Dr Susan Vosloo was born in, South Africa, and underwent schooling and pre-graduate medical training in Bloemfontein, qualifying in 1980 at the University of the Free State.

Susan Vosloo Academic Records

She completed training in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Cape Town, gaining the fellowship of the College of Surgeons of South Africa and M.Med degree in Cardiothoracic Surgery (UCT) in 1988.

Further training in Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery was done at the Harley Street Clinic and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospitals in London, the UK in 1989 and 1990.

Susan Vosloo Achievement

Actually in the 1990s, and she was very involved with the Organ Donor Foundation and we used to have some events and he was always kind enough to participate and be the guest speaker and he drew interest and it helped a lot to raise funds for a good cause.

She is currently an independent private practice at Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital.

She serves on the University Council of UFS, and in addition is the UFS Council Representative in the UFS Senate and on the Standing Advisory Committee of the School of Medicine, UFS and the Provincial Department of Health; Africa representative for the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society; and founder member of World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.

Dr Vosloo was South Africa’s first female heart surgeon. She joined the heart team at the Groote Schuur hospital in 1984 and completed her training in 1988. She did her first heart transplant when she was 33 years old, and went on to work at the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, focusing on paediatric heart surgery.

Susan Vosloo family

Susan is married to Anton Ferreira, a Specialist Anaesthetist and has twin daughters, born in October 2000.

They met in 1982 while working in Bloemfontein where she studied and was working in intensive care. Those days, were the early days of intensive care. And after her year of doing that, her professor offered her to come to a conference in Cape Town.

At that time Anton was working in Johannesburg, and he came to the same conference where they met at the conference.

“He was a born and bred Capetonian – he was born, went to school, university and travelled a lot before and during his time that he specialised. He was interested in cardiac anaesthesia. In those days he went to work in Johannesburg because there were opportunities for him,”… Susan

Susan Vosloo children

At 40 years, Susan went through 13 attempts of treatment, which was quite traumatic for her.
But then after 13 times and a few serious complications, the time came to call it a day.

She opted for adoption, but her husband Anton was against it, luckily for her, the wife of her brother, volunteered to be a surrogate for her.

She delivered Twins girls and were delivered by a very good friend of Anton whose child is his godchild,

They lived in Johannesburg and I went always when there was an antenatal visit, we went together.