Bongani Mayosi
Bongani Mawethu Mayosi BMedSci, MB ChB, FCP(SA), DPhil, OMS (28 January 1967 – 27 July 2018) was a South African professor of cardiology He was the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town and an A-rated National Research Foundation researcher. Prior to this, he was head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital. his research interests included rheumatic fever, tuberculous pericarditis and cardiomyopathy. He was a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a former President of the College of Physicians of South Africa and he headed numerous other biomedical organisations during his career.
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| Born | 28 January 1967 Mthatha, South Africa |
| Died | 27 July 2018 (aged 51) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Alma mater | Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, BMedSci, MB ChB University of Cape Town University of Oxford, DPhil Harvard Business School, AMP |
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| Spouse | Nonhlanhla Khumalo |
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| Thesis | Genetic determination of cardiovascular risk factors in families |
| Doctoral advisor | Hugh Christian Watkins |
| Website | health |
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