Qualifications
- MBChB (Stellenbosch University)
- DA (SA), College of Anaesthetists, CMSA
- MMed (Internal Medicine), Stellenbosch University
- FCP (SA), College of Physicians, CMSA
- Cert Cardiology (SA) Phys, College of Physicians, CMSA
- Accreditation for Cardiac Computed Tomography (BSCI / BSCCT)
- Certification for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (EACVI)
- PhD in Medicine (Cardiology), Leiden University, The Netherlands
Areas of Expertise
- Cardiac MRI, including stress CMR
- Cardiac CT
- Interventional cardiology
- Cardiac pacing
- Echocardiography — transthoracic, transoesophageal, stress, 3D and strain imagingWatch video
- Structural heart disease
Biography
Dr Pieter van der Bijl earned his medical degree cum laude in 2005 from Stellenbosch University, and was admitted to the College of Physicians of South Africa in 2011 as a Fellow and specialist physician.
In 2012 he commenced training as a cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology at Stellenbosch University, and qualified with the Certificate in Cardiology from the College of Physicians of South Africa in 2014. He subsequently completed a PhD in cardiology at Leiden University in the Netherlands, with a focus on advanced cardiac imaging.
He co-heads the practice and has a special interest in multimodality cardiac imaging, cardiac pacing and interventional cardiology.