About Me | Professional Credentials

Qualifications and Experience

  • Medical degree: MBChB at University of Pretoria (1996)
  • Internship: Livingstone Hospital, Eastern Cape
  • Medical Officer for BUPA hospitals in the United Kingdom
  • Specialist Training: FC Psych at UCT and Valkenburg (2002)
  • Worked at Valkenburg Hospital for a year as head of the acute females’ admissions ward.
  • Went to Exeter, UK, to work as a psychiatrist for the NHS
  • Returned home to start my own practice.
  • (2021) Founded Rewire TMS clinics with branches across the country
  • (2024) Collaborated to form Precision Psychiatry Unit
  • (2025) Collaborated to form WInMHA research unit
About Me | Professional Credentials

Skills

  • Therapeutic: Modules obtained in EMDR, CBT, DBT and ACT
  • Research: Completed module 1 in Research Ethics (2023)
  • TMS: Accredidation with Monash University (2021)
    Accreditation with Maastrech University (2023)
About Me | Professional Credentials

Professional Bodies

  • HPCSA
  • BHF
  • SASOP
  • Convener of Interventional Psychiatry Special Interest Group
  • PsychMG
  • International clinical TMS society
  • Southern Suburbs Psychiatric Affiliation

Dr Stastny In Print

A to Z of Psychiatry- medicalacademic Dec 2022

A to Z of Psychiatry- medicalacademic Dec 2022

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I reviewed TMS for the South African Psychiatry Journal (Aug 2021)

I reviewed TMS for the South African Psychiatry Journal (Aug 2021)

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Keep the conversation going- a Stellenbosch Business School initiative

Keep the conversation going- a Stellenbosch Business School initiative

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Dr Stastny speaks to SADAG

Dr Stastny speaks to SADAG

It is always a privilege to connect with those at the cliff face of mental health care. March 2022
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Open TV wanted to know more about gaming addiction

Open TV wanted to know more about gaming addiction

May 2019
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Congress Vibes

Congress Vibes

Biological Congress 2024
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View Dr Stastny's Blog's

The first psychiatric visit

The first psychiatric visit

When I see patients sitting in my waiting room for the first time, they often look embarrassed and ashamed.
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Help! My child has borderline personality disorder

Help! My child has borderline personality disorder

Parenting is challenging. Every parent (hopefully) wishes to raise their child into a successful adult.
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TMS: hope in the treatment of resistant depression

TMS: hope in the treatment of resistant depression

When I first heard of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, I must admit, I was a bit sceptical.
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