Mpiko Ntsekhe is the Hellen and Morris Mauerberger Professor and Chair of Cardiology, at the University of Cape Town. After graduating from Brown University (BA), Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD)  he completed both his clinical  (FCP, SA) & (Cert Cardio SA) and research training  (MPhil & PhD) at the University of Cape Town.

The Division of Cardiology that he leads is well respected across the globe  for its breath and depth of quality  tertiary and quaternary clinical services,  post-graduate clinical and research training excellence,  and high impact, locally relevant, globally competitive clinical research output. Ntsekhe’s areas of research focus  are: 1] the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa; 2]  the intersection of infectious and cardiovascular disease and its impact on disease burden and adverse health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa; and  3] translational research (e.g., RCTs) aimed at improving treatment options and outcomes for patients and communities with a high burden of both  neglected and emerging cardiovascular diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ntsekhe is an associate member of the Institute for Infectious Diseases and  Molecular Medicine (IDM) at UCT, a Collaborating Investigator at UCT’s Center for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI Africa), and Co-Director of the  SA MRC Extra Mural Unit on the Intersection of Infectious Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases.  He has >170 publications in peer reviewed journals, 7 book chapters, a Scopus H index of 37 and has received  significant research grant funding over the years from from both local and international bodies such as  the  SA MRC, NRF, NIH, NHLBI, and CIHR.

Current and recent leadership roles include, the Vice President- South of the Pan-African Society of Cardiology, past Vice- President of SA Heart Association, co-Chair of Cardiology, Diabetes and Nephrology @ the limits (https://www.atthelimits.org/) He is a founding member of the Cognitum Consortium (https://www.cognitumconsortium.org/ ) which aims to leverage expertise and experience within existing global clinical trial research partnerships to address Africa’s growing CVD burden and poor health outcomes though clinical trials.

Ntsekhe’s contributions to  cardiovascular medicine to date have  been acknowledged through several prestigious international and local fellowships, awards and honours including a  SA MRC Lifetime Scientific Merit Award (2021) and election to the Academic of Science of South Africa (2021)