Mpho Ratshikana-moloko MBChB, DTM&H

Dr. Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko is the Director of the Gauteng/Wits Centre for Palliative Care at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. She is a Palliative Care Physician whose research focuses on palliative care needs, treatment outcomes, quality of life, and improving access to palliative care through capacity building. Her background is in palliative medicine, with a special interest in spirituality and spiritual care.

She previously served as a member of the National Steering Committee on Palliative Care and the Cancer Alliance. She has led major research projects and played a central role in establishing the Soweto Comprehensive Cancer Centre—the first adult solid tumour centre at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital—as well as palliative care services at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.