Speakers

Dr Lizel Jacobs is a Clinical Risk Manager Specialist at EthiQal, where she focuses on assessing and managing clinical risk to support safer, higher-quality patient care.

A medical doctor with 15 years of experience, Dr Jacobs has built a career centred on Neonatal Care and Perinatal training. Her work spans clinical practice, problem identification, and teaching, giving her a well-rounded perspective on the everyday challenges healthcare professionals face and the risks that can arise in clinical settings.

Outside of her professional life, she enjoys swimming and photography.

Jamie-lee Kruger completed her LLB law degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She worked at Westville Correctional Services in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal as a teacher as part of the Practical Legal Training module and went on to commence her candidate legal experience practicing conveyancing and wills & estates.

Jamie-lee continued her candidacy with Everinghams Attorneys where she is currently practicing as an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She provides legal assistance on a wide range of complex commercial and insurance disputes and has a particular interest in medical malpractice and general liability claims.

Dr Isabel do Vale is a registered, specialist, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in private practice, working predominantly from her private practice in Johannesburg. She completed her training at Wits and did a cosmetic fellowship in Sydney Australia.

She is the President of APRASSA (the Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons of Southern Africa) where she has served on the executive board since 2018. She is also a member of ASPS and ISAPS.

Dr do Vale has special interests in female body contouring , breast surgery and facial rejuvenation. Dr do Vale has extensively researched social media guidelines from around the world and formatted guidelines for APRASSA that support and reinforce the HPCSA Social Media guidelines.