He then moved to the Ophthalmology Department and subsequently specialised in ophthalmology at the University of Pretoria under mentorship of Prof. Polla Roux and completed his Fellowship examination at the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa – FCOphth(SA). He completed the vitreoretinal surgery course at the European Vitreoretinal Training School (EVRTS) in Bremen (Germany) as well as the Intermediate and Advanced Surgical Retina course at the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO) in Lugano (Switzerland).