Dr Shastra Bhoora
Associate Professor: Baylor College of Medicine, Head Obstetrics Critical Care: Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Lecturer: University of Witwatersrand, SA
Dr Bhoora is a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist with a sub-speciality in critical care. She currently heads the obstetrics critical care unit at Charlottle Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. She is affiliated with Baylor College in Texas as an Associate Professor in maternal critical care. She is also a member of the Arizona Faculty for Obstetrics Critical Care Simulation under the umbrella of the Society for maternal fetal medicine.
Dr Bhoora’s interests involve the acute management of high risk obstetrics, gynaecology and trauma emergencies. She is a master trainer in ESMOE and is passionate about teaching and empowering young minds to advocate for impeccable maternal health care.
She recently completed her masters in science: COVID in pregnancy where she gained much experience understanding pregnancy and its unique state of vulnerability to sepsis and PAMPS. She promotes prevention and uses many scores and screening tools to elicit danger and assist acute management.
