Dr Gerard Alexander
Specialist Cardiothoracic SurgeonBiosketch
Dr Gerard Alexander is a Specialist Cardiothoracic Surgeon with consulting rooms at Life Entabeni Hospital. He obtained his MBChB degree at the University of Natal in 2001, his FC (Cardio) SA in 2009 and his Masters of Medicine (Cardiothoracic Surgery) in 2013. Previous positions include Head of Thoracic Surgery at King Dinuzulu Hospital. He has both local and international publications and has also presented at both local and international congresses.
2012 - Dr Alexander Thesis - Management of Haemoptysis: A Retrospective Analysis of the Efficacy of Current Treatment Modalities.
Gerard Alexander MBCHB (Natal), FC Cardio (SA) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Nelson R Mandela Medical School
Removal of a lung or lobe using Video-assisted Key-hole Surgery
Dr Gerard Alexander
Research and Publications
2009 - A rare cause of massive Haemoptysis
0003-4975/09/$36.00 doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.061
2013 – EJCTS: A Retrospective review comparing the treatment outcomes of emergency lung resection for Massive Haemoptysis with and without pre-operative bronchial artery embolization
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Advance Access published August 4, 2013
Gerard R. Alexander
2014 – SAJS: Case Report - Largest recorded non-invasive true intrathoracic desmoid tumour
VOL. 52 NO. 4 NOVEMBER 2014 SAJS
Gerard R. Alexander
2015 – EJCTS- A retrospective review comparing treatment outcomes of adjuvant lung resection for drug-resistant tuberculosis in patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus co-infection
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Advance Access published July 4, 2015
Gerard R. Alexander and Biccard
2017 - SAJS: Case Report: HIV post-tuberculous broncho-oesophageal fistulas
A surgical solution. S Afr J Surg 2017,55(2)
2017 - SARJ: Pulmonary nodules in patients with DR-TB who have undergone adjuvant lung resection in a high HIV- burden setting.
S Afr Respir J 2017. DOI:10.7196/SARJ. 2017.v23i3.174
2017 - SAJS: HIV post-tuberculous broncho-oesophageal fistulas: A surgical solution
S Afr J Surg 2017;55(2)
2018 - AJTCCM: Do specialist pulmonologists appropriately utilise thoracic surgery for drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis?
A survey. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med 2018 Sep 7;24(3)
2022 - SAJS: A South Africa tertiary centre experience with redo mitral valve replacement
S Afr J Surg 2022:60(1)
Life Entabeni Hospital
Consulting Hours
New Patients* Tuesday : 13:00-15:30 Thursday: 13:00-15:30