Professor Len Marais
Professor Marais obtained his MBChB degree (with distinction) at the University of Freestate. He then completed his Internship and Community Service training in Eshowe in northern Kwazulu-Natal and this is where his love for KZN and orthopaedics started.
The field of orthopaedics offered him a unique combination of scientific, biomechanical and medical aspects, as well as the opportunity to make a drastic difference in a patient’s quality of life through surgical intervention. He went on to do his orthopaedic specialization at the University of Pretoria, where he developed a keen interest in orthopaedic oncology, osteoarticular infections and limb reconstruction.
After a brief period in the private sector he moved to Grey’s Hospital where he started the Tumour, Sepsis and Reconstruction Unit which specialises in the treatment of bone and soft tissue tumours, chronic osteomyelitis, fracture-related infections, non-unions, mal-unions and skeletal deformities requiring reconstruction. During his time in the unit he also completed his PhD on stratification and treatment strategy selection in chronic osteomyelitis.