About Dr Marilu van Niekerk

Dr. Marilu van Niekerk studied medicine at the University of Pretoria and graduated her MBChB Degree in 2005. She then moved to Cape Town to complete her Internship at Red Cross Children’s hospital as well as Groote Schuur hospital in 2006. She then completed her community service year at the emergency units in Mitchell’s Plain Day hospital and GF Jooste hospitals. To gain international experience she next moved to Ireland, working first in an emergency room in Letterkenny, Ireland and then as a family doctor at a General Practice in Navan, Ireland. This led her to continue her work abroad as a doctor in the Netherlands which consolidated her passion for family medicine.

Arriving back in South Africa in 2009, Dr. van Niekerk worked for 2 years mainly in Pretoria as a family doctor followed by moving to Cape Town in 2011. Here she remained in general practice as a family doctor ever since. Of her many years working as a general practitioner, 9 years were spent working in a busy general practice in Rondebosch prior to joining the Family Doctor. She had the opportunity to gain experience in geriatrics which has now become one of her key interests.

Dr. van Niekerk joined Dr Ransome’s family practice in 2024 to further her passion for compassionate and caring family medicine.

Upskill:

Dr. van Niekerk has long had a keen interest in ethical medical practices and completed a research-based master’s degree in Ethical Philosophy at Stellenbosch University. The degree was awarded with Cum Laude due to her well-founded renewed focus on medicine as a vocation to be practiced with a holistic and compassionate approach.

Outside:

Dr. van Niekerk is a lover of nature and running, jogging daily in the beautiful surrounds of Newlands. She is a dedicated mom and wife and spends the remainder of her free time with her husband Arnaud and three sons Jean, Daniel and Sebastiaan.