Dr. Fathima Docrat is an enthusiastic and energetic woman whose passion for medicine was born at a young age when as a child she used to accompany her father who is a GP on ward rounds. After completing her MBCHB degree in Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in 2008, Dr. Docrat went on to do her internship and community service at Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria.
She then joined Steve Biko Academic Hospital as a medical officer in the Department of Surgery, in 2012. Dr. Docrat then became a Registrar in 2013 and went on to obtain her fellowship and masters in General Surgery, she
was awarded a Golden Key award for graduating in the top 15% of her class.