The First Private Teaching Hospital in South Africa, Johannesburg

Dr Gail Faller

Dr Gail Faller

MBBCh (Wits); FCP Paed (Wits); Masters In Paediatrics (Wits)

Dr Faller is a Paediatric Rheumatologist specializing in treating musculoskeletal problems in children up to and including the age of sixteen. Dr. Faller completed her undergraduate medical training at University of Witwatersrand in 1992 and her fellowship in Paediatrics in 1999. She also holds certification in Basic and Advanced Immunology (Wits 2007), a Masters degree in Paediatrics (Wits 2006) and a Diploma in Child Health, Paediatrics (Royal College of Medicine, London 1996). After specializing in Paediatric Rheumatology at Wits, she spent time in the Paediatric Rheumatology Unit at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. She has published work on SLE, childhood Polyarthritis Nodosa, Juvenile Dermomyositis and improving care for children in Rheumatology and she continues to be active in research. Dr. Faller is currently serving on the congress committee of the South African Arthritis and Rheumatism Society and previously served on the EXCO


Clinical Focus

  • Paediatric Rheumatology: Special Interest In Juvenile Arthritis; Paediatric SLE And Hypermobility Syndrome In Childhood

Discipline

  • Paediatric Rheumatologist
  • Paediatric Rheumatologist