BIOSKETCH
Dr Thirona Naicker qualified as a doctor 21 years ago and attained her specialist Paediatric registration in 2009. For the past 14 years, she has been employed as a Specialist Paediatrician in Medical Genetics at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH) in Durban, South Africa. She provides both in- and out-patient services to children born with congenital disorders. She is involved in paediatric outpatient clinics including multi-disciplinary genetics, neurodevelopmental, craniofacial and dermatology clinics. Her overtime is conducted in the paediatric ICU, high care and COVID ICU. She completed her PhD on the genetics of orofacial clefts in the African setting through the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in September 2022. She is currently an Honorary Senior Lecturer for the Department of Paediatrics at UKZN.
