Meet The Team

Meet The Team

Meet the Team

Our dynamic team of surgeons is passionate about providing the highest quality of healthcare to you.

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“As a team, we can meet patient expectations by focusing on individual needs”

Meet the Team

Our dynamic team of surgeons is passionate about providing the highest quality of healthcare to you.

Qualifications
0
Combined Years of Experience
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Publications
0
Fellowships
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“As a team, we can meet patient expectations by focusing on individual needs”

Get to Know Your Surgeons

Dr Faf Labuschagne

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (1980)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (1990)
  • Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (1999)

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Chris Snyckers

Life Eugene Marais Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (1998)
  • Dip(PEC)SA (2000)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2008)
  • Fellow of the Colleagues of Surgeons SA, Orthopaedics (2008)
  • American-British-Canadian Fellowship (2012)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)

Interests:

Pelvic surgery, Hip arthroscopy, Hip arthroplasty, Revision hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Cartilage transplant, Cartilage surgery, Sports medicine

Dr Duwayne Vermaak

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2002)
  • MSc Sports Medicine (2005)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2011)
  • One year Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (2011)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)
  • PhD (Enrolled): The Transformation of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in South Africa Using a Value-Based Same-Calendar-Day Discharge Arthroplasty Model in an Ambulatory Surgical Centre

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Theo Potgieter

Heystek Orthopaedic Centre, Rustenburg

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2001)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2011)

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Toni Monni

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2000)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2012)
  • Fellow of the Colleagues of Surgeons SA, Orthopaedics (2012)
  • One year Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (2013)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Hip arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Donnavan Foxcroft

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (UL)  
  • FC Orth(SA) (Stell) 
  • RCSE Knee (Scot)

Interests:

Total and partial joint replacement surgery, knee arthroscopy and sport knee injuries.

Get to Know Your Surgeons

Dr Faf Labuschagne

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (1980)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (1990)
  • Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (1999)

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Chris Snyckers

Life Eugene Marais Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (1998)
  • Dip(PEC)SA (2000)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2008)
  • Fellow of the Colleagues of Surgeons SA, Orthopaedics (2008)
  • American-British-Canadian Fellowship (2012)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)

Interests:

Pelvic surgery, Hip arthroscopy, Hip arthroplasty, Revision hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Cartilage transplant, Cartilage surgery, Sports medicine

Dr Duwayne Vermaak

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2002)
  • MSc Sports Medicine (2005)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2011)
  • One year Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (2011)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)
  • PhD (Enrolled): The Transformation of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in South Africa Using a Value-Based Same-Calendar-Day Discharge Arthroplasty Model in an Ambulatory Surgical Centre

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Theo Potgieter

Heystek Orthopaedic Centre, Rustenburg

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2001)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2011)

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Toni Monni

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2000)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2012)
  • Fellow of the Colleagues of Surgeons SA, Orthopaedics (2012)
  • One year Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (2013)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Hip arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Dr Donnavan Foxcroft

Life Groenkloof Hospital

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (UL)  
  • FC Orth(SA) (Stell) 
  • RCSE Knee (Scot)

Interests:

Total and partial joint replacement surgery, knee arthroscopy and sport knee injuries.

Multidisciplinary Team

The team is skilled in a spectrum of disciplines, including specialised care, primary care, and patient education, all with the main goal of putting their patients first.

We are committed to providing exceptional service which prioritises and engages the patient, their families and their General Practitioners in their unique treatment plan.

Multidisciplinary Team

The team is skilled in a spectrum of disciplines, including specialised care, primary care, and patient education, all with the main goal of putting their patients first.

We are committed to providing exceptional service which prioritises and engages the patient, their families and their General Practitioners in their unique treatment plan.