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Meet the team

Meet the specialist paediatric haematology and transplantation team supporting children and families at HERoeS HOME.

Portrait of Prof Candice Laverne Hendricks

Prof Candice Laverne Hendricks

MBChB, FC(Paed), MMed, Cert Clin Haem (SA) Paed, PhD (Med Immunology)

Paediatric haematologist, clinician scientist and Director of HERoeS HOME

Candice Hendricks is a paediatric haematologist, clinician scientist and Director of HERoeS HOME. She completed her PhD at the University of Pretoria in 2024, after which she was appointed as an Honorary Professor within the Department of Medical Immunology at UP from October 2025. She has worked for many years to increase access to paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for South African paediatric patients. In line with this, she completed paediatric HSCT training in Italy in 2024 and observerships at King’s College Hospital in London, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, and Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital in Bangalore. She is the processing facility director at Albert’s Cellular Therapy at Netcare Pretoria East Hospital, where the first in-Africa trials manufacturing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells are taking place. She chairs the national BloodSA and SAAPHO Paediatric HSCT Working Party and the BloodSA Cell and Gene Therapy Working Party, which are harmonising practices related to HSCT and advanced cellular therapies in South Africa. In August 2025 she was appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on cancer care and prevention. Her international activities include serving as co-vice-chair of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) trainee committee and membership of the EBMT equity, diversity and inclusion committee. In her free time she loves watching Korean dramas and spending time with her family.

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Portrait of Dr Mariska Stander

Dr Mariska Stander

MBChB (UP), DipPEC(SA)

Haematology experienced medical officer

Dr Mariska Stander completed her MBChB at the University of Pretoria in 2017. In 2024, she obtained a diploma in primary emergency care (DipPEC) from the Colleges of Medicine South Africa. After community service and medical officer work on the frontline in the Emergency Department of Steve Biko Academic Hospital, she joined Dr Brittain and Partners and Alberts Cellular Therapy in 2021. She assists in the care of general haematology, chemotherapy, and transplant patients, anchoring her transition to paediatric haematology within HERoeS HOME. In her spare time, she practices aesthetic medicine, bakes celebration cakes, and spends time with her fur child and loved ones.

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Portrait of Sr Deidre Haasbroek

Sr Deidre Haasbroek

Registered Nurse

Sr Didi is a Registered Nurse with 30 years of experience in healthcare, including NICU and PICU, SANBS, a well-baby clinic, and school nursing for children with special needs. She has a special passion for working with children and their families. Their resilience, energy, and unique perspective on life inspire her every day. She is committed to providing compassionate, family-centred care and looks forward to supporting patients and families through their healthcare journey. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, being outdoors, reading, and exploring arts and crafts. She is dedicated to lifelong learning and growing in her profession, and is excited about this new chapter in paediatric nursing.

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Portrait of Sr Ramaesela Day Nong

Sr Ramaesela Day Nong

Registered Nurse

Sr Ramie is a dedicated Registered Nurse with over a decade of clinical experience and a strong background in renal nursing, with particular expertise in Peritoneal Dialysis. Throughout her career, she has developed a deep passion for patient-centred care, clinical excellence, patient education, and providing compassionate support to patients and their families during some of life’s most challenging moments. Having spent many years working within the renal field, Ramie now brings her extensive clinical experience, leadership skills, and genuine passion for holistic care to the oncology environment at HERoeS HOME. Outside of her professional life, Ramie is a devoted mother who values family, personal growth, and living a life rooted in purpose, compassion, and service.

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Team gallery

A look at the HERoeS HOME team and the welcoming practice spaces where children and families are supported.

Gallery · Round 1

A first look at the HERoeS HOME team and the welcoming practice spaces where children and families are supported.

Four HERoeS HOME team members gathered around a table
Sharing ideas around the table
Two HERoeS HOME team members smiling together at a desk
Working together with care
Two HERoeS HOME team members seated beneath colourful children’s artwork
A welcoming space for children
Three HERoeS HOME team members talking in the practice hallway
Serving with compassion
Two HERoeS HOME team members smiling near the reception desk
Specialist care, shared warmly
Three HERoeS HOME team members smiling together
Meet the people behind HERoeS HOME
Three HERoeS HOME team members standing together in the practice space
A team connected to families

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