Dr Mandy-Lyn Meyer is a paediatrician and mom working at Tokai Melomed.

She qualified as a doctor in 2006 at the University of Cape Town and thereafter quickly tailored herself to paediatrics by requesting to work in Neonatal ICU at Mowbray Maternity for her community service year.

Dr Meyer then trained as a Paediatric Medical Officer at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital for two years, where she completed both her Diploma in Child Health and her Primaries in Paediatrics with the College of Medicine of South Africa.

Her four-year degree in Paediatrics was completed at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town where she qualified in 2014 with a Fellowship in the College of Paediatrics. She attained her Masters of Medicine in Paediatrics from UCT in 2015. She has specific interest in neonatal medicine, allergy, and general paediatrics.

She has has worked in both private and government hospitals and has a special interest in following up her children and their family’s long term, thereby building a relationship with her patients.

Her spare time is spent with her young son, NSRI volunteer husband and unruly dog Ryleigh on the mountains of Cape Town and surrounds.