The SURGE team

Our dynamic team is passionate about providing the highest quality of healthcare to you

The team is skilled in a spectrum of disciplines, including specialised care, primary care, and patient education, all with the main goal of putting their patients first. We are committed to providing exceptional service which prioritises and engages the patient, their families and their General Practitioners in their unique treatment plan.

“As a team, we can meet patient expectations by focusing on individual needs”

Dr Faf Labuschagne

Meet the Surgeons

The team strives to deliver patient-centered, value-based care, continuously contributing towards the transformation of healthcare.

Dr Faf Labuschagne

Life Groenkloof

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (1980)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (1990)
  • Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (1999)

Interests:

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Life Groenkloof
Pretoria

T: 012 460 9705

E: reception@surgeortho.co.za

Admin Building Suite 1 First Floor, 50 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof

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Dr Chris Snyckers

Life Eugene Marais

Pelvic surgery, Hip arthroscopy, Hip arthroplasty, Revision hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Cartilage transplant, Cartilage surgery, Sports medicine

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (1998)
  • Dip(PEC)SA (2000)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2008)
  • Fellow of the Colleagues of Surgeons SA, Orthopaedics (2008)
  • American-British-Canadian Fellowship (2012)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)

Life Eugene Marais
Pretoria

T: 012 335 7657

E: reception.snyckers@surgeortho.co.za

Suite 1, Cardiology Building, 696 5th Ave Les Marais, Pretoria

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Dr Duwayne Vermaak

Life Groenkloof

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2002)
  • MSc Sports Medicine (2005)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2011)
  • One year Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (2011)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)
  • PhD (Enrolled): The Transformation of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in South Africa Using a Value-Based Same-Calendar-Day Discharge Arthroplasty Model in an Ambulatory Surgical Centre

Life Groenkloof
Pretoria

T: 012 460 9705

E: reception@surgeortho.co.za

Admin Building Suite 1 First Floor, 50 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof

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Dr Theo Potgieter

Heystek Orthopaedic Centre

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2001)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2011)

Heystek Orthopaedic Centre
Rustenburg

T: 014 592 3108

T: 072 596 0971

E: reception.potgieter@surgeortho.co.za

52 Heystek Street, Rustenburg

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Dr Toni Monni

Life Groenkloof

Hip arthroplasty, Knee arthroplasty, Same-Day arthroplasty, Revision arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Hip arthroscopy, Sports medicine

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (2000)
  • MMed Orthopaedics (2012)
  • Fellow of the Colleagues of Surgeons SA, Orthopaedics (2012)
  • One year Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship in the UK (2013)
  • MSHCT, University of Texas, Austin (2021)

Life Groenkloof
Pretoria

T: 012 460 9705

E: reception@surgeortho.co.za

Admin Building Suite 1 First Floor, 50 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof

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Dr Donnavan Foxcroft

Life Groenkloof

Total and partial joint replacement surgery, knee arthroscopy and sport knee injuries

Qualifications:

  • MBChB (UL)
  • FC Orth(SA) (Stell)
  • RCSE Knee (Scot)

Life Groenkloof
Pretoria

T: 012 460 9705

E: reception@surgeortho.co.za

Admin Building Suite 1 First Floor, 50 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof

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Dr Sven Strydom

Life Eugene Marais

Hip and knee arthroplasty, Hip & knee arthroscopy, Hand surgery, Pelvis & Acetabular trauma, General orthopaedic trauma

Qualifications:

  • FC Orth (SA)
  • Mmed (Orth) Pret
  • MBChB (Pret) Cum Laude

Life Eugene Marais
Pretoria

T: 012 335 7657

E: reception.snyckers@surgeortho.co.za

Suite 1, Cardiology Building, 696 5th Ave Les Marais, Pretoria

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Meet the Support Team

Our multidisciplinary team also includes general practitioners, anaesthetists, theatre planners, clinical coordinators, wound care specialists, scrub sisters, outcomes managers, research teams, microbiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, nurses, physicians, physiotherapists and administrators.