DR. MARETHA SMIT
MBBCh(Pretoria) DA(SA) FCA(SA)
Maretha grew up in Gauteng and attended the University of Pretoria where she graduated MBChB with Distinction in 2013. Maretha completed her internship, community service and medical officer training in anaesthesia at Helen Joseph & Rahima Moosa Hospitals in Gauteng where she obtained her Diploma in Anaesthesia in 2016. She joined the UCT Anaesthesia training program in January 2018 where she excelled in all departments. She was the UCT Anaesthesia registrar represenative in 2019, won the Registrar’s Registrar Award in the same year, and won Best Registrar in Paediatric Anaesthesia award in 2020.
Maretha obtained her Master of Medicine in Anaesthesiology (MMed) with Distinction in 2021, the same year that she obtained her Fellowship of the College of Anaesthesiologists (FCA)(SA). She worked as a Specialist Anaesthetist in 2022 rotating through Groote Schuur Hospital Intensive Care Units and Red Cross Children’s Hospital where she developed an interest in Paediatric Anaesthesia. Maretha has six publications to her name (three of which are first author publications), and is actively involved in ongoing registry and research projects. Her primary research field is obstetric airway management, and she has won two research awards at international congresses.
MEMBERSHIP/REGISTRATIONS
[evc_icon_list][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA): Independent Practice Specialist Anaesthetist” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA)” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”South African Medical Association (SAMA)” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Southern Anaesthetics Associates Member since 2021″ icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][/evc_icon_list]
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & SHORT COURSES
[evc_icon_list][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Clinical Visiting Exchange Program: Thoracic & ENT Anaesthesia Heidelberg, Germany (Nov 2019)” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Echocardiography and Ultrasound: Advanced FATE (Focussed Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography, 2020), Basic FATE (2019)” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Trauma and surgery: SSSAW (Student Surgical Society Airway Workshop, 2019), ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2015), BSS (Basic Surgical Skills, 2013)” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Resuscitation and Critical Care: MEPA (Managing Emergencies in Paediatric Anaesthesia, 2019), PALS (Paediatric Advanced Life Support, 2017), ACLS EP (Advanced Cardiac Life Support Experienced Provider, 2015), Neonatal Resuscitation (2015), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life support, 2013), BLS (Basic Life Support, 2013)” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Research and Education : FCA 2 Refresher Course (2020), GCP (Good Clinical Practice; 2018), MMed Research Methods Course (UCT, 2018), PBL Facilitation (WITS, 2016), FCA 1 Refresher Course (2016), Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS (2012)” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][/evc_icon_list]
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
[evc_icon_list][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Hypoxaemia during tracheal intubation in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: analysis of data from an obstetric airway management registry. International Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2020.10.012.” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Implementation and initial validation of a multicentre obstetric airway management registry. South African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 2020, https://doi.org/10.36303/SAJAA.2020.26.4.2423.” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Data: Desaturation during tracheal intubation in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: an analysis of a prospective obstetric airway management registry. University of Cape Town. Dataset, 2020. https://doi.org/10.25375/uct.11854752.v2″ icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Peer Review Report For: Protocol for the Effectiveness of an Anesthesiology Control Tower System in Improving Perioperative Quality Metrics and Clinical Outcomes: the TECTONICS randomized, pragmatic trial. F1000Research 2019, 8:2032, https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.23127.r60684.” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Validation and initial description of the prospective Obstetric Airway Management Registry (ObAMR). Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2020;30:e70. DOI: 10.1016/j.tacc.2019.12.175.” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][evc_icon_list_item icon_library=”fontawesome” text=”Desaturation during airway management in pregnancy-related hypertension: Analysis of the Obstetric Airway Management Registry (ObAMR). Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2020;30:e175-e176. DOI: 10.1016/j.tacc.2019.12.430.” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-caret-right” icon_color=”#1e73be”][/evc_icon_list]
