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About us
The Department of Medicine of the University of Cape Town is a large academic and clinical department which plays a leading role in medical education and research, and provides clinical services to the communities of the Western Cape and, in the case of our highly specialised services, to patients throughout southern Africa.
Divisions and research units include:
| Divisions | Research units within the divisions |
| General Medicine | |
| Cardiology | Hatter Institute for Cardiology Research |
| Clinical Haematology | UCT Leukaemia Unit |
| Clinical Immunology | |
| Clinical Pharmacology | |
| Clinical Skills Centre | |
| Dermatology | |
| Endocrinology & Diabetic Medicine | Chronic Disease Initiative in Africa |
| Emergency Unit | |
| Gastroenterology | |
| Geriatric Medicine | Albertina & Walter Sisulu Institute of Ageing in Africa |
| Hepatology | Lennox Eales Porphyria Lab |
| Infectious Diseases | Desmond Tutu HIV Centre Mycobacterial Immunology Group |
| Lipidology | |
| Nephrology & Hypertension | |
| Neurology | |
| Respiratory Medicine | Lung Infection & Immunity Unit UCT Lung Institute |
| Rheumatology | |
| Total divisions: 18 | Total units: 9 |