Neliswa Gogela is a hepatologist and a specialist physician at Groote Schuur Hospital / the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She obtained her Masters of Philosophy, specializing in Advance Hepatology and Transplantation at the University of Cape Town in 2018, her thesis looked at the Prevalence of hepatitis C infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. During her fellowship training, she was awarded a grant by the Discovery Foundation which took her to Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard affiliate in Boston USA. This allowed her to advance her research career in viral hepatitis studies for a period of one year.
She prides herself in being the first black female hepatologist in the country, a specialty that has less than a handful of specialists in SA, and her passion and drive are mentoring and training future clinicians and specialists in the state hospital. Besides her demanding profession, she is the proud mother of 3 boys who provide balance and fulfillment in her busy career.
