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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU PROCEED. BY CLICKING ON “I ACCEPT” OR “LOGIN” YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND AGREE TO THEM.

PLEASE NOTE: ACCESS TO OUR PORTAL / SERVICES IS SUBJECT TO YOUR REGISTRATION AS A MEMBER OF SASDS.
1. THESE TERMS
1.1. These are the terms and conditions (“Terms of Services”) relevant to the services we supply (“Services”) via our platform (“Portal”). These Terms of Services refer to the following additional terms which also apply to your use of our services:-
1.1.1. Our Terms of Use;
1.1.2. Our Privacy Policy; and
1.1.3. Membership terms and conditions (including but not limited to our Constitution)
1.2. The above terms and conditions, policy and Constitution are hereby incorporated by reference and together are the agreement (“Agreement”) between us and you. If there is any conflict between the above terms and conditions/policy and the Terms of Services in terms of the Services, the Terms of Service will prevail;
1.3. All information that are incorporated by using hyperlinks and / or other methods of reference form part of these Terms and Conditions of Supply (see section 11(3) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 “ECT Act”);
1.4. Why you should read them. Please read these terms carefully before you use our Services. These terms, unless otherwise specified under Service specific terms conditions (“Service Specific T&Cs”), tell you how we will provide Services to you, how you and we may change or end the contract, what to do if there is a problem and other important information.

2. LICENSE GRANTED
2.1. Registration first: To use our Portal and Services you have to be registered as a Member of the SASDS and paid your membership fees.
2.2. License: Subject to our acceptance and these Terms of Service, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferrable license to access and use our Portal to enable you to access and use our Services.
2.3. Take note, there might be Service Specific terms and conditions once you have logged into the Portal: certain Services may have additional terms and conditions that will apply. Those terms and conditions (“Service Specific T&C”) will be presented to you prior to submitting your order for the Service. The Service Specific T&C should be read with these Terms of Services. Insofar as any term and condition in a Service Specific T&C conflicts with these Terms of Services in respect of-
2.3.1. the description of the Services (including but not limited to [pricing (if any)], specifications, service levels or limitations of liability), the Service Specific T&C shall prevail;
2.3.2. any other matter, the Terms of Services shall prevail.
2.4. The presentation of our Services (including Courses) on our Portal is an invitation to you to provide Services;
2.5. By submission of your information under the ‘Sign-up’ screen or further information before submission of the Application Form does not mean we have concluded a contract with you (not yet);
2.6. “Writing” ” includes data messages. When we use the words “writing” or “written” in these terms, this includes data messages (as defined by the ECT Act), including but not limited to emails. You acknowledges that all agreements, authorization or request on the Portal satisfy the “writing” requirement as per section 12 of the ECT Act.

3. OUR SERVICES
3.1. Description: details as per our Portal, including but not limited to: –
3.1.1. Provision of various information, including but not limited to reports, case studies, resources, guidelines;
3.1.2. Provision of the DermAcademy platform to make available to you certain training / educational courses (“Courses”) – still under construction;
3.1.3. Provision of Courses, consisting of copyright material, videos and corresponding workbooks (“Course Material”);
(Collectively referred to as “Services”)
3.2. Services may vary slightly from their description: The information on our site is for general information purposes. Although we made every effort to display the correct content, we cannot guarantee that the content is 100% accurate. For more detailed information about our services you can contact us;
3.3. Course Material (when available):
3.3.1. Every effort has been made to ensure complete and accurate information concerning the Course Material. The Course Provider makes no representations, warranties, guaranties as to the suitability, accuracy or completeness of the Course Material. Neither us or the Course Provider can be held legally responsible for any mistakes in printing or faulty instructions contained within the Course Material.
3.3.2. If you identify any Course Material that is not accurate or complete, then kindly contact us immediately.
3.4. Costs: unless otherwise specified against the particular Service, the Services will be made available for free.
3.5. Third Party Materials:
3.5.1. The Portal may display, include or make available third-party content (including data, information, Portals and other products, services and/or materials) or provide links to third-party websites or services, including through third-party advertising (collectively, “Third Party Materials”). You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for Third Party Materials, including their accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect thereof. We do not assume and will not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity for any Third Party Materials. Third Party Materials and links thereto are provided solely as a convenience to you and you access and use them entirely at your own risk and subject to such third parties’ terms and conditions.
3.5.2. Although the use of Third Party Materials may be subject to other terms and conditions, it is important to note that we have been granted a license to present said Third Party Materials on our Portasl. It is your responsibility to adhere to these Terms of Services and more specifically paragraph 11 below in terms of the Third Party Intellectual Property Right.

4. YOUR SERVICE ACCOUNT
4.1. During the use of our Service, you must sbe an active Member of SASDS to have access to your user Service account (“Service Account”);
4.2. You agree: –
4.2.1. To provide and maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date information on your Service Account;
4.2.2. That your failure to maintain accurate, complete and up-to-date Service Account information, may result in your inability to access and use the Service or Our termination of this Agreement;
4.2.3. We may utilise the initial information you submit to verify your membership with us, including verification with any other third party, including but not limited to the HPCSA;
4.3. Submission of your information as per the application form does not automatically give you the right to access the Services. Submission as mentioned above is subject to your registration as a member with us.
4.4. Further, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with these Terms of Service, we have the right to not grant you access to your Service Account, or to revoke your access right and disable your user identification code;
4.5. During your initial submission of your registration information, you will be allowed to select the necessary access credentials or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures.;
4.6. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Service Account;
4.7. At all times you must maintain the security and secrecy of your Service Account details. Your Service account details are confidential and under NO CIRCUMSTANCES whatsoever may you share or distribute it to any third party/parties. Any breach of this term will result in the IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION of your Service account;
4.8. You must only possess one Service Account;
4.9. If you know or suspect that anyone, other than you, knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us;
4.10. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your Service Account to any other person or entity;

5. RESTRICTIONS
5.1. You will not or allow any third party to: (a) copy, modify, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise create derivative works or improvements, whether or not patentable, of the Portal or any Content or Services; (b) reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode or otherwise attempt to derive or gain access to the source code of the Portal or any part thereof; (c) remove, delete, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property or proprietary rights notices from the Portal, including any copy thereof; (d) rent, lease, use it for purposes of a service bureau, lend, sell, sublicense, assign, distribute, publish, transfer or otherwise make available the Portal or any features or functionality of the Portal, to any third party for any reason or (e) remove, disable, circumvent or otherwise create or implement any workaround to any copy protection, rights management or security features in or protecting the Portal; (f) use the Portal for purposes which are illegal, (g) not transmit any material that may result in an interference to our Services
5.2. The Courses, Course Materials and Third Party Materials are not sold to you. It is licensed to you for your personal, non-commercial use only.
5.3. Certain Content, Course Material and Third Party Materials may be downloaded, however this will be for your own personal use and you shall not be entitled to submit or make it available to any third party whatsoever;
5.4. Where you are allowed to print certain Content, Course Material or Third Party Materials you are granted permission to produce a single hard copy of it for YOUR PERSONAL USE ONLY. Each single hard copy, printed must be kept in the format it was presented and made available to you. You are prohibited from modifying the copy;
5.5. Except as granted in this clause 5, no part of our site or Course Material may be copied, photocopied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the Course Provider.

6. OUR RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO SERVICES
We may change the Services to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements and to implement minor technical adjustments and improvements. These changes will not affect your use of the Services, Content or Course Material.

7. PROVISION OF SERVICES
7.1. Availability of Services: Subject to the terms of this Terms of Services, Services will only be made available subsequent to receipt of all relevant information and/or documentation required for the Services;
7.2. Access to the Portal: unless otherwise agreed to in writing, the Portal will be provided to you as long as you are a registered member of us, whether you utilise the Services or not.
7.3. Updates: We may from time to time in our sole discretion develop and provide Portal updates, which may include upgrades, bug fixes, patches and other error corrections and/or new features (collectively, including related documentation, “Updates”). Updates may also modify or delete in their entirety certain features and functionality. You agree that we have no obligation to provide any Updates or to continue to provide or enable any particular features or functionality. You may receive notice of Updates, however there is no obligation on us to notify you. You further agree that all Updates will be deemed part of the Portal and be subject to all terms and conditions of this Terms of Service.
7.4. Unable to supply certain Services: if we are unable to perform in terms of the contract on the grounds that the Services ordered are unavailable and said availability has not been addressed under these Terms of Services, we will notify you of this fact.
7.5. We are not responsible for delays outside our control. If our supply of the Services is delayed by an event outside our control, we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this, we will not be liable for delays caused by the event.
7.6. Downtime and Service Suspensions: Your access to and use of the Services may be suspended for the duration of any anticipated, unanticipated, scheduled or unscheduled downtime, maintenance, system updates, malfunction, or other unavailability of any portion or all of the Services for any reason, including as a result of power outages, system failures or other interruptions. We shall also be entitled, without any liability to you, to suspend access to any portion or all of the Services at any time, on a system-wide basis: (a) for scheduled downtime to permit us to conduct maintenance or make modifications to any part of the Services or resolve technical problems and minor technical changes; (b) in the event of a denial of service attack or other attack on the Services or other event that we determine, in our sole discretion, may create a risk to the applicable Portal, to You or to any of our other users if the Services were not suspended; or (c) in the event that we determine that any Services is prohibited by law or we otherwise determine that it is necessary or prudent to do so for legal or regulatory reasons.
7.7. Monitoring: We reserve the right to log, review, and otherwise examine any information stored on or passing through our networks or systems to ensure an effective Service and security of our Platform.

8. HOW TO END THE CONTRACT WITH US (INCLUDING IF YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR MIND)
8.1. Tell us you want to end the contract. To end the contract with us (i.e you don’t want to use the Services any more or receive any information or notifications related to the Services anymore, then please let us know by sending us an e-mail to to the email address as per our Terms of Use. We may request certain information from you to ensure that it is actually you requesting the end of the/a contract.

9. TERMINATION
9.1. We may end the contract for the Services at any time if:-
9.1.1. you have breached any term or condition under these Terms of Services; or
9.1.2. You have terminated your membership with us or failed to pay the annual subscription or special levies that may be decided by our EXCO.
9.2. We may withdraw the Service. We may write to you to let you know that we are going to stop providing the Service or any part thereof. We will let you know at least 10 (seven) days in advance of our stopping the supply of the service and will refund any sums you have paid in advance for service which will not be provided.
9.3. Should we obliged to institute legal action against You to enforce any provisions of our contract with you, then You will be responsible for all reasonable legal costs on an attorney and own client basis, including such tracing fees and collection commission which such attorneys are entitled to charge, on successful judgement of Our claim.
9.4. Upon termination or expiry of the Services –
9.4.1. Your rights under these terms and conditions shall terminate immediately ;
9.4.2. We shall stop providing the Services and will be entitled to suspend you access to the Portal;
9.4.3. We will deliver, upon written request by You, any Personal Information we may have on You, unless we are required by law to keep a copy (which we will only keep for record purposes).
9.4.4. You undertake to return to Us any documentation, information or other materials of Us, which You or have no legal right to retain.

10. CONFIDENTIALITY
10.1. We acknowledge that, during the performance of Services, we will have access to information relating to Your address, contact information, and other personal information or requests for Services (“Confidential Information”). We agree that, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, we will use and hold all such Confidential Information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person or to use it except as necessary in carrying out the Services consistent with this Agreement.

11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
11.1. All existing and future intellectual property rights (patents, copyright, designs, trademarks, know how whether registered or un-registered) in and to the Portal, Services, Content and Course Material belong to us or our licensors (including but not limited to Content providers). You may only use it subject to the terms and conditions of this Terms of Service.
11.2. We have been licensed to utilised certain Third-Party Materials as part of our Services. You are only entitled to use same as set out under the Terms fo Services and not to infringe any of the Third-Party Materials whatsoever. You are specifically prohibited form copying same to be utilised for further commercial training or other financial gain.
11.3. If you feel that any Service, Content or Course Material may be an infringement of any third party’s rights, then please contact us immediately in writing.

12. HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
12.1. We will use your Personal Information in accordance with you Privacy Policy;
12.2. By using and providing information to or through this Portal, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy, including that we may request third parties such as the HPCSA to submit certain information to us to verify you as a user of our Portal.

13. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THE PORTAL IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” AND WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE PORTAL, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING. WE PROVIDE NO WARRANTY OR UNDERTAKING, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND THAT THE PORTAL WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULTS, BE COMPATIBLE OR WORK WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE, PORTALS, SYSTEMS OR SERVICES, OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, MEET ANY PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY STANDARDS OR BE ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
14.1. To the extent permitted by law, we (including our members, employees, licensors, content (course) providers, service providers, partners, affiliates and agents) shall not be liable for any damages, loss or liability of any nature incurred by you, or any other person resulting from the use of or inability to use our Services, including the Portal or the technology, material and content made available on and through it.
14.2. Unless otherwise agreed to under these Terms of Services or determined by law, we (including our employees, licensors, content (course) providers, service providers, partners, affiliates and agents) will not be liable in law or delict, for any indirect, special or consequential damages whatsoever. We shall further not be liable for any direct loss or damage suffered by you as a result of the inaccurate information you made available to us.

19. FORCE MAJEURE
We will not be liable to You for any default or delay in the performance of the obligations under these Terms of Service, if and to the extent that such default or delay is caused by any act of God, war or civil disturbance, court order, or any other circumstance beyond Our reasonable control including fluctuations in communications or utility services (“Circumstances of Force Majeure”) and provided we are obviously without fault in causing such default or delay, and such default or delay could not have been prevented by us through the use of alternative sources or means..

15. SUPPORT
15.1. In the event of you encountering any technical problems/errors with our site and/or the Course and/or Course Material, you will immediately report it to us;
15.2. We shall attend to the queries in respect of any technical problems/errors reported to it as soon as is reasonably possible.

16. COMMUNICATIONS
16.1. You agree that these terms and conditions are valid, binding, enforceable and concluded at the address as per our Terms of Use (“Place of Business”), the moment you access the Portal;
16.2. Time and Place of communication, dispatch and receipt:-
16.2.1. Data Messages (as defined under the ECT Act) sent from us to You have been sent from our Place of Business;
16.2.2. Data Messages sent from us to You on receipt of sent confirmation on our system; and
16.2.3. Data Messages from You to us are deemed to be received by us only when a representative of us responds thereto, and for the purposes of this clause an auto-response shall not be a response by us. Such acknowledgement further does not give legal effect to that message, unless specifically indicated by an authorised representative of ours that it does give legal effect to the message.
16.3. You acknowledge that all agreements and authorization under this EULA satisfies the “writing” requirement as per section 12 of the ECT Act;

17. OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS
17.1. Entire Agreement: This Terms of Service constitutes the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Portal and Services and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings and agreements, whether written or oral.
17.2. Assignment: You may not transfer your rights or your obligations under these Terms of Services to another person.
17.3. Third Party rights: Although this agreement is between you and us, third party content providers shall have a right to take such action that may be necessary to protect their intellectual property.
17.4. Severability: If a court finds part of this contract illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
17.5. Waiver: No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of either party, any right or any power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or power hereunder preclude further exercise of that or any other right hereunder.
17.6. Amendments / Variations: We may, in our sole discretion, change any of these Terms of Services at any time. It is your responsibility to regularly check these Terms of Services and make sure that you are satisfied with the changes. Should you not be satisfied, you must not place any further orders on, or in any other way use, the Services or Service platform. Any such change will only apply to your use of our Services after the change is published by us. If you use our Services after such amended Terms of Services have been published, you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.
17.7. Applicable law: These terms are governed by the Republic of South Africa law.
17.8. Dispute Resolution: Subject to the our Terms of Use provisions that deal with Complaints and Legal Documentation, the parties herby agree to the Western Cape High Court (Cape Town) to institute proceedings concerning the Portal and Services.
We recommend you print these Terms of Services for your records

Terms of Use

These terms of use (“Terms of Use”), together with the documents referred to herein, makes provision for the terms and conditions applicable when making use of the Dermatology Society of South Africa (“DSSA”) and the South African Society for Dermatologic Surgery (“SASDS”) (“us”, “we” or “our”) joint website www.dermatology.co.za (“our joint website”) or any of the respective websites of DSSA (“DSSA website (www.derma.co.za)) and SASDS (“SASDS Website (www.sasds.co.za)) . Reference to “our sites” or “our site” may be a reference to all sites or any one of the mentioned sites.

Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the joint website or any of the DSSA – or SASDS websites, as these will apply to your use of any of the websites (“the agreement”). We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference.

If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, we advise that your refrain from making use of our joint website.

1. OTHER APPLICABLE TERMS

1.1) These Terms of Use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our joint website or any of the DSSA or SASDS websites:
1.1.1) our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal information we or either of the organisations may collect from you, or that you provide to us or any one of the organisations. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all personal information provided by you is accurate.
1.2) If you register as a Member under any of the DSSA or SASDS websites our Terms of Services, and these Terms of Use will apply to the provision of the Services made available via the applicable website.

2. INFORMATION ABOUT US

	DSSA	SASDS
Physical address	16 St Peters Road, Southernwood, East London, 5213 (“Premises”)	8 Monks View, Church Street, Plettenberg Bay, 6600 (“Premises”).
Postal Address	As above	As above
Email	sarini@telkomsa.net (Sarina Drusinsky)	vdhandel@iafrica.com (Sian van den Handel)
Tel:	+27 43 743 8813/5353	+27 44 533 3067
www	www.derma.co.za	www.sasds.co.za

3. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

3.1) We may change these Terms of Use or any other term as referred to under these Terms of Use at any time. The amendments will be applicable when published on our joint website. Where any of the terms are DSSA or SASDS specific we will confirm it accordingly.
3.2) Please check the Terms of Use from time to time to take notice of any changes made, as they are binding on you. Take note, the terms applicable on conclusion of the sale of services to you will apply for the particular purchase.

4. CHANGES TO SITES

4.1) We may update our sites from time to time, and may change the Content at any time.
4.2) We may stop publishing our sites at any time without notice and will not be responsible for any consequences.
4.3) Please note: The Content on our sites are provided for general information purposes only and that the Content may be out of date at any given time. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our sites, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied , that the Content on our sites are accurate, complete, free from errors or omissions or up-to-date.

5. ACCESSING OUR SITES

5.1) Access to our sites is made available free of charge.
5.2) Service costs (where applicable) will be published to you prior to use of the Services.
5.3) We do not guarantee that our sites, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our sites is permitted on a temporary basis.
5.4) We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our sites (including, but not limited to, the Services available) without notice to you. We will not be liable to you if, for any reason, our sites are unavailable at any time or for any period.
5.5) You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our sites, including, but not limited to, mobile data and the costs associated with it. We do not guarantee that our sites, or any portion thereof, will function on any particular hardware or devices. In addition, use of our sites may be subject to malfunctions and delays inherent in the use of the Internet and electronic communications.
5.6) You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our sites through your Internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
5.7) Our sites are directed to people residing in the Republic of South Africa. We do not represent that content available on or through our site are appropriate or available in other locations. We may limit the availability of our sites or any Service described on our sites to any person or geographic area at any time. If you choose to access our sites from outside the Republic of South Africa or if you are not a resident or citizen in South Africa, you do so at your own risk and you access will be subject to the law and courts of the Republic of South Africa.

6. RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU

6.1) Subject to these Terms of Use, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferrable and revocable, license to access and use our sites and Content at any time, solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
6.2) Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by us.

7. PROHIBITED USES

You may not use our sites or Content:
7.1) in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
7.2) in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect (including but not limiting to harassment of third party service providers).
7.3) to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (for example: Spam).
7.4) to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware into our sites or the Content used by us or any other Users of our sites; or
7.5) to access, without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of our sites or the equipment or network on which the website is stored.
You may further not:
7.6) remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices from any portion of our sites or from the Services available;
7.7) reproduce, copy (direct or indirect), modify, adapt, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, lease, sell, resell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast or otherwise exploit our sites or the Services (or any part thereof);
7.8) decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble our sites or the Services except as may be permitted by applicable law;
7.9) cause or launch any programs or scripts for the purpose of scraping, mirroring, indexing, surveying, or otherwise data mining any portion of our sites or unduly burdening or hindering the operation and/or functionality of any aspect of our sites;
7.10) frame our sites or any part thereof;
7.11) access or use our sites or the Content through automated means, including through the use of robots, spiders, or offline readers(other than by individually performed searches on publicly accessible search engines for the sole purpose of, and solely to the extent necessary for, creating publicly available search indices – but not caches or archives – of our sites or the Content and excluding those search engines or indices that host, promote, or link primarily to infringing or unauthorized content); or
7.12) attempt to gain unauthorized access to or impair any aspect of our sites or its related systems or networks.
E-mail addresses, names, telephone numbers and fax numbers published on our sites may not be incorporated into any database used for commercial purposes or electronic marketing or similar purposes. The presentation of such details is no “opt-in” / permission from us to utilise same.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

8.1) DSSA and SASDS are the respective owners and/ or rightful licensees of all intellectual property rights (including but not limited to, concepts, know-how, data processing techniques, copyrights, patents, designs (including the website look and feel and lay out and photos), inventions, trademarks, tables and compilations of data which are created, invented and/ or developed, (registered or unregistered) in our sites and Content and any subsequent Services.
8.2) You may copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our sites for your personal use and to determine whether you wish to acquire the products or services published on our sites. You may draw the attention of others to content posted on our sites or by sharing same via social networks or other means available.
8.3) You must not modify the copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded from our sites in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text or claim that it is yours. Our status as the authors of Content on our sites must always be acknowledged.
8.4) Neither these Terms of Use nor your purchase of the products and/ or Services convey or grant to you any rights:
8.4.1) in or related to our sites except for the limited license granted under clause 6 above; or
8.4.2) to use or reference in any manner our business names, service names, product names, logos, trademarks, designs or services marks or those of our licensors (registered or unregistered).

9. LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY

9.1) WE PROVIDE OUR SITES TO YOU ON AN “AS-IS” AND ON AN “ AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER TERMS WHICH MAY APPLY TO OUR SITES OR ANY CONTENT ON IT, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. IN ADDITION, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY REGARDING THE TIMELINES, QUALITY, RELIABILITY, SUITABILITY, OR AVAILABILITY OF OUR SITES OR ANY OF OUR SERVICES THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SITES, OR THAT THE USE OF OUR SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. YOU AGREE THAT IT IS WITHIN YOUR SOLE DISCRETION TO USE OUR SITES AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OUR SITES REMAINS SOLELY WITH YOU, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW AND THAT YOU WILL INDEMNIFY US AGAINST ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, DAMAGE, COSTS, LOSS OR LIABILITY (INCL. REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES) RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OUR SITE.
9.2) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE, OUR OWNERS, DIRECTORS (WHERE APPLICABLE), EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER OR HOWSOEVER CAUSED ARISING FROM THE ACCESS OR USE OF OUR SITES OR THE PURCHASE OF ANY OF OUR OR ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THROUGH OUR SITES.
9.3) YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD US AND OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS AND AGENTS HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY OWN CLIENT FEES), ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH: (I) YOUR BREACH OR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE; OR (II) YOUR VIOLATION OF OUR RIGHTS.
9.4) WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DEFAULT OR DELAY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR SERVICES TO YOU IF AND TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DEFAULT OR DELAY IS CAUSED BY ANY ACT OF GOD, WAR OR CIVIL DISTURBANCE, LABOUR UNREST, COURT ORDER OR ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL INCLUDING FLUCTUATIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS OR UTILITY SERVICES (“FORCE MAJEURE”) AND PROVIDED WE ARE OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT FAULT IN CAUSING SUCH DEFAULT OR DELAY, AND SUCH DEFAULT OR DELAY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY THE US THROUGH THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES, WORKAROUND PLANS OR OTHER MEANS.
9.5) DIFFERENT LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY MAY APPLY TO LIABILITY ARISING AS A RESULT OF THE SUPPLY OF SERVICES BY US TO YOU, WHICH WILL BE SET OUT IN OUR SERVICE SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

10. SECURITY

10.1) Although we are not obliged to provide security on our sites, we feel it is important that your information, or any communication between us, is dealt with in the most secure manner reasonably possible. However, because of the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that your communications with us via our sites are completely secure at all times.
10.2) To provide adequate security to all our Users, and to monitor activities prohibited under section 86 of the ECT Act, you hereby agree to our right to intercept, monitor, block, read, delete or access all data sent to the website or any of our other communication facilities, for example, email, instant messaging or fax-to-email applications, subject to the conditions as set out under the RIC Act.
10.3) It is our policy to virus check documents and files before they are uploaded to our sites. However, we cannot guarantee that documents or files downloaded from our sites will be free from viruses and we do not accept any responsibility for any damage or loss caused by any such virus. Accordingly, for your own protection, you must use virus-checking software when using this website. Further, you agree not to upload or provide, via our sites, any document or file that may contain a virus. You are required to virus check any document or file which you intend to upload or provide to our sites.

11. LINKING TO OUR SITES

11.1) You may link to our sites from your site or other social media pages, but only to the homepage of our sites, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it or breach any provision of these Terms of Use.
11.2) You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists, or provide a link to our sites in any website that is not owned by you.
11.3) We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice to you.
11.4) The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with our Acceptable Use Policy.

12. CONTENT AND LINKS IN OUR SITES

12.1) Where our sites contain links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience and information only. You acknowledge that different terms of use and privacy policies may apply to your use of such third party content. We do not endorse such third-party content and in no event shall we be responsible or liable for any Services of such third party providers. You, therefore, assume sole responsibility for the use of a third party website;
12.2) We make no warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy, reliability, legality, merchantability or fitness for purpose of third party website content or products or services available through third party websites or that third party website content does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person.
12.3) We expressly disclaim acting in any respect on behalf of third party website operators and/or owners. Please note that third party websites may be subject to their own terms of supply or services different from those of this site;
12.4) Social networks: You agree that when accessing, using and/ or posting or uploading any content or materials of any kind to our social network pages (including but not limited to [Facebook, LinkedIn] or any other facility made available by us from time to time), You will”-
12.2.1) not use the social network page of communication facility in any improper or unlawful manner or in breach of any legislation or licence that applies to You;
12.2.2) not harass others or disclose personal information about others that could amount to harassment;
12.2.3) not submit, publish, post, upload, store, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, offensive, obscene, indecent, harmful, confidential, hateful, threatening or otherwise illegal or objectionable material or information;
12.2.4) not submit, post or upload files that contain software or other material the intellectual property rights in which are owned by any third party or which are protected by rights of privacy or publicity of any third party without having received all necessary consents;
12.2.5) not upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other software or programs that may interfere with or damage the operation of the social network page or any other computer;
12.2.6) not impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself in any way;
12.2.7) not promote any activity that is illegal;
12.2.8) not use software to harvest information from the social media network page;
12.2.9) not submit any material which is prohibited by any applicable data protection or privacy legislation;
12.2.10) only upload or submit material to the social network page which either You own or which You have the permission of the owner of that material to submit; or
12.2.11) not otherwise submit, post or upload any content or materials or otherwise do anything in breach of the Facebook Terms of Use.
12.2.12) Social media is not a medium for conflict resolution or lodging complaints. Complaints should be sent to either DSSA ([ADD EMAIL] or use our online communication form) or SASDS (info@sasds.co.za).
12.2.13) abide to the particular social network’s Code of Conduct (Facebook) or community guidelines (Instagram) or any other similar rules and guidelines made available by the particular social network. You agree that You shall be solely responsible for all content, information or materials of whatever nature or medium that You submit, post, upload, publish or display on or through the social media network page or transmit to or share with other users (“User Content”) and You warrant and undertake that You own the intellectual property rights in and to all User Content or that You are otherwise entitled to submit the same to the Page. You acknowledge and agree that We may, but are not obligated to, monitor the content (including the User Content) on the social media network page(s) and may delete or remove from the said page immediately without notice any User Content or any other content of whatever nature, for any or no reason, including without limitation, if such content in our absolute discretion is in breach of any of the rules or guidelines made available or in breach of these Terms of Use.

13. BREACH, SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

13.1) Kindly take note that it is within our discretion to determine whether there has been a breach of these Terms of Use through your use of our sites. When a breach occurs, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
13.2) We specifically exclude any liability for our actions taken in response to a breach of these Terms of Use.
13.3) All costs, charges and expenses of whatsoever nature which may be incurred by us in enforcing our rights in terms hereof including, without limitation, legal costs on the scale as between an attorney and own client and collection commission, irrespective of whether any action has been instituted, shall be recoverable from you if the above rights are successfully enforced.
13.4) No relaxation or indulgence, by either one of us to the other, shall constitute a waiver of the rights of that person and shall not preclude that person from exercising any rights which may have arisen in the past or which may arise in future.
13.5) Any provision under these Terms of Use, which contemplates performance or observance subsequent to any termination, or expiration of these Terms of Use shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms of Use and continue in full force and effect.

14. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

Please note that these Terms of Use, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. The parties further agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Western Cape High Court, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute that may arise from these Terms and Conditions.

15. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND CONTACT

15.1) Any Data Messages sent by us to you shall be deemed to have been sent from the Premises.
15.2) A Data Message is deemed to be sent:
15.2.1) By us, at the time shown on such message, or if not so shown, at the time shown on our information system; and
15.2.2) By you, at the time when we confirm receipt thereof.
15.3) A Data Message is deemed to be< received:
15.3.1) By us, only when an authorised representative responds thereto (excluding an automated response). Such acknowledgement does not give legal effect to that message, unless specifically indicated by us that it does; and
15.3.2) By you, once it enters your information system.
15.4) As provided for in terms of section 11(3) of the ECT Act, all information incorporated by the use of hyperlinks and/ or other methods of reference shall form part of these Terms of Use.
15.5) Attribution of Data Messages – You agree and warrant that any Data Message sent, from any computer or device that is owned by you or programmed by you, to us was sent by you.
15.6) Expression of Intent – use of our sites: For purposes of electronic communications between you and us no electronic signature is required. The mere browsing of our sites demonstrates your intent to be a party to this Terms of Use.

16. CONTACT

16.1) Website functionality or any other recommendations: Send us an email to Contact DSSA or Contact SASDS (click on link)
16.2) Questions or queries about Services and related services: Contact us by way ofContact DSSA or Contact SASDS (click on link).
16.3) Complaints: We kindly request that you contact us first should you have any complaints or any other service related issues. It is important to us that you are satisfied with your purchases. You may use the contact information as perContact DSSA or Contact SASDS (click on link). Please ask for a reference number if you speak to any of our representatives/ consultants. We will of course reply to your complaint as soon as practically possible, but wish to note that we stand under no legal obligation to resolve such complaint.
16.4) Legal Documentation or Notices (hopefully this will never be required):
16.4.1) Physical address: our Premises (clause 2 above);
16.4.2) Email: Contact DSSA or Contact SASDS (click on link) (subject: “LEGAL”), whichever is applicable;
16.4.3) Marked for the attention of: Exco Manager.
16.5) If we are required to send you any legal documents or notices you agree that we can send it via electronic mail to your email address, or by written communication by way of registered post to your address or if delivery to the aforesaid addresses is not successful, then such contact details we may find about you on the Internet.
16.6) Any notice to you, or us, which is:
16.6.1) sent by prepaid registered post in a correctly addressed envelope to the address specified for it under paragraph 16.4.1 above shall be deemed to have been received, unless the contrary is proven, within 10 (ten) days from the date on which it was posted;
16.6.2) delivered by hand, shall be deemed to have been received on the day of delivery, provided that it has been delivered to a responsible person during ordinary business hours; or
16.6.3) sent by a Data Message to the addressee shall be deemed to be received as per paragraph 15.3 above.
16.7) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a written notice actually received by you or us, including a notice sent by telefax, shall be an adequate notice to it notwithstanding that it was not sent or delivered to the chosen address.

17. DEFINITIONS

17.1) Consumer shall have the same meaning attributed to it in terms of the Consumer Protection Act.
17.2) Content means any information, content, images, video, audio, data, works of authorship, materials, software and technology which may be displayed on, incorporated into, underlying, or used to operate our sites;
17.3) CPA means the Consumer Protection Act, Act 68 of 2008;
17.4) Data Message shall have the same meaning attributed to it in terms of the ECT Act;
17.5) ECT Act means the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, Act 25 of 2002;
17.6) Personal Information shall have the same meaning attributed to it in terms of the POPI Act;
17.7) POPI Act means the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013;
17.8) Services means the services as presented on our sites;
17.9) RIC Act means the Regulation of Interception of Communication and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act, Act 70 of 2002; and
17.10) Users mean users of our sites (including you!).

Privacy Policy

When do we collect data from our customers? By using this website or communicating with any of our personnel, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.

What data do we collect from our customers?

Should a user decide to register as a user on the website, the user gives explicit consent to process personally identifiable information that includes but is not limited to the user’s: name and surname
email address contact number
physical/delivery address
business VAT number
general interests
location data
identification number (ODP rental clients)
You may choose to provide additional personal information to us, in which event you agree to provide accurate and current information, and not to impersonate or misrepresent any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with anyone or anything.

What do we do with your data and why?

The information you provide is used to fulfil your specific request and for statistical purposes only, unless you give us permission to use it in another manner, for example, to add you to one of our mailing lists.

Note that the processing of customers’ personal data is required to fulfil contractual purposes such as shipping a product and sending order status update mailers, and for legal and accounting reasons such as tax auditing. We gather this data when a customer registers as a user on our website, subscribes to a mailer, or purchases a product both in-store and online.

How long do we keep your data for?

Retaining personal data depends on the purpose for which it was obtained and its nature. We shall store data for as long as the user can be considered a customer. Upon request, we will delete user information, noting the consequences of such action, for example, not receiving order status and shipping updates.

Who do we share your data with?

We will ensure that all of our employees, third party service providers, divisions and partners (including their employees and third party service providers) having access to your personal information are bound by appropriate and legally binding confidentiality and non-use obligations (save as permitted herein) in relation to your personal information.

We are entitled to use or disclose your personal information if such use or disclosure is required in order to comply with any applicable law, an order of a court or legal process served on us, or to protect and defend our rights or property.

You may find third party links on our site. These are links to resources that we believe may be useful, however, they are operated by third parties that operate under different privacy policies. Any third party website on our site has a privacy policy. We encourage you to review those privacy policies, as we have no control over the information you may submit to those third parties.

Our website plugins include:

OpenCart for order and accounting purposes.
Sage Pastel for order and accounting purposes.
The VCS payment gateway processes secure payments and complies with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). E2 Solutions does not log or store the card’s CVC number, rendering it impossible to obtain full card details from the VCS system that could be used for fraudulent activities. We do not store your full card information anywhere on our system.
Novtel for rental order purposes.
Shipping extensions (couriers) to calculate shipping rates, print shipping labels and ship products.
MailChimp for order status and shipping updates, including direct marketing to newsletter subscribers.
WordPress for engaging with and posting online content on our blog and community site.
Marketing and analytics extensions to analyse user behaviour and improve content on our website accordingly. We use the following cookie and tracking plugins:
- Google Analytics: Anonymously tracks user sessions, page views and site usage statistics to optimise user experience.
- Google Remarketing: Anonymously tracks user-website interaction to optimise marketing via Google AdWords and Display Marketing networks, and advert placement that is better suited to user interests and preferences.
- Google Conversion Tracking: Anonymously tracks the conversion of Google AdWords and Display Marketing into successful sales to optimise marketing efforts and advert placement that is better suited to user interests and preferences.
- Facebook Pixel: Tracks user interaction with our website to optimise Facebook advert placement that is better suited to user interests and preferences.
- MailChimp Mailer Interaction: Tracks user interaction with marketing emails sent to optimise direct marketing efforts and provide users with a better direct marketing experience.
- Persistent Login Cookie: Remembers user login and keeps the user logged in for 1 month.
- PHP Session Cookie: Used for site security and user session data, for example, products added to shopping cart.

Subject to the above, we will not, without your express consent:

use your personal information for any purpose other than as set out below:
in relation to the ordering, sale and delivery of goods;
to contact you regarding current or new goods or services or any other goods offered by us or any of our divisions and/or partners (unless you have opted out from receiving marketing material from us);
to inform you of new features, special offers and promotional competitions offered by us or any of our divisions and/or partners (unless you have opted out from receiving marketing material from us); and
to improve your experience on our website by, inter alia, monitoring statistical non-personal browsing habits, and to transact with us; or
disclose your personal information to any third party other than as set out below:
to our employees and/or third party service providers who assist us to interact with you via our website, email or any other method, for the ordering of goods or when delivering goods to you, and thus need to know your personal information in order to assist us to communicate with you properly and efficiently;
to our divisions and/or partners (including their employees and/or third party service providers) in order for them to interact directly with you via email or any other method for purposes of sending you marketing material regarding any current or new goods or services, new features, special offers or promotional items offered by them (unless you have opted out from receiving marketing material from us), and
to our suppliers in order for them to liaise directly with you in the event of you submitting a warranty claim regarding any goods you have purchased which requires their involvement.

How do we collect your information?

The website may use cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the site, and understanding how visitors use the site. Cookies can also help customise the site for visitors giving a better browsing experience. We may use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers and track movement within our website.

Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties.

Cookies are used to collect general online usage by using a cookie file. If used this cookie file is downloaded without prompting. It will be placed on your hard drive with information transferred to the hard drive allowing the cookies to be used for data collection. A cookie is used to improve any services/ products, or overall website characteristic we offer you.

If you decide to decline acceptance of cookies, you may not have access to or receive limited access to, some features on the website.

What are my data security rights?

As a customer, you have the right to request that we delete your data from our system. If you wish for us to do so, kindly email or phone as per the below details.

You may contact us to:

get a copy of your collected data
to update your data
to unsubscribe from mailing lists
to delete your data

DSSA commits to:

treat your personal information as strictly confidential;
take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that your personal information is kept secure and is protected against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage, alteration, disclosure or access;
provide you with access to your personal information to view and/or update personal details;
promptly notify you if we become aware of any unauthorised use, disclosure or processing of your personal information;
provide you with reasonable evidence of our compliance with our obligations under this policy on reasonable notice and request;
upon your request, promptly return or destroy any and all of your personal information in our possession or control; and
not retain your personal information longer than the period for which it was originally needed, unless we are required by law to do so, or you consent to us retaining such information for a longer period.

How can I access, update or delete the collected data?

Should your personal information change, please inform us and provide us with updates to your personal information as soon as reasonably possible to enable us to update your personal information.

Email: info@dermatology.co.za

Updates to our policy

DSSA reserves the right to make changes to this policy, and any changes to this policy will be posted accordingly. All changes will apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis.

Dr Sian Hartshorne

President
MBBCh | FC Derm | MMed (Derm)

Education

1985-1990 University of Witwatersrand Medical School
Internship: Johannesburg General Hospital
Postgraduate Qualifications: 1998 FC Derm, College of Medicine
2001 MMed (Derm), University of Witwatersrand
Dr Hartshorne was the part-time consultant dermatologist at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Gauteng from 1998 to 2009 where she taught dermatology registrars and ran the Gauteng Leprosy Clinic. She also started a private practice which included work in lasers and photodynamic therapy.

Practice

Honorary Consultant Dermatology, Eden District, Knysna Hospital

Honorary Consultant Dermatology, University of Stellenbosch, Department of Dermatology

Dr Hartshorne has a private Dermatology Practice in Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape.

Interests

Dr Hartshorne has a special interest in the management of skin cancers and was one of the first dermatologists to introduce Photodynamic Therapy as a treatment option. She also has been involved in Aesthetic Dermatology with a special interest in Cosmetic Products. In 2017 she successfully launched a new training workshop: Practical Aesthetics for the Dermatologist, teaching skills in topical aesthetic procedures such as chemical peels, microneedling and how to advise patients about cosmetic products and their use.

Memberships | Leadership

Executive Committee Member of SASDS, President
Executive Committee Member of AWDS (African Women’s Dermatology Society)
Consultant Cosmetovigilance Doctor for L’Oreal South Africa
Member of DASIL

Dr Nomphelo Gantsho

Secretary
Education Background

Fort Hare University: B. Sc.; B. Sc. (Hon)
Pretoria University: M. Sc.
Pretoria University (Medical School): MBCHB
Fellowship: College of Medicine of South Africa (Dermatology)

Practice

Dr Nomphelo Gantsho is a practising private dermatologist in Century City, Cape Town.

Interests

Dr Nomphelo Gantsho has a special interest in dermatological surgery and aesthetics. She is one of the lecturers in a training workshop for Practical Aesthetics for Dermatologist, teaching the dermatologist aesthetics procedures i.e. chemical peels and micro-needling and how to integrate these aesthetics procedures in their practices. She also conducts clinical trials for cosmetic products. She is passionate about underprivileged communities.

Other Positions

Representing Member of Dermatology – CMSA
Director Derma-SCAPE – conduct clinical trials for cosmetics
Director DTPC – dermatology treatment & phototherapy clinic

Membership

Executive Committee Member of SASDS, Secretary
Board Member of Amaqhawe Ngemfundo (Heroes in Education) – Promoting STEM education for high school children from underprivileged communities
Member DSSA
Member AWDS
Member DASIL

Contributions

Started a combined hidradenitis suppurativa clinic in Groote Schuur Hospital
Peer Reviews (Publications)
Volunteer as a dermatologist in underprivileged communities in rural areas
Public awareness through writing – Magazines, online, blogs

Community Health Talks & Awareness Campaigns

Dr Altaaf Parker

Treasurer and Website Manager
Education

Doctor Parker completed his MBChB Medical Degree at the University of Cape Town Medical School
He completed his specialist training at the University of Stellenbosch obtaining his Fellowship and Masters in Medicine Dermatology

Interests

He has an interest in cosmetic dermatology and dermatologic surgery.

Memberships | Leadership

Executive committee member of the South Africa Society for Dermatologic Surgery

Dr Lev Naidoo

Procedural Dermatology & Communications Officer

Dr Lev Naidoo completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, graduating MBChB - cum laude in 2006 and obtaining the Fellowship of the College of Dermatology with distinction in 2014 when she was awarded the Peter Gordon Smith medal for academic excellence. During her postgraduate training she was a recipient of the D43- Fogarty- Fellowship Programme which allowed her to complete a short-term fellowship in Epidemiology at The Mailman School of Public Health at The University of Columbia in New York. She went on to complete her Masters in Medicine in 2015.

Post- fellowship she remained at The University of KwaZulu- Natal as a consultant and lecturer.

She relocated to Johannesburg in 2018 where she founded her own clinical practice, The Dermatology Room located in Hyde Park.

She serves as an executive committee member of the Aesthetic and Anti-aging Medicine Society of South Africa and the South African Society for Dermatological Surgery, and is an active member of The Dermatological Society of South Africa and, The Vitiligo Society of South Africa and The Skin Cancer Foundation of South Africa. She presently sits on the editorial board of A2 Aesthetic and Anti-aging Magazine and is co-founder of iClass Anatomy Africa, the African Affiliate of iClass anatomy.

Dr Ishaan Ramkisson

Aesthetics and Injectibles Training Co-ordinater
MBCHB | Fc DERM | MMED.DERM

Education

Dr Ramkisson qualified as an Aviation Health Care Provider whilst working as a trauma doctor for Red Cross Air Mercy Services. He then studied advanced facial aesthetics in Paris, France before returning to South Africa and qualifying as a dermatologist. Dr Ramkisson obtained both his Master’s degree and Fellowship in Dermatology at the University of Pretoria.

Practice

Dr Ramkisson runs busy private practices in Umhlanga and Ballito, South Africa. He is also a global trainer and international speaker in the field of facial aesthetics.

Interests

Dr Ramkisson is a passionate teacher in advanced aesthetics. He is a Global trainer and Thought Leader in facial aesthetics for Restylane fillers and Botulinum toxin. He teaches other doctors in the art and science of aesthetic injections.

AFFILIATIONS | LEADERSHIP

Executive Committee member of the SASDS (Aesthetics)
Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology
Member of DASIL
Fellow of the College of Dermatologists (South Africa)
Past Chairman KZN Dermatology IPA
Key Opinion Leader and Global Thought Leader – Galderma
Dr Ramkisson also serves on numerous local and international advisory boards

Dr Nivana Ramlachan

Dermatological Surgery and Mohs Microsurgery Training Co-ordinator

Dr Ramlachan has her childhood roots in Durban. She completed her MBChB in 1998 and training as a dermatologist (FCDerm SA) in 2005. She began a career as a dermatologist in private practice in Pretoria in 2005. This sparked her interest in procedural dermatology. She is currently chairperson at the LCM Skin and Laser Clinic and an LMT mentor for Galderma. She has a special interest in dermatologic surgery and completed the SASDS Basic and Advanced Surgery courses. She completed the Hugh Greenways Annual Superficial Anatomy and Cutaneous Surgery Course in 2013 and was recently awarded the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery International Mohs Micrographic Fellowship, making her the first South African trained Mohs Micrographic Surgery Fellow.

Her greatest passion in life is family. She is married, has three children and resides in Pretoria. She currently enjoys practising Mohs Surgery and dermatology in private practice.

Mission

About SASDS

Mission

Educating
our dermatology colleagues by means of high-level procedural training;

Mentoring
our fledgling registrars;

Enlightening
our patients (and also the broader public) regarding procedural safety and selection criteria;