Dr Merwe Hartslief
Dr Merwe Hartslief
Dr Hartslief was born and completed his medical (1997) and surgical (2006) training in South Africa at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. He worked as a private general surgeon in Klerksdorp for 6 years before immigrating to Australia in December 2011. He has worked as a fulltime public consultant general surgeon at the Cairns Hospital ever since and has a special interest in regional and remote surgery, as well as medicine in austere environments. He enjoys true general surgery and tries to stay up to date with a wide spectrum of general surgical procedures. He has a passion for trauma surgery and serves on the faculty of various surgical and trauma courses around the country, such as ETM (Emergency Trauma Management), ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support), DSTC (Definitive Surgical Trauma Care), SSRF (Surgical Stabilisation of Rib Fractures), ASSET (Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma) and ASE (Anatomy of Surgical Exposure) Dr Hartslief also serves part time as a general surgeon in the ADF Army Reserves.