Cardiovascular and Renal Medical Lead - Bayer - Sub-Saharan Africa
(2024-11)
- Executed therapeutic agent launch plans and readiness activities
- Developed stakeholder engagement plans
- Vast leadership and mentorship of MSLs, medical graduates and interns
- Support for the MSL team, scientific learners and commercial team
- Collate medical insights from the field to drive the medical strategy in support of the global strategy
Medical Advisor, Managed Access Program Country Lead, Patient Support Country Lead - Sanofi Established Products and Diabetes South Africa - South Africa
(2024-01 - 2024-09)
- Skilled clinician, strategic business partner in medical education, pharmaceutical marketing governance, clinical data generation and public health collaborations in health systems strengthening with NDoH
- Executed therapeutic agent launch plans and readiness activities
- Developed stakeholder engagement plans
- Vast leadership and mentorship of MSLs, medical graduates and interns
- Support for the MSL team, scientific learners and commercial team
- Collate medical insights from the field to drive the medical strategy in support of the global strategy
- Organising of Medical Events for insights generation and driving medical education
- Mapping of patient journeys for better understanding of the healthcare setting, referral and choice of treatment of patients
- Collaboration with KOLs for advisory boards to identify medical gaps, scientific gaps and forge better strategies to meet patient needs
- Manager of Medical Information Queries
- Briefing of speakers for both Medical and Commercial events
Medical Science Liaison - Sanofi GenMed South Africa - South Africa
(2023-04 - 2023-12)
- Experienced Field Based Medical Personal, with established industry KOL relationships. Gathered insights from Key Opinion Leaders in paediatrics, endocrinology and cardiology
- Supported local and corporate objectives through strategic collaborations and interactions with internal colleagues and external contacts. Provided medico-marketing support through Initiating innovative digital solutions to solve unmet business objectives
- Supported Marker access team in KOL advocacy for funding of therapeutic agents according to patient journey
- Collaborated with Patients Advocacy groups to ensure patients needs are at the forefront of medical activities
- Patient journey mapping based on KOL engagements for medical contributor
- KOL engagement discussions towards policy and guidelines
- Building value-based and trusted partnerships with healthcare professionals in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment
- I proactively engaged and collaborated with professionals and diabetes advocates in line with our scientific strategy of meeting educational and patient diabetes needs
- Scientific engagement with Key Opinion Leaders in diabetes gathering medical insights to drive the business strategy on meeting medical and patient needs
- Collaboration opportunities with KOLs for driving scientific education in the diabetes arena
- I championed exciting educational platform through participating in a video podcast with HCPs, driving education in diabetes
- Elected by my manager as the new Country MANAGED ACCESS PROGRAM (MAP) COUNTRY LEAD whilst still an MSL
- Elected by my then manager Dr Beki Magazi (Medical Affairs Head) as the MEDICAL LEAD for the PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM (PSP)
Clinical Research - Sub-investigator - Setshaba Research Center - South Africa
(2022-08 - 2023-03)
Studies I participated in as sub-investigator include: Group B Streptococcus vaccine- Minervax, Adult Pfizer respiratory syncytial virus MAT 009 by GSK and MAT 008 by Pfizer, RAMP study (Sexually transmitted Infections screening), Otsuka Pharmaceutical study (TB)
- Study of various protocols for safe enrolment and execution
- Lead the nursing team, study coordinators and assistants assigned under my leadership for further training on the protocol
- Identify and report adverse events promptly for management and escalation to the safety team
- Liaise with monitors regarding challenges encountered regarding the study product or participant safety
- Conduct history taking, physical examination and study of biomedical investigations for participant safety
Family Medicine Registrar - Gauteng, Tshwane District, Mamelodi Hospital - Gauteng, South Africa
(2018-02 - 2022-07)
Community Oriented Substance Use Program (COSUP) resident Family Medicine Registrar responsible for history taking, examining, Hepatitis C and HIV screening/testing with appropriate referral of injecting substance users from Mamelodi, Eersterust and Ikageng communities under my clinical leadership and adjudication. I rotated in Mamelodi Regional Hospital, Tshwane District Hospital, Kalafong hospital and Bronkhortspruit Hospital in all clinical departments as a registrar.
- Clinics I rotated in include: Mamelodi West Clinic, Mamelodi East clinic, Eersterust Clinic, Stanza Bopape I & II Clinic, Holani Clinic, East Lynne clinic, Folang Clinic, and Nellmapius Clinic managing common chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, epilepsy, HIV, TB, asthma, paediatric illnesses, and psychiatric conditions
- I rotated in the following departments throughout the four-year training period: Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, HIV Clinic, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Surgery, Anaesthesia, Thuthuzela (Rape Crisis Center), Orthopaedics, ENT, Opthalmology, Psychiatry, Emergency Department and Family Medicine (Outpatients department, community medicine (COSUP) and outreach clinics)
- Calls were done in the department of rotation. Three portfolios of skills learned in the various departments were submitted annually, all were scored by my supervisors with an overall mark of 90% from 2018 till 2022 upon completion of registrar time
Medical Officer Grade 1 – Obstetrics and Gynaecology - East London Hospital Complex – Frere and Cecilia Makiwane Hospitals - East London, South Africa
- Conducted ultrasound scans for gynaecological patients
- Performed caesarean sections and live birth deliveries in theatre and labour ward Frontline emergency medical officer during obstetric calls
- Provided medical care through creating diagnostic and therapeutic plans for emergency obstetric and gynaecolgy patients
- Supervision of medical community service and medical intern doctors
- Managing labour ward and the outpatients for antenatal care patient visits department
Medical Officer Community Service - Gamalakhe Community Health Center - South Africa
(2016-01 - 2016-12)
Frontline emergency medical officer in the emergency and outpatients department. Provided medical care through creating diagnostic and therapeutic plans for emergency patients. Emergency medicine department management as a team leader Involved in departmental
Medical Internship - Helen Joseph Hospital - South Africa
(2014-01 - 2015-12)
- Management of Medical, Surgical, anaesthetic, orthopaedic, paediatric, primary medical, obstetric and gynaecological cases in a supervised setting
- Medical administrative management of patients
- Medical Student supervision
