Professor Swanevelder is an international expert in the field of Transoesophageal (TOE) and Transthoracic (TTE) Echocardiography, and has played a central role in the development of this field, and formal guidelines for practice and accreditation in the United Kingdom. He is a prominent member of the European Association of Cardio-thoracic Anaesthesia (EACTA). The important collaborations established during 2013-2014, and research initiatives established involving teaching and research on TTE and TOE by visiting experts (Professors E Sloth, Denmark, A Dennis, Australia and J Ender, Leipzig), have given rise to a major publication which is in press in Anaesthesia.

Qualification: MBChB, DA (SA), FCA (SA), MMed (Anes), FRCA

Designation: UCT Professor & Head of Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

Name of institution: UCT/ Groote Schuur and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospitals

AREAS OF INTEREST: Adult and Paediatric Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care, and influence of Echocardiography and medical ultrasound on perioperative patient outcome

Valvular heart disease, especially Rheumatic Heart Disease, and the failing ventricle post-cardiopulmonary bypass

Congenital heart disease and influence of perioperative echocardiography on patient outcome

Value and safety of Point of Care Medical Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients in the Developing World

Introducing a fair, inclusive Perioperative Medicine Programme to South Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa

No of Publications: 80

Special awards and recognition:

Honorary Transesophageal Echocardiography fellowship of the IACTA at the TEE workshop – September 2010

The value of Cardiovascular Anaesthesia to Perioperative Medicine – IACTON in February 2016

Name change from Department of Anaesthesia to “Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine”

Perioperative Medicine Program Fluids and Hemodynamics Seminar (13 – 17 January 2017)

National Perioperative Cardiovascular Congress November 2015 (Day seminar).

Neonatal Awareness Month (Red Cross Children’s War Memorial Hospital).

Launch of online Departmental Learning platform (Dr R Duys) – (Webinar and e- learning modules)

Multidisciplinary instructor training for simulation as educational vehicle – BAISIM (Bistrol Advanced Simulation Instructor Master Course) – (Anaesthesia , ICU, obstetrics, pediatrics, family medicine, emergency medicine and nursing).

Outreach simulation training – Red Cross Air Medical Services.

ASOS (African Surgical Outcome Studies) – One week observation of surgical patient outcome in 30 African Countries (Principal Investigator Prof Bruce Biccard)

Perioperative Pain Management Symposiums – 16 June 2016

Focused Echo Cardiography Courses

Several invited speakers from the Department of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine participating in SASA on Congress (South African Society of Anaesthesiologists)