Dr. Greg Kew

Dr Greg Kew

Occupational medicine specialist

Background

Dr. Kew started his occupational health career with the Anglo-American Corporation as a Medical Officer on the mining complex, Freegold (approximately eighty thousand employees!). He developed the initial statistical management and reporting techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of their mining medical station occupational health services.

Dr Greg Kew is a registered Specialist in Occupational Medicine with more than 30 years of experience in occupational health, working as a full-time occupational health consultant since 1995. He has helped shape national occupational health policy through his work on Department of Labour technical committees and the Executive Committee of the South African Society of Occupational Medicine. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town.

His unique consulting style solves problems effectively and efficiently, as he can provide data management tools and standard documents to supplement his consulting advice.

Dr Kew’s passion is the development of Occupational Health Management Systems. In this capacity, he developed the leading proprietary South African branded system, “Synergee”, currently used by Occupational Health professionals countrywide.

Dr Kew provides guidance to organisations big & small, across all sectors of industry. He works comfortably with any team, including other occupational medicine colleagues. Dr Kew is proficient in three languages (English, Afrikaans and Xhosa).

Publications (Excluding Journals)

  • Handbook of Occupational Health Practice in the South African Mining Industry (Chapter 14: Fitness to work, Disability & Compensation). SIMRAC. 2001.
  • National Guideline for the determination of Fitness to Drive. SA Society of Occupational Medicine. Last update 2017.
  • National Guideline for Vision Testing in Occupational Health. SA Society of Occupational Medicine. Last updated 2023.

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Important info

Registrations & affiliations
  • Registered Specialist in Occupational Medicine, Health Professions Council of South Africa (since 2006); Occupational Medical Practitioner, Health Professions Council of Namibia.
  • Associate member of the College of Public Health Medicine (Division of Occupational Health).
  • South African Society of Occupational Medicine: Executive Committee Member.
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT Medical School.
Education & qualifications
  • Medical Doctor (MB.ChB. – Qualified University of Cape Town 1986).
  • Awarded with honours, and the Final Professional examination was passed with distinction.
  • Postgraduate training: MSc.Med in Occupational Medicine (UCT, 2022); Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine (UCT, 1992); Postgraduate Diploma in Anaesthesia (College of Medicine of SA, 1989).
  • Certificate Courses: Emergency Medicine: 1991, University of Witwatersrand & Radiation Medicine: 2005, University of Cape Town.
Areas of special interest
  • Occupational Health legal compliance consulting & guidance.
  • Auditing and service delivery optimisation.
  • Health Risk Assessments & appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
  • Training and development of Occupational Health professionals.
  • Chemicals in the Workplace (Health Risk Assessment, toxicology, surveillance).
  • Occupational Health Management Systems and Information Technology (design, implementation, analysis).
  • Management of employee incapacity & disability.