Dr Maryke Etsebeth

For Dr Etsebeth, it is important to make daily, positive changes to the lives of her patients as well as their family members. She offers patient focused care throughout the cancer journey. Whilst Dr Etsebeth and her team work toward the ideal of cure, she ensures that in the very least of outcomes, her patients receive symptom relief whilst maintaining the dignity and quality of life they deserve throughout every stage of their treatment.

Dr Etsebeth obtained her Bachelor of Medicine (MBChB) at the University of Pretoria in 2000 and thereafter joined a private healthcare practice. It was here that she realised a deeper desire to specialise and in October of 2010, started as a registrar at the University of Pretoria, in the Department of Radiation Oncology.

After qualifying as a radiation oncologist in October of 2014, Dr Etsebeth joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital.

In April of 2016, Dr Etsebeth completed her Masters of Medicine in the Speciality of Radiation Oncology from the University of Pretoria, where she achieved cum laude for the research element of her dissertation.

She is a member of South African Society for Clinical and Radiation Oncologists (SASCRO) and the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESMO). Dr Etsebeth's latest contributions to these societies include an oral presentation at SASCRO in 2015 as well as a visual presentation for the 2016 ESMO conference in Copenhagen.

Dr Etsebeth practises at the Groenkloof Radiation Oncology and Mûelmed Radiation Oncology Centres.

Dr Etsebeth has a special interest in gynaecological malignancies, head and neck cancer, central nervous system tumours and rare cancer types.

Research and training is of importance to her. She continues to create value toward cancer research and is currently a supervisor of two clinical oncology registrars' research projects.

Dr Etsebeth currently practises at Groenkloof Radiation Oncology and Mûelmed Radiation Oncology.