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.
biographyREF B-0009212Revised
Biography record
Dr. Susan Vosloo
- Updated
- 17 Nov 2020
South African History Online. (2011, February 17). Dr. Susan Vosloo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0009212
South African History Online (2011) 'Dr. Susan Vosloo', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0009212 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, Dr. Susan Vosloo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0009212, (accessed 26 July 2026).
"Dr. Susan Vosloo." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0009212. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Dr. Susan Vosloo." South African History Online. February 17, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0009212.
Further reading
Archive
Archive
Apartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easey
Apartheid’s Sporting Afterlifeby Clark Easey · Eleven Named PeopleThe challenge facing South African sport is no...
Place
Matjiesfontein
The settlement was founded in 1884 by Scottish railwayman James Douglas Logan, who recognised the area’s potential as...
Place
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in...
Place
Sol Plaatje University
Sol Plaatje University (SPU) opened in 2014 (AS SEEN IN PHOTO), the first of two new universities to be established in.....
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →