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Nadine Rapiti

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Nadine Rapiti

Head of Discipline

EMAIL
Rapitin@ukzn.ac.za

TELEPHONE
031-240-265458

CAMPUS
Medical School Campus

BIOSKETCH
Passionate about teaching and training and improving haematology services in KZN, Dr Nadine Rapiti led the re-accreditation of haematopathology training by the HPCSA in KZN in 2019, with the goal to have dedicated haematology ward at King Edward Vlll hospital. The Haematology Department has partnered with the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and the Department of Health to work toward this goal. Under the same project with BMSF, the department launched the Multiple myeloma support group at KEH in March 2023. Dr Rapiti is the Chair of the South African Society of Haematology, Chair of the Haematology Expert Committee, and she is responsible for haemophilia service at King Edward Vlll hospital. Dr Rapiti is also the SA Councilor for International Society of Laboratory Haematology.

Degrees Held
  • MBChB
  • FCPath
  • PhD (HIV Lymphoma)
  • Fellowship Oxford University (Haemophilia)
  • PhD
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  1. Rapiti N, Peer N, Abdelatif N, Rapiti P, Moosa Y. HIV-associated plasmablastic lymphoma: A single-centre 12-year experience in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. HIV Med. 2022 Sep;23(8):837-848. doi: 10.1111/hiv.13266. Epub 2022 Mar 1. PMID: 35229978
  2. Rapiti, N., Abdelatif, N., Rapiti, A. et al.Patient characteristics and outcome of CD20-positive HIV-associated lymphoma: a single-center KwaZulu-Natal, South African hospital 12-year retrospective review. J Egypt Natl Canc Inst 34, 32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43046-022-00131-6
  3. Rapiti N, Abdelatif N, Moosa MYS (2022) Prognostic variables and 4-year survival outcomes in CD20 Positive AIDS-Related Lymphoma in the Anti-retroviral treatment era: A Retrospective Review from a Single Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLOS ONE 17(9): e0272282. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272282
  4. Haripersadh R, Pillay D, Rapiti N. Impact of rapid centrifugation on routine coagulation assays in South Africa. Afr J Lab Med.2022;11(1), https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1901
  5. Mahlangu, J, F Bassa, M Bassingthwaighte, A-L Cruickshank, J du Plessis, Y Goga, J Joubert, V Louw, N Mahlachana, R Mathew, B Neethling, J Potgieter, N Rapiti, B Rayner, D Reynders, C Sutton, A van Zyl. Prophylaxis is the new standard of care in patients with haemophilia. South African Medical Journal, [S.l.], v. 112, n. 6, p. 405-408, May. 2022. ISSN 2078-5135.
  6. Hendricks CL, Naidoo A, Thejpal R, Rapiti N, Neethling B, Goga Y, Buldeo S. Childhood aplastic anaemia with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria clones: A retrospective single-centre study in South Africa. Afr J Lab Med. 2022;11(1), a1537. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm. v11i1.1537
  7. Comparison of 24-hour versus random urine samples for determination and quantification of Bence Jones protein in a South African population, Ashandree Reddy, Nadine Rapiti, Verena Gounden. African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 10, No 1 | a1228 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v10i1.1228| © 2021 Submitted: 20 March 2020 | Published: 04 August 2021
  8. Hendricks,CL, Buldeo,S, Pillay,D, Naidoo,A, Thejpal,R, Rapti,N, Neethling,B, Goga,Y, van Staden,Hamida.(2019) “Comparing morphology, flowcytometry and molecular genetics in the assessment of minimal residual disease in children with B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (B-ALL).”
  9. Sing Y, Ramburan A, Sewram V, Thejpal R, Rapiti N, Ramdial PK. South African Paediatric Plasmablastic Lymphoma: A clinicopathologic study”: International Journal of Surgical Pathology (2014)