Dr Frank Bonfils-Persson
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Leksell Gamma Knife Icon
Dr Frank is part of the ABJ Inc. facility, with access to the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon equipment at Milpark Hospital. You can view a video above for more information, or read the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon article on rehealth.co.za. That article includes more videos, and links to other radiation oncologists who have access to the equipment.
Bio
Dr Frank Harry Bonfils-Persson matriculated in 1976 having gone to the Vaal High School, Vanderbijlpark.
He next qualified in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) from the University of the Witwatesrand having majored in Biochemistry and Physiology. He completed his medical degree at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1986. He initially planned to become a plastic surgeon and worked under Professor Myburg, Wits University Medical School, as a surgical registrar for two and a half years. He then went into General Practice in Pinetown, Durban from 1992 to 1998.
In 1999 he started re-specialising and qualified as a clinical radiation oncologist with a Masters degree in Medicine (M.MED Rad(Onc) in 2004. He became a fellow of the College of Medicine South Africa (F.C. Rad (Onc)) in 2002.
He is involved in many clinical trials.
He is a generalist treating all solid and most hematological malignancies.
He is a keen aviator having flown for over 35 years. He holds both a GPL, PPL, is a glider tug pilot and glider instructor. He is also a keen scuba diver of over 15 years, and is an advanced nitrox scuba diver Dr Frank Bonfils-Persson is married to Jane and has two children, namely a son, Jade, and a daughter, Ayla.
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