Prof Nasreen Mahomed is the Academic Head of Radiology at the University of Witwatersrand, the largest training circuit in Africa with 72 radiology registrars.

 

She holds 4 degrees MBBCH(Wits), FC Rad (SA), MMED (Wits), PhD (Wits) and completed a Paediatric radiology fellowship in Neuro radiology at Boston Children’s, Harvard University, USA.

 

She has 78 peer reviewed publications, supervised 17 MMEDs to completion. Her research is innovative pioneering readers in artificial intelligence in paediatric radiology one of the first authors to publish in Pediatric Radiology. She has also extensive experience in paediatric chest and paediatric neuro-radiology.

 

Prof N Mahomed is one of the youngest faculty members to obtain a PhD and promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Clinical Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand ranked amongst the top 75 medical schools internationally.

 

Prof Mahomed is highly respected in her filed and has been awarded national and international awards throughout her academic career including the Carnegie Corporation USA fellowship, the Discovery Foundation fellowship, the SAMRC research grant, the RSNA Derek Harwood Nash International fellowship, the Robert Austrian International Fellowship, Best Oral presentation Wits Faculty of Health Sciences for Doctoral Research, the Gauteng Health Excellence Awards.

 

The Dept of Radiology, Wits University was awarded the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Ann Osborn Visiting Prof under the leadership of Prof N Mahomed, who also facilitated a national education in neuro radiology effort through the Radiological Society of South Africa (RSSA). She is Vice Academic chair of RSSA.

 

Prof N Mahomed has been an invited speaker at many national and international congresses most recently the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) 2025, the Clinician Scientist Forum Nov 2024, Africa Health Oct 2024 and Discovery Foundation Congress Oct 2024.

 

Prof N Mahomed is a member of a number of national and international committees including the WHO CRES committee, the WFPI executive committee, the TB international lead, the Academic Heads committee Africa, Editorial boards of SAJR,, SA CMSA FC Radiology council.

 

She is passionate about academic radiology and improving the quality of radiology in the public sector and making an impact in academia and patients’ lives.