003 – Dec 2006) - 2007
– Registrar & Senior Registrar, Internal Medicine & Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands (Jan 2007 – Sep 2012) - 2012
– Consultant Rheumatologist, Department of Medicine & Rheumatology, Renier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, Netherlands (Sep 2012 – Jan 2014) - 2014
– Supernumerary Medical Officer doing Community Service Year, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (March 2015 – July 2019) - 2015
– Consultant Physician / Rheumatologist & Senior lecturer, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (March 2015 – July 2019) - 2019
– Full time Rheumatologist, Winelands Rheumatology Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa (Aug 2019 – present) - 2019
– Part time Investigator, Winelands Medical Research Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa (Aug 2019 – present)
Peer-reviewed publications in the past 3 years:
- Hodkinson B, Osman N, Botha-Scheepers S. HIV Infections and Osteoarticular Tuberculosis: Strange Bedfellows.
Case Rep Rheumatol. 2016;2016:5718423. - Botha-Scheepers SA, Sarembock B. Infections in the management of rheumatic diseases: An update.
S Afr Med J. 2015 Dec;105(12):1076. - Palane E, Alpizar-Rodriguez D, Botha S, Said-Hartley Q, Calligaro G, Hodkinson B: Interstitial lung disease in patients with connective tissue disease. Subtypes, clinical features and comorbidities in the Western Cape, South Africa.
AJTCCM Vol 28 No 2 2022
CONTACT
Institute of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology
CONSULTING HOURS
Monday – Friday
08:00 – 16:00