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Employment (4)

University Of The Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2023-01-01 to present | Associate Professor (Paediatrics and Child Health)
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2019-03-04 to 2023-01-01 | Senior Lecturer (Paediatrics and Child Health)
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

Wit Donald Gordon Medical Center: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2018-05-13 to 2019-03-03 | Paediatrician (Transplant Medicine)
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

Free State Department of Health: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2014-05-12 to 2018-05-12 | Registrar - Paediatrics and Child Health (Health)
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

Education and qualifications (3)

University Of The Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2020-01 to 2022-10 | PhD (Paediatrics and Child Health)
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2014-05-12 to 2018-05-12 | MMed(Paed) (Paediatrics and Child Health)
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2006-01-02 to 2010-12-31 | MBChB (Health Sciences)
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

Professional activities (2)

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa: Rondebosch, ZA

Fellow of the College of Paediatricians
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa: Rondebosch, ZA

2022 to present | Certificate in Paediatric Critical Care
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

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NRF Thuthuka Grant

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National Research Foundation (Pretoria, ZA)
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TTK200412512685
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

Works (12)

Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRi) as biomarker for liver damage in biliary atresia (BA): a meta-analysis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162234
Part of ISSN: 0022-3468
Contributors: Elizabeth Brits; Stephen Brown; Lezelle Botes; Joseph B. Sempa; Michael Pienaar
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

A validation of machine learning models for the identification of critically ill children presenting to the paediatric emergency room of a tertiary hospital in South Africa: A proof of concept

Southern African Journal of Critical Care
2024-11-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7196/SAJCC.2024.v40i3.1398
Contributors: M A Pienaar; N Luwes; J B Sempa; E George; S C Brown
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Deep medicine ...  Navigating the intersection of technology, cognition and ethics in the digital age of medicine

Southern African Journal of Critical Care
2023-12-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7196/sajcc.2023.v39i3.1520
Part of ISSN: 2078-676X
Part of ISSN: 1562-8264
Contributors: D Gopalan; M Pienaar; S Brokensha
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

The Opportunities and Challenges for Artificial Intelligence to Improve Sepsis Outcomes in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Current Infectious Disease Reports
2023-10-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-023-00818-4
Part of ISSN: 1523-3847
Part of ISSN: 1534-3146
Contributors: Abdullah Tarik Aslan; Budi Permana; Patrick N. A. Harris; Kuban D. Naidoo; Michael A. Pienaar; Adam D. Irwin
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

Elicitation of domain knowledge for a machine learning model for paediatric critical illness in South Africa

Frontiers in Pediatrics
2023-02-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1005579
Part of ISSN: 2296-2360
Contributors: Michael A. Pienaar; Joseph B. Sempa; Nicolaas Luwes; Elizabeth C. George; Stephen C. Brown
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Michael Alexander Pienaar

‘Being a mother is not child's play’: The capabilities of mothers in a low‐resource setting in South Africa

Health Expectations
2023-01-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/hex.13689
Part of ISSN: 1369-6513
Part of ISSN: 1369-7625
Contributors: Michael Pienaar; Lochner Marais; Mosaathebe Serekoane; Kobus Marais; Jan Cloete; Molefi Lenka; Carla Sharp
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Michael Alexander Pienaar
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Child stunting in South Africa: Urban premium or penalty?

Journal of Urban Affairs
2022-11-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2022.2117627
Part of ISSN: 0735-2166
Part of ISSN: 1467-9906
Contributors: Michael Alexander Pienaar; Lochner Marais; Antonie Pool; Taiwo Frances Gbadegesin; Jan Cloete; Michael Pienaar
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Michael Alexander Pienaar
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Development of artificial neural network models for paediatric critical illness in South Africa

Frontiers in Pediatrics
2022-11-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1008840
Part of ISSN: 2296-2360
Contributors: Michael A. Pienaar; Joseph B. Sempa; Nicolaas Luwes; Elizabeth C. George; Stephen C. Brown
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Michael Alexander Pienaar
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An Artificial Neural Network Model for Pediatric Mortality Prediction in Two Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Units in South Africa. A Development Study

Frontiers in Pediatrics
2022-02-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.797080
Part of ISSN: 2296-2360
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Michael Alexander Pienaar
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Fieldworker reflections on using telephone voice calls to conduct fieldwork amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

Anthropology Southern Africa
2021-10-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2021.2002701
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Michael Alexander Pienaar
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Housing, planning and urban health: Historical and current perspectives from South Africa

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
2020-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2478/bog-2020-0011
Contributors: Job Gbadegesin; Michael Pienaar; Lochner Marais
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Living donor liver transplant from an HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative child

AIDS
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002000
Part of ISSN: 0269-9370
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Michael Alexander Pienaar
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