Curriculum Vitae Dr (Ass. Professor) Gerald Peter George Boon 23 August 2010 Date of Birth: 18th March 1952 Citizenship: Family status: Residence: South African Married (1976), Wife and 3 children. East London Qualifications: MB ChB (Cape) : University of Cape Town; 11th December 1975 Diploma Child Health : College of Medicine of SA; 17th October 1980 FCP (Paed) SA : College of Medicine of SA; 21st October 1983 Certificate in Management Practice: Rhodes University 10 November 2003 6 month course in Strategic Management; Leadership, Human Resources and Industrial Relations; Marketing Management; Business Finance; Business Law. Registration: South African Medical and Dental Council (speciality Paediatrics). Reg. No. MP 17950; certificate No. 6394 of 16th March 1984 Registration with Ciskei Medical and Dental Council (speciality Paediatrics). Reg. No. 044 of 28th October 1985 Postgraduate Experience: Internship Oshakati State Hospital; South West Africa (Medicine & Paediatrics) Jan. '76 - Jun. '76 (Surgery & Orthopaedics) Jul. '76 - Dec. '76 Medical Officer Eshowe Provincial Hospital; Natal; RSA. Jan. '77 - Jun '77 (Surgery) South African Defence Force - National Service Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Ciskei: Aug. '77 - Mar. '78 Page 1 of 8
Medical Officer x 5.5mnths (Paediatrics) Medical Officer x 1.5mnths (Medicine) General Medical Officer Duties - SADF: Apr. '78 - Sep. '78 Kwa-Zulu hospitals: Oct. '78 - June '79 Mosvold Hospital Ingwavuma, Kwa-Zulu. Medical Officer x 6mnths Nkonjeni Hospital Mahlabatini, Kwa-Zulu. Medical Officer x 3mnths Medical Officer Eshowe Provincial Hospital; Natal; RSA. Jul. '79 - Dec. '79 (Surgery) Senior House Officer Paediatrics Addington Hospital; Durban; Natal. Jan. '79 - Dec. '80 Registrar Paediatrics Addington Hospital; Durban; Natal. Jan. '81 - Jul. '82 King Edward Eighth Hospital; Durban; Natal. July '82 - June '83 Addington Hospital; Durban; Natal. July '83 - Dec. '83 Senior Medical Officer Cecilia Makiwane Hospital; Mdantsane; Ciskei. Jan.'84-Mar.'84 (Paediatrics) Specialist Paediatrician Cecilia Makiwane Hospital; Mdantsane; Ciskei. Mar. '84 - Jan. '89 Senior Specialist Paediatrician Cecilia Makiwane Hospital; Mdantsane; Ciskei. Mar. '89 - Sep. '93 Principal Specialist Paediatrician Cecilia Makiwane Hospital; Mdantsane; Ciskei. Oct. '93 - present Permanent Appointment to Province of Eastern Cape confirmed Dec.'94 present (Second notch 1 July 2000) Deputy Head: Dept Paediatrics, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital Jan. '84 - Mar. '92 Acting Head: Dept Paediatrics, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital Apr. '92 - May. '93 Head: Dept Paediatrics, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital May. '93 - Sept 1998 Page 2 of 8
Head & Initiator: Paediatric Community Service: Region C of Province of Eastern Cape Jan. 97 Jan 2001 Head of Department of Paediatrics and Child Health: East London Hospital Complex (Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Frere Hospital, Paediatric Community Service)~ Oct 1998 - To present (and current) Acting Director - East London Health Resource Centre - Jan 2001 to March 2005 Acting Director Clinical Governance: East London Hospital Complex (Cecilia Makiwane Hospital + Frere Hospital) August 2007 to May 2008 Academic Status: Honorary Senior Lecturer: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town. Nov. '92 present Acting Senior Lecturer: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Walter Sisulu University (Unitra) (in prospectus) from ~ 2004-2006 Senior Lecturer: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Walter Sisulu University ~2006 to 31 March 2009 Tutor, M Phil in Maternal and Child Health, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health: University of Cape Town. 1999/2000/2001 Acting Director Postgraduate Studies: East London Academic Platform of UNITRA Jan 2001 to March 2005 Paediatric Primary Care Module for Post Basic Nurses: Cecilia Makiwane Hospital; Educator 1984 present Course director 1991 - present Child Health Module Course Coordinator and facilitator for the Diploma in District Health Management and Leadership (University of Port Elizabeth, Walter Sisulu University, Fort Hare University, Rhodes University) 2003, 2006, 2007. Examiner: Diploma in Child Health: South African Colleges of Medicine: College of Paediatricians ~ 2005 to present Advance Paediatric Life Support: Trainer 2006/2007 Associate Professor: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Walter Sisulu University 1 April 2009 - present Publications: Page 3 of 8
Letters Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; GPG Boon, WS Winship. SAMJ: 1984: 66: 317 Mushroom (Amanita phalloides) Poisoning in Ciskei; MJ Rivett, GPG Boon. SAMJ: 1988: 66: 317 Prevalence of HIV antibodies in antenatal clinic attender s in the Ciskei: H Stevens, GPG Boon. SAMJ: 1991: Foreign- Qualified Doctors: a significant contribution: C Lazarus, GPG Boon, I Fajardo. SAMJ: July: 1999 Presentations: Poster presentation on the child health indicators of the Mdantsane District of the Ciskei : University of Cape Town: Institute of Child Health; Annual Research Day ~ 1993 Poster presentation on a 12 year history of work load and disease burden in the Department of Paediatrics at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Ciskei : University of Cape Town: Institute of Child Health; Annual Research Day ~ 1993 Nutrition in children with intellectual disability in rural areas. Conference Promoting the Resilience of Individuals with Intellectual Disability in Africa. October 2001 Reflections on the training and distribution of Paediatricians in the Context of the Eastern Cape: University of Cape Town; School of Child and Adolescent Health; Annual Research Day 2001. Handbook / Guidelines Editor: Paediatric Handbook: Region C Paediatric Services, Province of Eastern Cape. Jan 2000 Editor: Eastern Cape Handbook of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2004 General Editor: Eastern Cape Handbook of Child and Maternal Health 2006+reissue 2008 Contributor: Inpatient management of Children with severe malnutrition; Eastern Cape Department of Health. 2000 Contributor: Eastern Cape Formulary: Primary Health Care: 2000 Contributor: Eastern Cape Formulary: All Levels: 2000 Page 4 of 8
Primary Health Care Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Drug List 2003 Edition for South Africa. - member of PHC Expert Review Committee and Essential Drugs List Committee for this book. Paediatric Standard Treatment and Essential Drug List 2006 Edition for South Africa. - member of Paediatric Expert Review Committee and Essential Drugs List Committee for this book. General Editor: Child Health Handbook for Primary Care Nurses of the Eastern Cape 2006. 1 st Edition Proceedings Primary Health Care Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Drug List 2008 Edition for South Africa. - member of PHC Expert Review Committee and Essential Drugs List Committee for this book. Proceedings of University of Cape Town Workshop on Developmental Screening June 1996: Section Contributor Committees etc. Joint Chairman: Steering Committee: Primary Health Care Institute for Border; Kellogg Project. 1991 Chairman: Ciskei AIDS Advisory Committee. 1990/91/92/93 Ciskei Representative: RHOSA Standing Committee on AIDS. 1991/92/93 Chairman: Library Committee: Cecilia Makiwane Hospital. 1986-1992 Member: Border ATIC (AIDS Training and Information Centre) 1989-1991 Member: Advisory Committee on Community Health: Ciskei 1991-1994 Trustee: Johnson and Johnson Projects Masizame school - Training centre for mentally handicapped children 1991-2000 Ndevana Feeding Project - feed project for malnourished children at Potsdam, Ndevana and NU3; 1991 to March 1995. Member: Executive Committee Cecilia Makiwane Hospital 1991-2000 Member. Clinical Heads of Department Meeting, Frere Hospital. 1999, 2000, 2001. Member Clinical Heads of Department Meeting. East London Hospital Complex 2002-present Acting Superintendent Cecilia Makiwane Hospital Aug-Dec 1996 Page 5 of 8
Member: Commission on Nutrition: Eastern Cape Dept of Health 1994 Member: Task group on Maternal and Child Health: Eastern Cape Dept of Health Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Task Group (National - 1997) Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Task Group (Provincial - 1997/8/9/2000) Member Technical Working Group on Curriculum Development: 1997/8: Equity Project Integrated Management of Childhood Diseases: Clinical Instructor 1999/2000/2001 Integrated Management of Childhood Diseases: National Adaptation Committee 2007 Integrated Management of Childhood Diseases: Doctors course co-presenter 2007 East Cape Provincial Therapeutics Team 1999, 2000. Member of East London Medical Postgraduate Academic Committee 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. Convenor / chairman of East London Medical Postgraduate Academic Committee. Elected Sept 2000 to 2002 Member of Registrar Training Implementation Committee 2000/2001 Consultative support to Maternal Child and Women s Health Sub Directorate Member Provincial Maternal Child and Women s Health Task Team 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Consultative support to Nutrition Sub Directorate ongoing since 1994 Member of Library Committee, East London Health Resource Centre 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Member of Board, East London Health Resource Centre, 2000 to present. Chairman of Board, East London Health Resource Centre, Dec 2000 March 2005 Chairman of the Board: East London Health Resource Centre: 2006 to April 2010 Chairman of IT Committee: East London Health Resource Centre: 2006 to April 2010 Page 6 of 8
Chairman of the East London Health Resource Centre Building Committee: 2005 to present. Member of academic and organising committee, ESSA (Epidemiological Society of South Africa) national conference, 2000. Member of the Provincial Programme of Action (Eastern Cape) committee and steering committee 2000 / 2001 Convenor of the Report Committee on the State of Children and their Services in the Eastern Cape 2001 (Subcommittee of the Provincial Programme of Action). Member of the National Essential Drugs List Committee 2002 to present. Ministerial Appointment. Member of the PHC Expert Review Committee of the National Essential Drugs List Committee 2002 to present. Member of the Paediatric Expert Review Committee of the National Essential Drugs List Committee 2002 to present. Member of the South Africa National Committee on Infant Mortality (Saving Children) February 2008 to present Ministerial appointment Awards Certificate of Appreciation: East London Hospital Complex from Chief Executive Officer: Mr D Pryce: 19 December 2002 In recognition of Long and Dedicated Service Health excellence Award 2007 Presented by the Member of the ExcecutiveCouncil for Health: Province of the Eastern Cape: Mrs LN Jajula. 16 November 2007 For Community Paediatrics Development. Page 7 of 8
Other Abilities / interests: Health: Both Mental and Physical are good. Language Proficiency: English Xhosa Afrikaans Very Good Weak Fair Drivers License: Current Valid South African License Held - Light Motor Vehicle and Motor Cycle Computer Proficiency: Good for Utilities - Windows, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc no formal qualification. Supervisor of Local Area Network - Paediatric Department 1991 - Dec 2000 Course in MS Project Certified. Career Interests: Child Health Systems and Community Paediatrics Child Health Education (emphasis on promotion, prevention, environment, primary care, general specialist levels of care and rehabilitation) Personal Interests and Hobbies: Reading - non fiction (human values / principles / poetry) Contact address: Phone W 083 85 88 105 H 043 7269965 Fax W 086 559 4906 email gerald.boon@impilo.ecprov.gov.za Department of Paediatrics and Child Health East London Hospital Complex Home address 19 Portulaca Road Vincent Heights East London South Africa 5247 Page 8 of 8