Specialist Physician/ Internist , Melomed Bellville
INTRODUCTION TO DR PIETER ROELOFSE
Dr. Roelofse is a specialist physician / Internist in full time private practice. He has been practising in Bellville (25 km outside Cape Town) since 1 June 2008. He initially opened his practice at the old Jan S Marais Hospital before moving into the new Bellville Melomed Private Hospital when it opened in August 2009. In October 2010 he also acquired admissions rights to the Netcare Kuils River Hospital in Kuilsrivier.
Dr. Roelofse is a young, dynamic physician and family man. He is married to the beautiful Elize and they have 3 boys, James, Hein and Roelie. He was born in Cape Town and currently lives in Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa. He is a keen cyclist and loves the outdoors and spending quality time with his family.
After qualifying as a Specialist Physician in 2008, he broadened his expertise and knowledge to include a diploma in pain and sedation, ICU echocardiography. He also holds a Masters degree in Psychology.
Dr Roelofse regularly attends international congresses to keep up to date with the latest research in the medical field. He has a keen interest in modern technology and employs all the latest technology for diagnostic and treatment purposes.
He is a compassionate physician and the well being of his patients are of utmost importance to him. He does not compromise on the care or quality of care of his patients. He has the ability to put his patients at ease with his excellent sense of humour and shows consideration, compassion and respect to all his patients and their families. He believes in maintaining and restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and each individual patient is very important to him.
WHAT DOES A SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN DO ?
Internists are qualified physicians with postgraduate training in internal medicine and should not be confused with "interns", who are doctors in their first year of residency training. Although internists may act as primary care physicians, they are not "family physicians," "family practitioners," or "general practitioners," whose training is not solely concentrated on adults and may include surgery, obstetrics, and pediatrics. The American College of Physicians defines internists as "physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults".
To qualify to become a Specialist Physician you need to study medicine for 7 years and then undertake an additional 4 years to specialize in the field of Specialist Physician. In these 4 years you rotate through a wide variety of sub-specialization fields including:
•Pulmonology
•Cardiology
•Nephrology
•Gastroenterology
•Rheumatology
•Neurology
•Endocrinology
•Haematology
•Infectious diseases
