1981 - 1986: MB.ChB. - University of Cape Town
1986: Graduated as MB.Ch.B. with distinction in the First Professional examination
Passed FMGEMS exams (Basic Sciences and Clinical)
1988: B.Sc. (Med) Hons in Medical Biochemistry at University of Cape Town.
1989 - 1992: Ph.D. student. Supervisor: Prof. D. R. van der Westhuyzen - Medical Research Council/University of Cape Town Unit for the Cell Biology of Atherosclerosis, University of Cape Town, Department of Medical Biochemistry.
Ph.D. thesis submitted in September 1992.
Title: Monogenic Hypercholesterolemia in South Africans: Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Indians and Familial Defective Apolipoprotein B-100.
Thesis passed in December 1992. Ph.D. degree conferred in June 1993.
1996: DipRCPath
1997: MRCPath; certificate of completion of specialist training (CCST) (clinical cytogenetics and molecular genetics)
2005: FRCPath