Louis van der Hoven

• Expansion of duties to include Eastern Cape and 2 Day hospitals in Northern Cape
• Managing 7 Acute and 5 Day Hospitals
• Geographically the region spans an area 830 km North of Cape Town to 750 km East of Cape Town
• The direct report team includes 7 hospital managers and a regional team of 5
• Major Achievements: Financial Turnaround of Netcare N1 City Greenacres Hospitals, Rebuilding of Monte Vista Day Hospital
• Boosted brand growth by devising strategic network and marketing tactics.

• Managing 5 Acute and 4 Day Hospitals
• Major Achievements: CBMH achieved level 1 Trauma offering, Rebuilding Quality system of 4 day Hospitals, Financial Turnaround of Foreshore Day Hospital, Design, Set-up and running of COVID Vaccination Centre in partnership with Old Mutual

• CBMH is the flagship and largest Netcare Hospital in the Western Cape with 260 beds, 13 theatres and the only level 1 trauma centre in the province, which was initiated in 2022.
• CBMH won the highest Golden Arrow award for consumer rating for the 2021 and 2022 and reached 6,000 patient days for the first time in 2023 (since opening in 2016)
• Hospital designate appointment in February 2022 to assist in management of hospital with expansion of regional duties

Highlights

• First role managing a hospital in South Africa.
• Motivation and deployment of Mako orthopedic Robot and first facility to achieve 100 cases in South Africa
• Manage COVID-19 response and training of tracking and tracing on-site

• Position of Medical Director for DRL South Africa and performed a strategic role in Business Development and Portfolio Management
• Role as single point of contact for Business Development, Product Ideation and Portfolio Management
• Received the role of Brand Manager for the DRL Respiratory and Cardiovascular portfolio from 1 March 2016
• Highlights: Coordinating Member, presenting faculty and organizer of Diploma course in Infection Control at the University of Pretoria (1 year course), Conducting multiple Cross-sectional surveys for the company to evaluate disease and treatment aspects in general practice, Re-designed the Business Development templates and have personally assessed > 100 products for development, in-licensing, and acquisition, Proposed 20 new products for development to Global Medical and Product Development Team and acceptance of 3 products for regional development, Organizer and Chairman of Dr Reddy’s South Africa GastroSphere meeting.

Presentations and Highlights: Advisory Board and Launch of Pantoprazole IV in Kenya (November 2012), Baby Indaba Guest Speaker on Infant Nutrition (August and November 2012), Presenter: Kenyan Anesthetic society Congress and Pharmacists Meeting (January 2013), Creation, rollout and maintenance of electronic Query management system, Invited to Global Medical Strategic Working Group as representative of Emerging Markets, Publication: Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Organisms Causing Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in Gauteng Province in South Africa.

Highlights: Started Medical Department for Merck in South Africa. Invited guest speaker: African Hypertension Congress: Kenya (July 2011), Speaker tour: Clicks training (2010), Invited speaker: Clicks congress (2011), Speaker: Ethics lecture tour (June/July 2011), Creation/organization and hosting of Merck Serono Health day (GP’s – 27 CPD points) (May 2011), Presenter: ANC doctor’s forum (2011), Guest speaker: Launch Glucophage XR in Botswana (2011), Poster presentation FIDSAA congress 2011, Guest speaker: Atlantic Physician’s congress (December 2011), Creation Skin Treatment program and patient support program Erbitux, Establishing and management of Training Academy within Merck, Oncology Mentor Africa and Middle East Region. Create and Launch 3 Clinical Trials, 1 of which, was expanded internationally

• Medical Advisor for 4 distinct product categories: Oncology, Over the Counter Medication, Generics, CNS portfolio
• Developed marketed products: GastroChoice, GastroChoice IBS, ArthroChoice Advance, HydraChoice.

• Medical Science Manager (Contract 1 Year)

• Rotations: Acute admissions, General ward duty, Hematology/Oncology

• Rotation in various Hospitals in the UK

• Rotations included Gynecology and Internal Medicine
• Highlight was performing in excess of 25 Caesarian sections as primary surgeon

• Rotations: Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Anesthesia
• Highlight: Working for a 2-month period in the neonatal high care unit.