AFRICAN MASTER COURSE ON HEAD AND NECK SURGERY – Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December 2026
Event Description
Register your Interest for the:
AFRICAN MASTER COURSE ON HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
In Association with The International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological
Societies and The College of Medicine South Africa
Dates: 5-6 December 2026
Venue: Surgical Skills Training Centre, 6th floor, Institute of Child Health Building,
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town.
Convenor: Dr Matthew White, Professor Johannes Fagan
International Faculty:Professor Nicolas Fakhry , Professor Carlos Chiesa Estomba
Local Faculty: Professor Johannes Fagan, Dr Mohammed Thandar, Dr Matthew White, Dr Johan Grobbelaar
Accredited by the College of Medicine of South Africa for CPD points
Course detail
- Lectures alternating with dissections
- Fresh frozen cadavers
- One side of neck dissected per delegate
- Dissections: Sublingual gland and floor of mouth; Submandibular gland; Parotidectomy; Parapharyngeal space; Neck dissection; Thyroid lobectomy; Sistrunk operation, Total laryngectomy, Thyroplasty, Maxillectomy
Target audience
- ENT registrars and surgeons
- General surgery registrars and surgeons
- Maxillofacial registrars and surgeons
- Plastic surgery registrars and surgeons
Registration fees:
- Observers: ZAR R4 000
- Dissectors: Registrars ZAR R9 000
- Dissectors: Specialists (CMSA members) ZAR R10 000
- Dissectors: Specialists (Non-CMSA members) ZAR R10 500
Preparatory reading:
- Previous course video
- Ranula and sublingual salivary gland
- Submandibular gland excision
- Parotidectomy
- Parapharyngeal space
- Selective neck dissection
- Radical neck dissection
- Thyroidectomy
- Thyroglossal duct (Sistrunk)
- Laryngectomy
- Inferior Maxillectomy
Additional Preparatory Reading (Free Online):
Online Head & Neck Dissection and Reconstruction Manual (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
NB: The “Register your Interest” process:
Please complete the following form to Register your Interest for the workshop.
Please note that we receive a high volume of applicants each year and space is limited.
Registering your interest does NOT secure a registration for the event.
Registering your interest for this workshop will be open until FRIDAY 7 AUGUST 2026, after which registered individuals will be prioritised and slots allocated according to initial date of enquiry.