





Adjunct Professor Physiotherapy Department, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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BSc Physiotherapy (Wits)
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Adjunct Professor - School of Therapeutic Sciences; Faculty of Health Sciences (University of the Witwatersrand)
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Part-time lecturer in pain management to MSc students (Wits)
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Director of Pain Management Practice (Phyllis Berger)
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SA Dipl Acupuncture, Acupuncturist AHPCSA (Allied Health Professions Council South Africa)
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Ex Officio Council member of Pain South Africa, SA Chapter of International Association for the Study of Pain (1994-2008)
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Editorial Board of Pain South Africa (ongoing)
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Task Force member for IASP Year of Pain in Women 2008 (International Association for the Study of Pain)
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Scientific Programme Committee of International Association for the Study of Pain, World Congress on Pain, Montreal 2010
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Senior Director Pain Management Practice, (Berger, Jacks & Conradie)

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
All the lectures, courses and workshops that I have presented over the years were in a postgraduate capacity. My latest course was presented at the Wits physiotherapy department for master’s students.
ACADEMIC
1997
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Pain Management Pretoria Academic Hospital 1997
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Workshop on Action Potential Stimulation Therapy Tel Aviv Israel May 1997
1999
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Workshop on Action Potential Stimulation Therapy Freibourg, Germany at a pre-congress course of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Vienna 1999.
2000
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First Pain in Africa Congress Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; TENS Alexandria, Egypt 2000
2001
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Action Potential Simulation Therapy Seminar Melbourne 2001
2002
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Pain management as a specialised skill in Physiotherapy Pretoria Academic August 2002
2003
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Management of Chronic Pain Wits Physiotherapy Department 2003
2004
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Complex regional pain syndrome; Action Potential Simulation Therapy Bad Aibling, Germany 2004
2005
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Workshop on Pain Management for the International Association of Acupuncture for Physical Therapists Hong Kong October 2005
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Workshop on Electrical Pain Management Christchurch, New Zealand 2005
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Analgesia with electrical stimulation and acupuncture Acupuncture Group of the SASP (AGSASP) Johannesburg February 2005
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Evidence based physiotherapy practice in the management of pain Second International Congress of Physiotherapy Durban 25 – 28th May 2005
2006
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The Bases of Electrotherapy and Analgesia; The Uses of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Pain Management. Second Pain in Africa Congress Tripoli, Libya November 2006
2008
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Pain management through Physiotherapy University of Pretoria 5 – 8th October 2008
2010
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Pain for the South Gauteng Pain Management Physiotherapy Group (PMPG) of the SASP 29 June 2010
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation South Gauteng (PMPG of SASP) 2 October 2010
2011
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Centralisation in the context of neuropathic pain South Gauteng PMPG of SASP 8 February 2011
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The application of acupuncture in central sensitisation in neuropathic pain Acupuncture Group SASP (AGSASP) 30 March 2011
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Physiotherapy approach to acute pain in the pain clinic South Gauteng PMPG of SASP 12 April 2011
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Alternative treatment for pain and trauma Dental Group Investec Johannesburg 24 June 2011
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Treatment of Neuropathic Pain with Pulsed Radio Frequency (PIRA) Anaesthetic Conference Boksburg 23 July 2011
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Paediatric Pain South Gauteng PMPG of SASP 16 August 2011
2012
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Pain management with acupuncture Morningside AGSASP 4 April 2012
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Introducing Non-interventional Pulsed Radio Frequency (known as NMS 460 or Stimpod) Physiotherapy Wellness Warehouse Pretoria June 2012
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Non-interventional Pulsed Radio Frequency for Physiotherapists Hillcrest, Natal 1 August 2012
2013
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Workshop on Electromagnetic therapy for Pain Wits Pain Day 20 April 2013
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Electromagnetic therapy for pain, inflammation, nerve stimulation introducing the Stimpod/NMS 460 Valley Farm Veterinary Hospital Pretoria July 2013
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Workshop on Stimpod Therapy for Physiotherapists Boksburg 21 September 2013
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Course on Recent Advances in Physiotherapy Management of Chronic Pain Helen Joseph Physiotherapy Department 3 October 2013
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Stimpod Therapy South Gauteng Branch of SASP 2 November 2013
2014
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Pain management modalities with electrotherapy and acupuncture Wits Physiotherapy Department for Master’s Programme 12 August 2014
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Stimpod Therapy South Gauteng Branch of the SASP 30 August 2014
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Stimpod Therapy North Gauteng Pretoria SASP 27 September 2014
2015
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Workshop on Non-interventional Pulsed Radio Frequency Wits Pain Management Day 14 March 2015
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Pain management and disease modification with electrotherapy and acupuncture Wits Physiotherapy Department for Master’s Programme 3 August 2015
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Neurophysiological mechanisms of acupuncture in pain management Conference of Chinese medicine 3 October 2015
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Tackling pain in relationship to Fibromyalgia Arthritis Foundation 20 August 2009
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Self Help to Pain Relief - The non-pharmacological modalities that may relieve your pain Third Trigeminal Neuralgia Association Conference Australia August 2009
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Meet the Patients Patient Support Group Morningside 2010
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Alternative Pain Management in Palliative Care Hospice July 2011
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Patient Support Group Donald Gordon 2 February 2013
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How to lighten the burden of ageing Arthritis Foundation 25 July 2013
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What does your pain mean to you? Patient Support Group Morningside 26 October 2013
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Managing Pain Beyond Tablets Arthritis Foundation 14 May 2015
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Can Survive Head and Neck Cancer Support Group 2015