Solomon (solly) Robert Benatar MBChB, DSc (Med), FFA (SA), FRCP (Lond), FACP(Hon)

Solomon (Solly) Benatar is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, and Distinguished Senior Scholar at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health. He started his career as a GP, then trained in Anaesthetics and Internal Medicine. He was HOD Medicine at UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital for 19 years and Founding Director of the UCT Bioethics Centre for 20 years.

He has held many professional positions and has been a visiting Professor at medical schools globally. Since 2000 he has been an annually invited scholar, teacher and mentor at the University of Toronto. He is an elected Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Medicine and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.