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Editorial Board

Last updated on: February 4, 2026

The editorial board comprises of a panel of experts from various disciplines of medical and allied sciences to provide their expertise and guidance in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the purpose for the journal.

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. zampoli
Dr. Marco Zampoli
Associate Professor of Paediatrics,
Pulmonology, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town,
Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa
Email: m.zampoli@uct.ac.za
editor@patsjournal.org

Section Editors

Paediatric Respiratory

Planetary Health & Paediatrics

Dr. Adaeze C. Ayuk

Dr. Adaeze Ayuk
Consultant Pediatrician and a Senior Lecturer 
College of Medicine University of Nigeria
Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
Email: adaeze.ayuk@unn.edu.ng

Aneesa-Vanker
Prof. Aneesa Vanker
MBCHB (UKZN), FCPaed (CMSA), MMed (SU), CertPulm Paed (CMSA), PhD (UCT)
Paediatric Pulmonology,
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital,
University of Cape Town,
Cape Town, South Africa
Email: aneesa.vanker@uct.ac.za

Paediatrics

Adult Pulmonology and Pathogens

Rebecca-Nantanda
Dr. Rebecca Nantanda
Paediatrician, Senior Research Scientist,
Director of Research, Innovation and Training,
Makerere University Lung Institute (MLI),
College of Health Sciences, Makerere University,
Uganda
Email: rnantanda@gmail.com
Dr. Clement Shiluli Likhovole

Dr. Clement Shiluli Likhovole
Lecturer, Uzima University,
Kisumu, Kenya, East Africa
Email: clementshiluli@gmail.com

Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Ivan Shewitz
Dr. Ivan Shewitz
Honorary consultant UCT
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Honorary consultant
University of Pretoria Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Email: ivan@schewitz.com
Hussein-Elkhayat
Dr. Hussein Elkhayat
MS (Gen Surg), MD (CT Surg), FEBCTS
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surgery),
Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University,
Assiut, Egypt
Email: dr_khayat@hotmail.com

Adult Pulmonology

Dr Alupo’s
Dr. Patricia Alupo
MBChB, MMED (MUK); PhD Candidate (University of Groningen),
Respiratory Physician and Research Scientist,
Makerere University Lung Institute,
Uganda
Email: alupopat@gmail.com

Editorial Consultant

Adult Respiratory

Dr. Stephen Gordon

Dr. Stephen Gordon
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital,
College of Medicine,
P.O. Box 30096, Chichiri
Blantyre 3, Malawi, Central Africa
Email: sgordon@mlw.mw

Paediatric Respiratory

Dr. Heather Zar

Dr. Heather Zar
Professor & Chair, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health at Red Cross Childrens Hospital and Director, SA-MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Email: heather.zar@uct.ac.za

Public Health

Dr. Chakaya Muhwa

Dr. Chakaya Muhwa
Chief Research Officer,
Kenya Medical Research Institute,
K N H, Mbagathi Road,
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: chakaya.jm@gmail.com