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Dr Nasief van der Schyff
Cape Town, ZA
About
Dr Nasief van der Schyff is a Specialist Physician and Medical Gastroenterologist with extensive clinical, academic and teaching experience. He practises at Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private Academic Hospital, and is a longstanding Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Dr van der Schyff offers in-person consultations at UCT Private Academic Hospital, as well as virtual consultations via Bookem. He performs outpatient gastroscopy and colonoscopy at Cure Day Hospital, Foreshore, Cape Town, and manages gastroenterology inpatients at UCT Private Academic Hospital. He is contracted to all major medical aid schemes.
His practice encompasses the comprehensive assessment and management of a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions, including gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and colorectal cancer screening.
He has a particular clinical interest in inflammatory bowel disease and advanced therapeutic endoscopy, with a focus on providing evidence-based, patient-centred gastroenterological care.
Services (9)
New patient consultation (in person)
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Follow-up consultation (in person)
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VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY
Video capsule endoscopy is a painless, non-invasive medical test where you swallow a pill-sized disposable camera. The tiny device travels naturally through your digestive tract, taking thousands of color pictures of the small intestine lining and sending them to a recorder worn on your waist
Follow-up virtual consultation (Video consultation)
Video
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New patient virtual Consultation (Video consultation)
Video
Virtual Consultations offered with Dr N van der Schyff
Colonoscopy
A colonoscopy is a safe medical procedure where a doctor uses a long, flexible tube with a tiny camera (a colonoscope) to look inside your large intestine and rectum. It helps find problems like bleeding, swelling, or growths, and allows doctors to take tissue samples or remove polyps.
Common Reasons for a ColonoscopyRoutine Screening:
1. Checking for early signs of colon cancer or polyps in people without symptoms (usually starting around age 45 or 50).
2. Rectal Bleeding: Finding the source of blood in your stool or unexplained bleeding.
3. Bowel Changes: Investigating long-term diarrhea, constipation, or other lasting changes in how your bowels work.
4. Abdominal Pain: Finding the cause of ongoing, unexplained belly pain.
5. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Diagnosing or tracking conditions like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
6. Anemia: Looking for hidden blood loss causing unexplained iron deficiency anemia
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy performed on the same day
Gastroscopy (OGD)
A gastroscopy is a safe medical procedure where a doctor uses a thin, flexible tube with a tiny camera (a gastroscope) to see inside your food pipe, stomach, and upper small intestine.
Common Reasons for a Gastroscopy:
1. Ongoing heartburn or acid reflux that does not get better with medicine
2. Trouble or pain when swallowing food
3. Ongoing upper belly or stomach pain
4. Frequent vomiting, nausea, or vomiting blood
5. Unexplained weight loss or loss of appetite
6. Black tar-like stools or unexplained low blood counts (anemia)
Prescription review - video call
Video
*Existing clients only* needing a repeat prescription or having a medication-related query.
Requests for new additions to scripts will require a normal consultation.
Locations
UCT Private Academic Hospital
5.5 km
2 Anzio Road
Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7935, ZA
Cure Day Hospital
1.7 km
0B Jan Smuts Street
Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8000, ZA