Dr Jennifer Geel

Qualifications

MBChB (UCT) FC Paed (SA) Cert Med Onc(Paed) MMed (Wits)

Current posts

Consultant paediatric oncologist, CMJAH
Lecturer, Wits (joint appointment)

Portfolios

Internal
Elective students
Wits Paediatric Fund
Examiner for Paediatrics Part 1, 2 and certificate in medical oncology (Colleges of Medicine)
Social Media (Wits Paediatrics and Child Health, Wits Paediatric Fund, Gaby Gives Back and POINTE)
Supervisor of MMed and MSc projects
External
Member of Scientific Programme Advisory Committee, International Paediatric Oncology Society, 2016

Biosketch

Dr Jennifer Geel is passionate about improving the survival and quality of life of children with cancer. She trained at UCT Medical School, did internship at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, community service at Umtata General Hospital in the late nineties. She then spent two years in clinical research settings in Cape Town and London before specialising in paediatrics. She subsequently subspecialised in paediatric oncology and has a strong interest in stem cell transplantation.

Professional interests

Equity in access to quality health care, haemopoietic stem cell transplant, Hodgkin lymphoma, germ cell tumours, rare tumours (pleuropulmonary blastoma, undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver), childhood cancer awareness, mentoring, development of postgraduates, harmonisation of protocols, the use of social media to promote health, mindful practice of oncology

Phone number

011 488 3294/ 3290

Email address/es

Jennifer.geel@wits.ac.za
Jennifer.a.geel@gmail.com

Outreach

• Co-chair of Education and Training working group of International Paediatric Oncology Society (SIOP) Paediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) committee. Aim of this group is to facilitate access for professionals in under-resourced settings to training opportunities worldwide. POINTE website
• CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation
• National Cancer Alliance
• Cupcakes of Hope.

Publications (top 3)

1. Mudi A, Levy CS, Geel JA, Poole JE. Paediatric cancer survivors demonstrate a high rate of subclinical renal dysfunction. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Jul 9. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26132.
2. Davidson A, Wainwright R, Stones D, Hendricks M, Geel J, Poole J, Reynders D, Omar F, Mathew R, Stefan D.  Malignancies in South African Children with HIV. Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology. 2014 Mar;36(2):111-7
3. Geel J, Loveland J, Pitcher G, Beale P, Kotzen J, Poole J. Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver. A case series and management review. South African Medical Journal. October 2013, Vol. 103, No. 10

Other

Dr Geel serves on the committee of the South African Children¡¯s Cancer Study Group (SACCSG), and liaises with the National Department of Health in the creation of a national cancer prevention and control plan, currently being developed. She is a committee member of the South African Stem Cell Transplant Society (SASCeTS) and is the Principal Investigator of an investigator-led national Hodgkin lymphoma trial, funded by CANSA