- February 2025-current:
- Part-time clinical trainer for medical students at Stellenbosch University, Department of Psychiatry, Tygerberg Hospital
- February 2019-current:
- Medical Doctor with special interest in Mental Health.
- May 2016-January 2019:
- Treatment and counselling manager at South-African Responsible Gambling Foundation
- October 2010- April 2016:
- Clinical Research Fellow in Pathological Gambling, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town
- August 2008 – December 2009:
- Speciality Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry, West London Mental Health NHS Trust.
- Based at Her Majesty’s Prison and Young Offender’s Institute Feltham.
- August 2007 –July 2008:
- Speciality Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry, South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- Based at Shaftesbury Regional Secure Unit, Springfield Hospital, London.
- February 2006-July 2007:
- SHO (senior house officer) in General Adult Psychiatry, South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- February 2005 – January 2006:
- SHO in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- September 2004 –January 2005:
- SHO in General Adult Psychiatry, South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- March 2004 – August 2004:
- SHO in Old Age Psychiatry, South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- September 2003 –February 2004:
- SHO in General Adult Psychiatry, South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- March 2003 – August 2003:
- SHO in General Adult Psychiatry, Surrey Hampshire Borders Mental Health NHS Trust.
- September 2002 –December 2002:
- Staff-grade General Adult Psychiatry, South West London St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- February 2001 – August 2002:
- Junior doctor at the Florence Nightingale Hospital, Lisson Grove, Marylebone, London.
- Eating Disorders Unit –supervised by Dr. Paul Robinson and Dr. Lillian Pusavat.
- Addictions Unit – supervised by Dr. McPhillips and Dr. Shanahan.
- Young Persons Unit – supervised by Dr. Richard Corrigal and Dr. G. Afzal.
- January 1999 –December 2000:
- Junior doctor in Psychiatry, Surgery, General Medicine and Paediatrics.
- Based at Tygerberg University Hospital, South-Africa.
- November 1997
- Elective/Short term clinical placement at Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands
Info
Individual, bespoke approach to treatment for a range of mental health conditions.
Contact
Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, South Africa
Email: drheidis@gmail.com
Instagram: @drheidis.co.za

