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Doctor Gary Reubenson

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Gary is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases subspecialist based at Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital, Johannesburg.
He heads one of the General Paediatric units at the hospital.
In addition, he holds representative positions with the Federation of Infectious Disease Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA), the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA), the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Antimicrobial Resistance, the Ministerial Advisory Committee for COVID-19 Therapeutics, and the National Essential Medicines List Committee (NEMLC).
He is passionate about practicing and teaching evidence-based medicine within the fields of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases.

Details

Email: gary.reubenson@wits.ac.za
Office: 011 470 9397
Mobile: 083 297 8963

Clinical Duties

In-patient: General Paediatrics, Infectious Disease Consultations, Outreach to referral hospitals
Outpatient: General Paediatric & Infectious Disease Outpatient Clinics, TB Family Clinic

Research

Varied, but includes respiratory virus surveillance, congenital rubella, other vaccine-preventable infections, and paediatric COVID-19.

Publications
  1. Cohen C, von Mollendorf C, de Gouveia L, Lengana S, Meiring S, Quan V, Nguweneza A, Moore DP, Reubenson G, Moshe M, Madhi SA, Eley B, Hallbauer U, Finlayson H, Varughese S, O'Brien KL, Zell ER, Klugman KP, Whitney CG, von Gottberg A; South African IPD Case-Control Study Group; Effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a case-control study. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Mar;5(3):e359-e369. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30043-8.
  1. Carlucci JG, Blevins M, Kipp AM, Lindegren ML, Du QT, Renner L, Reubenson G, Ssali J, Yotebieng M, Mandalakas AM, Davies MA, Ballif M, Fenner L, Pettit AC; International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Network; Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes among HIV/TB Co-Infected Children in the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Network. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Jun 1;75(2):156-163. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001335.
  1. Mahomed N, Reubenson G (co-first authors); Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in children. S Afr J Rad. 2017;21(2), a1257. doi: 10.4102/sajr.v21i2.125.
  1. Michelson KN, Reubenson G, Weiss SL, Fitzgerald JC, Ackerman KK,  Christie L, Bush JL, Nadkarni VM, Thomas NJ, Schreiner MS, for the Sepsis Prevalence, Outcomes, and Therapy (SPROUT) Study Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network; Site Variability in Regulatory Oversight for an International Study of Pediatric Sepsis. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018; Publish ahead of print January 25, 2018. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001455
  1. du Plessis NM, Ntshoe G, Reubenson G, Kularatne R, Blumberg L, Thomas J, Avenant T; Risk factors for pertussis among hospitalized children in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Feb 2;68:54-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.010. [Epub ahead of print]
  1. Moodley K, Coovadia YM, Cohen C, Meiring S, Lengand SM, De Gouveia L, von Mollendorf C, Crowther-Gibson P, Quan V, Eley B, Reubenson G, Nana T, von Gottberg A; Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Neonates Prior to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Use in South Africa: 2003 - 2008. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Apr;38(4):424-430. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002096. PMID: 30882740
  1. Walters E, Scott L, Nabeta P, Demers AM, Reubenson G, Bosch C, David A, van der Zalm M, Havumaki J, Palmer M, Hesseling AC, Ncayiyana J, Stevens W, Alland D, Denkinger C, Banada P; Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from stool in young children using a novel centrifugation-free processing method. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jul 11. pii: JCM.00781-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00781-18. [Epub ahead of print]
  1. Reubenson G. Clostridium difficile in children: What do you need to know? Paediatric Focus 2018; 9(2): 4-6
  1. Govender NP, Reubenson G. Initiatives from the Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) to tackle infectious diseases in South Africa and the region. South Afr J Infect Dis. 2018; 33(2):1-4
  1. Motaze NV, Manamela J, Smit S, Rabie H, Harper K, du Plessis N, Reubenson G, Coetzee M, Ballot D, Moore D, Nuttall J, Linley L, Tooke L, Kriel J, Hallbauer U, Sutton C, Moodley P, Hardie D, Mazanderani AH, Goosen F, Kyaw T, Leroux D, Hussain A, Singh R, Kelly C, Ducasse G, Muller M, Blaauw M, Hamese M, Leeuw T, Mekgoe O, Rakgole P, Dungwa N, Maphosa T, Sanyane K, Preiser W, Cohen C, Suchard M; Congenital rubella syndrome surveillance in South Africa using a sentinel site approach: a cross-sectional study. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 May 2;68(10):1658-1664. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy758. PMID: 30203002
  1. Meiring S, Cohen C, de Gouveia L, du Plessis M, Kularatne R, Hoosen A, Lekalakala R, Lengana S, Seetharam S, Naicker P, Quan V, Reubenson G, Tempia S, von Mollendorf C, von Gottberg A; GERMS-SA; Declining incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in South Africa: 2003-2016. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 18;69(3):495-504. doi:  10.1093/cid/ciy914. PMID: 30351372
  1. Li G, Bielicki JA, Ahmed ASMNU, Islam MS, Berezin EN, Gallacci CB, Guinsburg R, da Silva Figueiredo CE, Santarone Vieira R, Silva AR, Teixeira C, Turner P, Nhan L, Orrego J, Pérez PM, Qi L, Papaevangelou V, Triantafyllidou P, Iosifidis E, Roilides E, Sarafidis K, Jinka DR, Nayakanti RR, Kumar P, Gautam V, Prakash V, Seeralar A, Murki S, Kandraju H, Singh S, Kumar A, Lewis L, Pukayastha J, Nangia S, K N Y, Chaurasia S, Chellani H, Obaro S, Dramowski A, Bekker A, Whitelaw A, Thomas R, Velaphi SC, Ballot DE, Nana T, Reubenson G, Fredericks J, Anugulruengkitt S, Sirisub A, Wong P, Lochindarat S, Boonkasidecha S, Preedisripipat K, Cressey TR, Paopongsawan P, Lumbiganon P, Pongpanut D, Sukrakanchana PO, Musoke P, Olson L, Larsson M, Heath PT, Sharland M; Towards understanding global patterns of antimicrobial use and resistance in neonatal sepsis: insights from the NeoAMR network. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Jan;105(1):26-31. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-316816. Epub 2019 Aug 24. PMID: 31446393
  1. Zar HJ, Moore DP, Andronikou S, Argent AC, Avenant T, Cohen C, Green RJ, Itzikowitz G, Jeena P, Masekela R, Nicol MP, Pillay A, Reubenson G, Madhi SA; Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med. Published online 30 July 2020. doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2020.v26i3
  1. Moore DP, Green RJ, Cohen C, Itzikowitz G, Andronikou S, Argent AC, Avenant T, Jeena P, Masekela R, Nicol MP, Pillay A, Reubenson G, Madhi SA, Zar HJ; Epidemiology and aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 1). S Afr Med J 2020;110(7):583-587. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14997
  1. Zar HJ, Moore DP, Itzikowitz G, Green RJ, Argent AC, Avenant T, Cohen C, Jeena P, Masekela R, Pillay A, Reubenson G, Madhi SA, Andronikou S, Nicol MP; Diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 2). South African Medical Journal 2020;110(7):588-593. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14998
  1. Reubenson G, Avenant T, Moore DP, Itzikowitz G, Andronikou S, Cohen C, Green RJ, Jeena P, Masekela R, Nicol MP, Pillay A, Madhi SA, Zar HJ, Argent AC; Management of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 3). S Afr Med J 2020;110(8):734-740. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i8.15020
  1. Zar HJ, Moore DP, Andronikou S, Argent AC, Avenant T, Cohen C, Green RJ, Itzikowitz G, Jeena P, Nicol MP, Pillay A, Reubenson G, Masekela R, Madhi SA; Prevention of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 4). S Afr Med J 2020;110(8):741-746. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i8.15024

 

  1. Nana T, Moore C, Boyles T, Brink AJ, Cleghorn J, Devenish LM, du Toit B, Fredericks ES, Lekalakala-Mokaba MR, Maluleka C, Rajabally MN, Reubenson G, Shuping L, Swart K, Han KSS, Wadula J, Wojno J, Lowman W. South African Society of Clinical Microbiology Clostridioides difficile infection diagnosis, management and infection prevention and control guideline. S Afr J Infect Dis. 2020;35(1), a219. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajid.v35i1.219
  1.  Dramowski A, Velaphi S, Reubenson G, Bekker A, Perovic O, Finlayson H, Duse A, Rhoda NR, Govender NP. National Neonatal Sepsis Task Force launch: Supporting infection prevention and surveillance, outbreak investigation and antimicrobial stewardship in neonatal units in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2020;110(5):360-363. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i5.14564

 

  1. Leong TD, McGee SM, Gray AL, de Waal R, Kredo T, Cohen K, Reubenson G, Blockman M, Nel J, Maartens G, Rees H, Wiseman R, Jamaloodien K, Parrish AG. Essential medicine selection during the COVID-19 pandemic: Enabling access in uncharted territory. S Afr Med J.  2020;110(11):1077-1080. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i11.15271
  1. Lebina L, Dube M, Hlongwane K, Brahmbatt H, Lala SG, Reubenson G, Martinson N. Trends in paediatric tuberculosis diagnoses in two South African hospitals early in the COVID-19 pandemic. S Afr Med J. Published online 30 October 2020. S Afr Med J 2020;110(12):1149-1150. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i12.15386
  1. Mathebula R, Kuonza L, Musekiwa A, Kularatne R, Puren A, Reubenson G, Sherman G, Kufa T. Trends in RPR Seropositivity among Children Younger than 2 Years in South Africa, 2010-2019. J Trop Pediatr. 2021 Jan 29;67(1):fmab017. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmab017.
  1. Tempia S, Walaza S, Bhiman JN, McMorrow ML, Moyes J, Mkhencele T, Meiring S, Quan V, Bishop K, McAnerney JM, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Du Plessis M, Treurnicht FK, Hellferscee O, Dawood H, Naby F, Variava E, Siwele C, Baute N, Nel J, Reubenson G, Zar HJ, Cohen C. Decline of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus detection in facility-based surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa, January to October 2020. Euro Surveill. 2021;26(29):pii=2001600. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2001600
  1. Goga A, Feucht U, Pillay S, Reubenson G, Jeena P, Madhi S, Mayet NT, Velaphi S, McKerrow N, Mathivha LR, Makubalo N, Green RJ, Gray G. Parental access to hospitalised children during infectious disease pandemics such as COVID-19. S Afr Med J 2021;111(2):100-105. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i2.15388

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Associations: SAPA, SAMA, CMSA, FIDSSA, College of Paediatricians of South Africa
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