Qualifications
MBChB (Natal)
FC Ortho (SA)
MMed (UCT)
Current positions
Pelvic and Acetabular Trauma Surgeon at Paardevlei Private Hospital and Cape Orthopaedic Trauma Group, Vincent Pallotti Hospital.
Head: Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town.
Other positions
Secretary of South African Orthopaedic Trauma Society.
Educational involvements
AO Trauma South Africa: Local Faculty Member.
AO Trauma Europe: International Faculty Member.
Prof Maqungo completed his postgraduate orthopaedic training at the University of Cape Town. This was followed by further fellowship training in complex orthopaedic trauma reconstruction in Israel and USA.
In 2017 Prof Maqungo took academic sabatical and worked as an Orthopaedic Trauma Specialist at the Royal London Hospital in London, England. The hospital runs the busiest Trauma Unit in Europe and this is where he honed his skills in pelvis fragility fracture surgery.
His fields of interest and expertise include:
• Hip replacement surgery.
• Osteoporosis induced (fragility) fracture surgery.
• Pelvis and Acetabulum fracture reconstruction.
• Complex orthopaedic trauma surgery.
Prof Maqungo is actively involved in research and academic medicine. He regularly presents and lectures at local and international meetings.
Professional and Society Membership
South African Orthopaedic Association
South African Arthroplasty Society
General Medical Council