Dr Roya Shams

General Practitioner

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Dr Roya Shams completed her medical training in Spain and her residency in Family Medicine and Anesthetics in British Columbia, Canada. She moved from Canada to Umtata in 1994 motivated in large part by The Bahai' Faith and a spirit of service to serve her fellow human beings.

Since 1994 she has lived in Gaborone and Johannesburg and has been a foundational member of the medical team at San Ridge Medical Centre since its establishment in 2009. She stopped working as a specialist anaesthetist to focus on her passion of family medicine and proving care and support and the primary level of care

Dr Mariam Goldberg

General Practitioner

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Dr Mariam Shams-Goldberg finished her MBChB in 2012 at the University of Pretoria. She has since then rotated in disciplines such as Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine and Orthopedics as an intern. She has worked in many family practices and emergency rooms.

She went on to write her Diploma in Primary Emergency Care (DipPEC SA). Her passions lie in holistic medicine, women’s health and preventative care.

Dr May Shams

General Practitioner

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Dr May Shams graduated her MBChB at the University of Pretoria in 2017. She is experienced in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics including Paediatric Surgery, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Emergency as well as front-lined for COVID 19.

Her passions lie in mental health, paediatrics and preventative care.

Tanya Alberts

Dietician

A Dietician is a vital member of the health care team. Tanya has been providing dietary guidance since 2009 as a registered dietician licensed in South Africa. Together with her team of dieticians they help patients understand the connection between diet and diagnosis for improved nutritional well being.

Guidance and motivation is provided for sports athletes or individuals who want to eat healthy or who are on specific diets like vegans and vegetarians and nutritional guidance for children and good child nutrition. Tanya Alberts Dieticians and Associates are also able to assist with nutritional guidance during pregnancy, lactation and complementary feeding. All the dieticians are trained in genetic testing and are working with companies like Geneway and DNAlysis.

Dr. Keshia Petersen

Chiropractor

Dr. Keshia Petersen graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a Master of Health Science in Chiropractic. She is registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa as well as the Chiropractic Association of South Africa.

Her goal is to achieve holistic health by not just treating the symptoms of a particular condition but by getting to the root cause of an injury and ultimately assisting her patients reach a better quality of life.

Chiropractic is an alternative healthcare discipline that deals with neuro-musculoskeletal conditions such as neck pain, back pain, headaches, sport and overuse related injuries.