Dr Zainab Waggie is a Paediatric Rheumatology Fellow working at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Witwatersrand.
She received her MBChB from the University of Cape Town and completed her paediatrics training at the University of Stellenbosch. She then did paediatric critical care training at Red Cross Children’s Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital London. After working in paediatric critical care for 6 years, she left the clinical space and worked in research including vaccines and TB trials as an investigator, and medical monitor. She then returned to the clinical space doing clinical research and infectious diseases starting to work in paediatric rheumatology. She enjoys teaching undergraduates and postgraduates and is currently the paediatric intern co-ordinator and 1st year intern curator at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.