Adjunct Professor Richard Cooke

Adjunct Professor Richard Cooke (B. Business Science, MBBCh, MMed Family Medicine) is Head of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. He is Director of the Faculty Centre for Rural Health. After an early finance career in finance, he switched to medicine, specialising as a family physician. Joining Wits in 2011, he chairs a Graduate Entry Medical Programmme Curriculum Committee. He is Director of the Wits Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro (NMFC) Collaboration, serving on the NMFC Ministerial Task Team. Adj. Prof Cooke is an examiner for the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians (FCFP). He is Chairperson of the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Adler Museum of Medicine. An advocate of authentic workplace-based learning for entrustment in clinical service, Adj Prof Cooke held leadership responsibility for various COVID-19 responses in the Johannesburg Metro Health District, South Africa.