Dr Shareef Abrahams

Dr Shareef Abrahams obtained his MBChB from Stellenbosch University in 1997 and qualified as a Medical Microbiologist in 2016, earning both his MMed (Microbiology) from Stellenbosch University and FCPath (Microbiology) through the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. His medical career includes extensive experience in primary care, general practice, psychiatry, and hospital medicine across South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Since qualifying as a microbiologist, he has worked in both public and private sectors in South Africa — including positions at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) in Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), as well as in the private sector in Cape Town. Dr Abrahams joined Ampath as a Consultant Medical Microbiologist in Nelspruit (Mbombela) in February 2023.