Dr Susan Vosloo talks to Rian about her passion for heart surgery
Dr Susan Vosloo was the first South African woman to qualify as a cardiothoracic surgeon. This evening she talks to Rian about her passion for heart surgery.
Dr Susan Vosloo qualified as a heart surgeon in the late 1980s, after completing her training at Groote Schuur hospital.
At the age of 33, Dr Vosloo performed her first heart transplant.
Dr Vosloo believes that, while most people see surgery as cutting away or cutting out, it is really more focused on making connections.
As a child, Dr Vosloo made most of her own clothes, and this is where she developed her stitching skills.
For the greater part of her career, Dr Vosloo has focused on paediatric heart surgery. She is based in Cape Town, at the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital.
Dr Vosloo joined Rian on the Scenic Drive from the Heart FM studios in Cape Town to answer the question: how difficult is a heart transplant, really?