Editorial Board
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
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 Ayuk
Consultant Pediatrician and a Senior Lecturer
College of Medicine University of Nigeria
Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
Email: adaeze.ayuk@unn.edu.ng
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
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
Lecturer, Uzima University,
Kisumu, Kenya, East Africa
Email: clementshiluli@gmail.com
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Honorary consultant UCT
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Honorary consultant
University of Pretoria Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Email: ivan@schewitz.com
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
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
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
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
Chief Research Officer,
Kenya Medical Research Institute,
K N H, Mbagathi Road,
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: chakaya.jm@gmail.com