Professor Antoinette Cilliers

Qualifications

MBBCh (WITS), FCPaeds (SA)

Current posts

Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
C.H. Baragwanath Academic Hospital
Joint appointment senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand

Portfolios

Head of the Division of Paediatric Cardiology
Moderator and examiner for Paediatric Cardiology Certificate exam

Biosketch

Prof Cilliers has been working as a Paediatric Cardiologist since 1996 (Registered as a Paediatric Cardiologist in 1997). She has mentored and trained 8 Paediatric Cardiologists who have successfully passed the Paediatric Cardiology certification exams over the last 10 to 15 years.

Professional interests

Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
Takayasus Arteritis in Children
Echocardiography and Interventional Cardiology in Children

Phone number

Email address/es

amcilliers@icon.co.za
antoinette.cilliers@wits.ac.za

Outreach

As a Paediatric Cardiologist to Natalspruit/Sebokeng and Klerksdorp Hospitals

Publications (top 3)

Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Gauteng on the decline: Experience at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. AM Cilliers. A Afr Med J 2014; 104(9);632-634.Doi:10.7196/SAMJ.8318

Anti-inflammatory treatment of carditis in acute rheumatic fever. Cilliers A, Adler AJ, Saloojee H. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 May 28;5:CD003176. [Epub ahead of print].
PMID: 26017576. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003176.pub3

Coronary artery fistulas in children: Experience form a Southern African tertiary care centre complex. Cilliers AM, Hendson W, Motara F, Adams PE, Dumani G, Ntsinjana H. SA
Heart. Journal of the South African Hart Association 2016;13:
20-26.