DR ANDREA NEL

As soon as Dr Andrea Nel matriculated from C&N Sekondere Meisieskool Oranje, she decided to pursue her passion in medicine and attained an MBChB degree from the University of the Free State. Dr Nel has a Master of Medicine in Otorhinolaryngology from the University of Pretoria and became a Fellow of the College of Otorhinolaryngologists of SA through the College of Medicine of South Africa.

Apart from receiving her master’s degree and completing her fellowship exams, Dr Nel is in the process of advancing herself further by going into private practice at Life Eugene Marais. She has already completed postgraduate courses in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Head and Neck Dissection, Cochlear Implant and Advance Temporal Bone Dissection, and Advanced Trauma Life Support, to name a few, through the University of Pretoria, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Free State.

Dr Nel worked as a Medical Officer in the Department of Health at Kalafong Hospital from 2013 to 2014. In 2014, she was appointed as an ENT Registrar at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, where she completed five years of specialist training. In 2019, she was appointed as an ENT Session Consultant at Kalafong Hospital and later served as ENT Consultant and Head of Department (HOD). She left Kalafong Hospital in May 2023 and currently practises at Life Eugene Marais Hospital.

Dr Nel strives to restore vital senses (hearing, smell and taste), specialising in complex ear, nose and throat surgeries from her practice.