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Prof. Tahir Pillay

Prof. Tahir Pillay

Dr. Kreshalen Govender

Dr. Kreshalen Govender

Prof. Tahir Pillay

Prof. Tahir Pillay is full Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and overall Pathology Head, University of Pretoria & National Health Laboratory Service(NHLS), Honorary Professor of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. He currently holds the highest research ranking of any chemical pathologist in South Africa by the National Research Foundation, South Africa and from 2017 -2020 was the only full professor of Chemical Pathology in SA. He is also the current Clinical Director of International Activities for the Royal College of Pathologists, London. Prof Pillay has an MBChB cum laude from the University of Natal and a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge. He completed his postgraduate specialist training at Imperial College and postdoctoral training in molecular and cellular endocrinology at University of California San Diego. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, London, Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and the College of Pathologists, South Africa. He is pioneering the increased application of single domain antibodies/nanobodies in pathology and laboratory medicine and forensic toxicology and has been working on the development of biosensors using nanobodies and the use of big data analytics. He is also a chapter contributor to the two most prestigious textbooks in Clinical Chemistry and Lab Medicine – Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry, 7th ed (published Aug 2022) and Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry (published in 2023). He is also sole author of two 4-dimensional electronic books in laboratory medicine (“Practical Clinical Chemistry:core concepts”; “Interactive mathematics for laboratory medicine”) that have been released in 52 countries.

Dr. Kreshalen Govender

Kreshalen Govender is a pathologist in the Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria/National Health Laboratory Service. I am passionate about general virology, oncovirology, precancer detection, molecular diagnostics, bedside clinical virology, translational research (including mentorship and supervision), and the development of therapeutic and diagnostic approaches relevant to sub-Saharan Africa.

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02 - 05 October 2025

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Emperors Palace Convention Centre, JHB

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