Speaker

Mpho Ratshikana

Biography :

Director, Gauteng/Wits Centre for Palliative Care, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand. Palliative Care Physician, with research focus on palliative care needs, treatment outcomes, quality of life and improving access to palliative care through capacity building. Her background is palliative medicine, with a special interest in spirituality and spiritual care. She previously served as a member of the National Steering Committee on Palliative Care and Cancer Alliance. She has managed key research projects, establishment of the Soweto Comprehensive Cancer Centre, the first adult solid tumor at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and Palliative care services at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital