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Dr Victor Allan Davies

 
Qualifications

MB BCh (Wits) DCH (SA) FCPaed (SA)
Registered Neonatologist and Paediatrician(HPCSA)
Current posts

Head: Paediatric ICU and Neonatology
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,
University of the Witwatersrand
Portfolios

Convenor, examiner and moderator: FCPaed Part 2 (CMSA)
Convenor, examiner and moderator: Certificate in Neonatology (CMSA)
Secretary: Council of College of Paediatricians of CMSA
President: United SA Neonatal association (USANA)
Course director and instructor: Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) (ALSG-UK)
Instructor: BASIC ICU course
Supervisor and examiner(internal and external) M Med(Paediatrics)
Member: Faculty Board- Wits
Member: Wits CPD Committee
Member: CMJAH Clinical Heads Committee
Member: CMJAH Medical Advisory Committee
Member: HPCSA Disciplinary Committees
Biosketch

Published extensively in the world medical literature
Frequent invited speaker at local and international meetings.
Awards:

  1. SAMJ- Andries Blignaut Award: Best Multi-Author Paper (1995)
  2. PV Tobias Medal and University of the Witwatersrand Convocation Award   for Outstanding Teaching (2010)
  3. University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences Service Excellence Award (2014)
  4. CMJAH Service Excellence Award (2015)
Professional interests

Advances in Neonatology- Delivery room management, Non-invasive ventilation, Point-of-care testing in the ICU, Management of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, Necrotising Enterocolitis
Qulaity of Care in the ICU
Medical Education and assessment
Advanced life support and resuscitation
Outreach

Teaching ward rounds and lectures at ICUs and hospitals in the public and private sectors
APLS and BASIC-ICU courses
Publications (top 3)
  • Davies VA, Ballot DE, Rothberg AD.  The cost and effectiveness of surfactant replacement therapy at the Johannesburg Hospital. 
    S Afr Med J 1995; 85:646-649
  • Davies VA, Rothberg AD, Argent AC,  Atkinson PM, Staub H and Pienaar NL.  Precursor prothrombin status in patients receiving anticonvulsant drugs.  Lancet 1985; i:126
  • Ballot DE, Davies VA, Cooper PA, Chirwa T, Argent A, Mer M. Retrospective cross-sectionalreview of survival rates in critically ill children admitted to a combined paediatric/neonatal intensive care unit in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2013–2015. BMJ Open 2016;6:
 

 

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