Dr Gill Sorour

Qualifications

MBBCh; FCPaed; MMed

Current posts

Head: Clinical Unit (Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital)
University of Witwatersrand

Portfolios

Paediatric consultant in charge of Empilweni Clinic (Infant, Child and Adolescent HIV clinic)

Biosketch

Gill is a senior paediatrician with an interest in HIV medicine and infectious diseases. Employed as a paediatrician in the public sector since 2001

Professional interests

HIV, adolescent health, infectious diseases

Phone number

Office: 011 470 9284

Email address/es

Gillian.sorour@wits.ac.za

Outreach

Includes Yusuf Dadoo Hospital, Leratong Hospital and Klerksdorp Hospital

Publications (top 3)

• Moorhouse M, Bekker L.G, Black V, Conradie F, Harley B, Howell P, Maartens G, Papavarnavas T, Rebe K, Sorour G, Venter F, Wallis. C Guideline on the management of occupational and non-occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus and recommendations for post-exposure prophylaxis: 2015 Update. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine; Vol 16, No 1 (2015), 14 pages. doi: 10.4102/hivmed.v16i1.399

• Technau KG, Lazarus E, Kuhn L, Abrams EJ, Sorour G, Strehlau R, Reubenson G, Davies MA, Coovadia A. Poor early virologic performance and durability of abacavir-based first-line regimens for HIV-infected children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Aug; 32(8):851-5. PMID: 23860481, PMCID: PMC3717192

• Hainline C, Taliep R, Sorour G, Nachman S, Rabie H, Dobbels E, Janse van Rensburg A, Cornell M, Violari A, Madhi SA, Cotton MF. Antiretroviral Therapy reduces the incidence of Otorrhea in a randomized study of early and deferred antiretroviral therapy: Evidence from the Children with HIV Early Antiretroviral Therapy (CHER) Study BMC Research Notes 2011, 4:448