About Us
CareSpace.net is a privately held and funded company, founded by entrepreneurs from the medical profession, medical manufacturing and financial world. Our company is also guided by an Emeritus Board of Advisors.
OUR FOUNDERS INCLUDE
CareSpace.net is a privately held and funded company, founded by entrepreneurs from the medical profession, medical manufacturing and financial world. Our company is also guided by an Emeritus Board of Advisors.
OUR FOUNDERS INCLUDE
Martin Young
Martin Young is a practicing Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon, with an interest in addressing challenges faced by the medical profession and industry as a whole. A University of Cape Town graduate with a diverse experience of medical practice in Southern Africa and overseas, his successes include establishment of a successful public-private partnership aimed at meeting the needs of those without adequate ENT care in his community.
Graham Balman
Graham Balman is the CEO of NeoMedical Solutions, a supplier of specialized medical equipment and surgical consumables. He has a degree in medical technology, and also has extensive experience in marketing and advertising.
STRATEGY ADVISOR
Neil Hinrichsen
Neil Hinrichsen has been an entrepreneur in IT for thirty years. His first company was acquired by Datatec in 1997. He was also one of the founders of Fundamo, whose mobile payments platform is used in many countries.
EMERITUS BOARD OF ADVISORS
Dr. Mamphela Ramphele
Dr. Mamphela Ramphele qualified as a medical doctor at the University of Natal in 1972. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town, a BCom degree in Administration from the University of South Africa, and diplomas in Tropical Health and Hygiene and Public Health from the University of Witwatersrand. Dr Ramphele joined the University of Cape Town as a research fellow in 1986, becoming first Deputy Vice-Chancellor and then Vice-Chancellor in 1996, the first black woman to hold this position at a South African university. During her tenure at the University of Cape Town, she published books and articles on education, health and social development issues.
She served as MD of the World Bank from May 2000 to July 2004. As a member of the senior leadership team, she was responsible for managing the institution's human development activities in the areas of education, health, nutrition, population and social protection. She served as Co-Chair on the Global Commission for International Migration (GCIM) between 2004/2005.
Dr. Ramphele has received numerous prestigious national and international awards, including honorary doctorates acknowledging her scholarship, her service to the community and her leading role in raising development issues and spearheading projects for disadvantaged persons throughout South Africa. In addition, she is a champion of the potential of knowledge, information and communication technologies as agents of transformation and alleviation of poverty. Dr Mamphela Ramphele is currently a director of several major companies, and is chairperson of Circle Capital Ventures, a Black Economic Empowerment company.
Dr Ramphele brings to CareSpace.net her wide experience, a global knowledge of the economics of healthcare, and an intense awareness of the need for transformation of the current medical environment.
She served as MD of the World Bank from May 2000 to July 2004. As a member of the senior leadership team, she was responsible for managing the institution's human development activities in the areas of education, health, nutrition, population and social protection. She served as Co-Chair on the Global Commission for International Migration (GCIM) between 2004/2005.
Dr. Ramphele has received numerous prestigious national and international awards, including honorary doctorates acknowledging her scholarship, her service to the community and her leading role in raising development issues and spearheading projects for disadvantaged persons throughout South Africa. In addition, she is a champion of the potential of knowledge, information and communication technologies as agents of transformation and alleviation of poverty. Dr Mamphela Ramphele is currently a director of several major companies, and is chairperson of Circle Capital Ventures, a Black Economic Empowerment company.
Dr Ramphele brings to CareSpace.net her wide experience, a global knowledge of the economics of healthcare, and an intense awareness of the need for transformation of the current medical environment.
Prof Ralph Kirsch
Ralph Kirsch’s career as a clinician, scientist, educator, academic, mentor and leader in various capacities is difficult to rival – certainly within his chosen sphere of work as a liver clinician. He has become a leading academic and administrative figure in the world of medicine and scientific endeavor in South Africa and beyond, being amongst others, Past President of the South African College of Medicine, and current President of the South African Medical Association.
His awards and achievements are too numerous to mention. Amongst those most notable are his UCT Fellowship (1983), in recognition of original and distinguished academic work of such quality as to merit special recognition; the rarely awarded UCT DSc research degree (1993) and Distinguished Teacher Award (1982), the first time such an award was made at UCT. Additionally, he is an honorary Fellow at no less than six Colleges of Medicine and Physicians throughout the world. He lists a total of 452 publications to his name.
Ralph Kirsch brings to CareSpace.net a wealth of experience in all spheres of medicine, academic, research-orientated, administrative, ethical and political.
His awards and achievements are too numerous to mention. Amongst those most notable are his UCT Fellowship (1983), in recognition of original and distinguished academic work of such quality as to merit special recognition; the rarely awarded UCT DSc research degree (1993) and Distinguished Teacher Award (1982), the first time such an award was made at UCT. Additionally, he is an honorary Fellow at no less than six Colleges of Medicine and Physicians throughout the world. He lists a total of 452 publications to his name.
Ralph Kirsch brings to CareSpace.net a wealth of experience in all spheres of medicine, academic, research-orientated, administrative, ethical and political.
Prof Delawir Kahn
Cape Town- born Delawir Kahn graduated as a doctor at the University of Birmingham in 1974, returning to Groote Schuur Hospital for postgraduate surgical training and finishing in 1984. He then completed a Fellowship in Transplantation Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh from 1986 - 1988, returning to Groote Schuur Hospital as a senior specialist. He was appointed Associate Professor of Surgery in 1991, Head of Organ Transplantation at UCT in 1992, and then Head of Department of General Surgery, University of Cape Town in 2005. His main areas of research are in liver regeneration, and liver and renal transplantation.
Prof Kahn sits on the editorial boards and executives of numerous academic societies and institutions, as well as the editorial board of the Archives of Surgery. He has authorship of 168 publications in journals, seven book chapters, and 210 research abstracts to date.
Del Kahn brings an academic and teaching perspectiveon the demands and challenges of the consent process to ConsentCare, particularly in adapting a first world technology to a third world environment. Under his leadership, his department will also provide essential oversight of the details in the procedure-specific consent data, and will be first to introduce the system into the teaching hospital environment.
Prof Kahn sits on the editorial boards and executives of numerous academic societies and institutions, as well as the editorial board of the Archives of Surgery. He has authorship of 168 publications in journals, seven book chapters, and 210 research abstracts to date.
Del Kahn brings an academic and teaching perspectiveon the demands and challenges of the consent process to ConsentCare, particularly in adapting a first world technology to a third world environment. Under his leadership, his department will also provide essential oversight of the details in the procedure-specific consent data, and will be first to introduce the system into the teaching hospital environment.
Prof Johan Fagan
Johan Fagan is Cape Town born, bred and educated, completing his training as an ENT surgeon at Groote Schuur Hospital in 1992. He then completed Fellowships in Neuro-otology, Head and Neck Surgery and Skullbase Surgery in London and Pittsburgh, returning to Groote Schuur as a consultant in 1997, becoming Professor of Otolaryngology in 2002.
He has published 63 articles, 15 chapters in books, and sits on the editorial boards and executives of a number of academic societies and institutions, as well as the editorial boards of specialist journals.
A crowning achievement is his establishment of relationship between his department and the Karl Storz Company, resulting in provision of ENT Fellowships to other African surgeons, and donation by Storz of dedicated endoscopic equipment to set up a centre of excellence for both patient care and training for the African region.
Despite a busy private practice and heavy academic responsibilities, Johan Fagan pursues an energetic vision of equitable ENT care for all on the African continent without prejudice. His positions in academic and provincial practice, as well as private practice, have made him an ideal adviser to CareSpace.net in issues dealing with both.
He has published 63 articles, 15 chapters in books, and sits on the editorial boards and executives of a number of academic societies and institutions, as well as the editorial boards of specialist journals.
A crowning achievement is his establishment of relationship between his department and the Karl Storz Company, resulting in provision of ENT Fellowships to other African surgeons, and donation by Storz of dedicated endoscopic equipment to set up a centre of excellence for both patient care and training for the African region.
Despite a busy private practice and heavy academic responsibilities, Johan Fagan pursues an energetic vision of equitable ENT care for all on the African continent without prejudice. His positions in academic and provincial practice, as well as private practice, have made him an ideal adviser to CareSpace.net in issues dealing with both.
Dr Derrick Burns
Derrick is a medical graduate from UCT and trained as a Physician in the Department of Medicine at Groote Schuur hospital. He subsequently obtained the degree of D. Phil (Oxon) during the tenure of a Nuffield scholarship in the Nuffield department of Medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
Despite a busy private practice as a Physician-Gastroeneterologist in Cape Town, for many years he headed an academic medical firm in the department of Medicine. During the past 10 years of his Professional career he has acted as the clinical director for Medscheme Health Risk solutions, where he has directed the Health Policy unit and consulted on all clinical aspects of health risk management and outcomes reporting.
He strongly believes that appropriate informed consent remains the cornerstone not only of ethical practice with good clinical outcomes, but also cost-effective and sustainable health care. He brings to CareSpace.net a combination of clinical experience from a long career in academic and private medicine, together with practical private sector experience in the scientific and ethical prioritisation of increasingly costly and scarce health care resources.
Despite a busy private practice as a Physician-Gastroeneterologist in Cape Town, for many years he headed an academic medical firm in the department of Medicine. During the past 10 years of his Professional career he has acted as the clinical director for Medscheme Health Risk solutions, where he has directed the Health Policy unit and consulted on all clinical aspects of health risk management and outcomes reporting.
He strongly believes that appropriate informed consent remains the cornerstone not only of ethical practice with good clinical outcomes, but also cost-effective and sustainable health care. He brings to CareSpace.net a combination of clinical experience from a long career in academic and private medicine, together with practical private sector experience in the scientific and ethical prioritisation of increasingly costly and scarce health care resources.
Prof Tony Bunn
Professor Tony Bunn was instrumental in establishing the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) Innovation Centre. This centre manages innovation opportunities emanating from MRC research discovery by identifying, protecting, commercializing and implementing sustainable health technologies. He is an honorary Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and supervised numerous MSc and PhD postgraduates. His own research has lead to the establishment of four successful start-up companies. In addition, Tony has served as non-executive board chairman of a JSE listed company. He is co-founder of the Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association (SARIMA), the Kopano LifeSciences Consortium as well as being a member of the core group that established the DST Medical Device Innovation Centre of Competence.
Tony Bunn was among the first to recognise the potential of ConsentCare and provided input and developmental support through the MRC Innovation Centre. He brings an acute awareness of technological opportunities and business sensibilities in the medical market place, and is actively involved in the leadership and development of the company.
Tony Bunn was among the first to recognise the potential of ConsentCare and provided input and developmental support through the MRC Innovation Centre. He brings an acute awareness of technological opportunities and business sensibilities in the medical market place, and is actively involved in the leadership and development of the company.
Jody Kollapen, Chairperson of the SA Human Rights Commission
Commissioner Kollapen joined the SAHRC in December 1996, after five years with Lawyers for Human Rights, which he joined in 1991 to co-ordinate the Political Prisoners' Release Programme. He then spent two years as a Projects Director before being appointed National Director in 1995.
As a practising attorney, Commissioner Kollapen worked on political cases such as the Sharpeville Six, the Delmas Treason Trial, and the failure of the Medical and Dental Council to enquire into the behaviour of the doctors who treated Steve Biko. He was also a member of the selection panel that chose the Commissioners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Commissioner Kollapen is responsible for Gauteng Province, and is responsible for overseeing the work of the Commission relevant to Civil and Political Rights including issues relating to the Administration of Justice. He serves as a member of the National Council on Correctional Services, and chairs the SA Law Commission's Project Committee on Sentencing. He is the chair of the Legal Resources Trust and serves on the board of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, IDASA and the London based Article 19.
As chairperson of the SA Human Rights Commission, he is ideally suited to guide us through the human rights issues in the consent process and in the current medical environment.
As a practising attorney, Commissioner Kollapen worked on political cases such as the Sharpeville Six, the Delmas Treason Trial, and the failure of the Medical and Dental Council to enquire into the behaviour of the doctors who treated Steve Biko. He was also a member of the selection panel that chose the Commissioners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Commissioner Kollapen is responsible for Gauteng Province, and is responsible for overseeing the work of the Commission relevant to Civil and Political Rights including issues relating to the Administration of Justice. He serves as a member of the National Council on Correctional Services, and chairs the SA Law Commission's Project Committee on Sentencing. He is the chair of the Legal Resources Trust and serves on the board of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, IDASA and the London based Article 19.
As chairperson of the SA Human Rights Commission, he is ideally suited to guide us through the human rights issues in the consent process and in the current medical environment.
