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DR SINEZIWE MULONGA
Eye Specialist & Ophthalmic Surgeon
Dr Sineziwe Mulonga is an ophthalmologist who has practiced medicine in South Africa and in the UK prior to specialising. She has over two decades of experience as a medical doctor.
She currently practices as an Ophthalmic Surgeon exclusively from Entabeni Life Hospital at the Eyecare centre on the first floor.
After qualifying in 1999 she went to ply her trade in the UK where she worked in general medical institutions including St Thomas and Charing Cross Hospitals. She honed down in her expertise and completed her part 1 examination towards her membership of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP). She realised that Ophthalmology was her passion and pounced on the first opportunity to realize her ambition when she was offered a training job in the Department.
She returned to South Africa to specialise in Ophthalmology under the esteemed mentorship of Professor Peters and Dr Linda Visser at UKZN. She served as a consultant in academia for the Department responsible for training medical students, theatre nurses and registrars , qualified in 2007. She gained vast surgical experience in the vitreo-retinal field as a result .
Since 2010 she has operated fulltime in private practice.
At the time of qualifying as an ophthalmologist she was the first black female ophthalmologist to do so from University of Natal.
She keeps herself professionally and academically up to date by being part of local and international congresses.
In her spare time (which is very little) Sine’ indulges in Jazz music, travelling and may even be found in the kitchen from time to time.
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She is affiliated with the following learned societies:
Ophthalmological society of South Africa (OSSA)
Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
