Dr Ettienne Myburgh is an oncology surgeon specializing in Head- and Neck cancers, Breast Cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma and other oncological procedures. He has an established surgical practice in Mediclinic Panorama in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town.
He completed his Surgical training in Cape Town at Tygerberg Hospital and the University of Stellenbosch. As senior registrar in Surgery he already became interested in Oncology surgery and became consultant surgeon in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, Breast surgery and Endocrine surgery at Tygerberg Hospital. During this time he developed skills in Oncoplastic breast techniques and reconstructive procedures for Head and neck tumours. He is a fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa, an executive member of BIGOSA and Chairman of the Cape Town Breast Cancer Forum
Multidisciplinary decision making is a priority in his practice with weekly combined meeting for both Breast cancer and Head- and Neck cancers.
He still continues post-graduate training of surgical registrars in Head, Neck and Breast oncology surgery as part of the Department of Surgery, Stellenbosch University.
He is involved in several research projects and publications on:
He is also an invited speaker at several national congresses and is a contributing author of a textbook on The Clinical approach to well-differentiated thyroid cancers.
He completed his Surgical training in Cape Town at Tygerberg Hospital and the University of Stellenbosch. As senior registrar in Surgery he already became interested in Oncology surgery and became consultant surgeon in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, Breast surgery and Endocrine surgery at Tygerberg Hospital. During this time he developed skills in Oncoplastic breast techniques and reconstructive procedures for Head and neck tumours. He is a fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa, an executive member of BIGOSA and Chairman of the Cape Town Breast Cancer Forum
Multidisciplinary decision making is a priority in his practice with weekly combined meeting for both Breast cancer and Head- and Neck cancers.
He still continues post-graduate training of surgical registrars in Head, Neck and Breast oncology surgery as part of the Department of Surgery, Stellenbosch University.
He is involved in several research projects and publications on:
- Genomic profiling in breast cancer using MammaPrint and Blueprint.
- Exome sequencing in patients with a genetic risk for breast cancer.
- Genomic risk profiling for Head and Neck tumours.
He is also an invited speaker at several national congresses and is a contributing author of a textbook on The Clinical approach to well-differentiated thyroid cancers.