Professor Mark Sonderup was born and schooled in the Eastern Cape. He
obtained a B Pharm degree cum laude from the University of Port Elizabeth in
1990 and an MBChB cum laude from the University of Cape Town in 1995. His
internship training was in Port Elizabeth at Livingstone Hospital and his
postgraduate training was at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur
Hospital where he obtained a Fellowship of the College of Physicians in 2002.
Between 2002 and 2004, he completed a 2 year fellowship in Hepatology at the
UCT/MRC Liver Research Centre and Liver Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital.
He briefly worked in the UK before being appointed as a Senior Specialist in
the Department of Medicine and Division of Hepatology at UCT and Groote
Schuur Hospital in 2007. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department
of Medicine and Division of Hepatology. His research interests include
HIV/AIDS associated liver disease, viral hepatitis, drug induced liver injuries
and the porphyria’s. His publications included peer reviewed articles, chapters
and proceedings. He currently serves on the WHO Strategic Advisory
Committee on Viral Hepatitis.