Paul Ciapparelli

Dr Ciapparelli holds a MBChB and an MBA degree both from UCT, in addition to diplomas and certificates in managerial fields including leadership, complexity management , lean operations, strategy development, project management and others. His MBA was awarded Cum Laude, and he was awarded a post-MBA semester scholarship at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University , North Carolina. 

He practiced as a clinician for a number of years post-medical-internship ,  including experience in general practice in Canada and in Paediatrics, Radiology and Oncology . Later he changed career path to healthcare management. In this capacity , he worked at a senior management level at both Groote Schuur and Tygerberg Academic Hospitals. His longest stint as a senior healthcare manager , and up to retirement , was at Tygerberg Hospital as Chief Operational Officer and Group Director : Clinical Services , as well as CEO of Tygerberg  during the COVID period. As such he was responsible for strategic and operational management of all clinical services at Tygerberg , the main tertiary teaching hospital for Stellenbosch University. He was a member of Joint Staff (University and Hospital) and an Honorary Lecturer in Healthcare Management / Public Health, as well as serving on the most senior bilateral committee between Faculty and Hospital.

He has extensive experience in operationally and ethically complex milieus ; he has deep experience in major organisation-wide projects including implementation of electronic patient records, hospital-wide PACS system (digitisation of radiological images/activities) , robotic surgery , and PET and MRI scanning . In addition, his experience covers  interaction and collaboration with aligned NGOs such as The Smile Foundation, The Flamingo Breast Surgery project, a self-driven Hospital Art project , as well as public-private partnerships with the private healthcare sector.