Phyllis Louisa Botha

Background

Botha, Phyllis Louisa was born on May 7, 1928 in Grahamstown, South Africa. Daughter of Philip Rudolph Botha and Anna Sophia Van Heerden.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1950. Master of Medicine in Pathology, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1963.

Career

Medical officer Cape Province Administration, Cape Town, 1952-1959, registrar, 1960-1963. Junior lecturer University Cape Town, 1964-1981. Senior lecturer and principal specialist Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, 1970.

Lecturer Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 1981-1984. Professor microbiology, head of department University Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1985-1998. Research associate department biochemistry and microbiology Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1999, research fellow department biochemistry and microbiology, since 1999.

Chairman antibiotic study group of South Africa, 1992-1993, 96-97. Member infection control committee University Bloemfontein Hospital, 1985-1998. Member Free State pharmaceutical coding committee, Bloemfontein, 1985-1998.

Member Port Elizabeth Antiobiotic Strategy Forum, since 1998. Presenter in field at national and international infectious diseases meetings.

Achievements

• Phyllis Louisa Botha has been listed as a noteworthy clinical microbiologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Leader Mobile Tuberculosis Laboratory, Free State University, since 1995. Member American Society Microbiology, Free State Infectious Diseases Society (convenor since 1992).

Interests

• Avocation: tennis.

Connections

Married Cornelius Petrus Swart, December 28, 1948. Children: André, Karen.

Father:

Philip Rudolph Botha

Mother:

Anna Sophia Van Heerden

Spouse:

Cornelius Petrus Swart

child:

Karen Botha

child:

André Botha