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Bilkish Cassim
 Professor Cassim, MBChB. FCP (SA). MD (UN), is currently Associate
Professor/Chief Specialist and Head of the Department of Geriatrics,
School of Clinical Medicine at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine,
University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa.
Professor
Bilkish Cassim was appointed as the first head of the Department of
Geriatrics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2000. Since then she
has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in
geriatrics at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine and has
participated in continuing medical education programs for primary care
physicians and nurses locally and nationally and recently convened the
first geriatric update to be held in Durban. South Africa. She is also
the head of the geriatric unit which provides an inpatient and
outpatient clinical service in King Edward VIII Hospital. In addition
she is part of a forum to address the health care needs of the elderly
at a provincial and local level. This forum includes the social
workers, nurses, non governmental and community based organizations
involved in the care of the elderly. She also serves on the Advisory
Board of the Institute of Ageing in Africa, University of Cape Town.
In
2005, Professor Cassim was elected as the President of the South
African Geriatrics Society (2005-2008) and under her leadership, the
curriculum and examination format of the Certificate in Geriatrics of
the Colleges of Medicine has been revised. She is also an examiner for
the certificate. She was on the scientific committee of the Geriatric
2003 congress which was held in Cape Town, South Africa and has been
nominated to serve on the scientific committee for the IAGG conference
in 2009.
Professor Cassim was one of the founder members of
the National Osteoporosis Foundation and currently serves on the
executive committee. She is also a member if the Council of the
College of Physicians of South Africa and has served on the Senate of
the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa since 2002.
Professor
Cassim has recently established a multidisciplinary research group with
a focus in ageing. Her current research projects include the spectrum
of diseases in the African elderly, HIV/AIDS in the elderly and the
epidemiology chronic diseases and dementia in the elderly. She has
published on rheumatological conditions and osteoporosis and supervised
master’s students.
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Annual NICE Knowledge Exchange
June 28 & 29, 2010
Victoria University
(University of Toronto)
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