

MBCHB, FCS(SA), MMED (Surg), Crt. Gastroenterology (SA) Surg, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Emile Coetzee is a Colorectal Surgeon in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. His fields of interest include Minimally invasive and Robotic colorectal surgery, IBD, intestinal failure and abdominal wall reconstruction.
He is an honorary lecturer at the University of Cape Town, an Examiner for the Colleges of Surgeons of South Africa and the Past President of the South African Society of Endoscopic Surgeons. He served as Vice President (Africa) for the International Society of University Colorectal Surgeons. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications and actively partakes in research with the Colorectal Unit of the University of Cape Town as well as International multi-centre research collaborations.
Selected publications from PubMed
Outcomes of emergency abdominal surgery in an upper-middle income country urban health care system.
Romanus A, Coetzee E, Raphael L, Rayamahji S, Boutall A, Elac Collaborative G
S Afr J Surg. 2026 Mar;64(1):30-34 doi: 10.36303/SAJS.02974.
Unanticipated Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in an Infant Undergoing Atrioventricular Septal Defect Repair.
Coetzee E, Scherman J, Plessis ND, Swanevelder J
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Sep;39(9):2394-2399 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.05.016.
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Changes in the Older Adults: Impact on Anesthetics.
Coetzee E, Absalom AR
Clin Geriatr Med. 2025 Feb;41(1):19-35 doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2024.03.004.
Epidemiology and anatomic distribution of colorectal cancer in South Africa.
Amer A, Boutall AB, Coetzee ED, Naidu P, Moodley H, Chen WC, Chu KM
S Afr J Surg. 2024 Dec;62(4):30-34.
Predictive pharmacodynamic performance of the Eleveld pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model for propofol: comparison of predicted and measured bispectral index.
Coetzee E, Coetzee JF, Haasbroek M
Br J Anaesth. 2024 Oct;133(4):785-792 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.06.041.
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