{"id":814,"date":"2026-04-30T15:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fibroids.co.za\/?page_id=814"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:24:19","slug":"in-the-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fibroids.co.za\/fr\/in-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-407449843\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibroids.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Doctors-Together-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-401414990\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x5 md-x5 lg-x5 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\t<div id=\"text-2350845383\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1 class=\"alt-font\"><strong>MEET THE PIONEER<\/strong><\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2350845383 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-401414990 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-401414990 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-407449843 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#banner-407449843 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 8% 45%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-407449843 {\n    padding-top: 500px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1337895757\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1337895757 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2083913493\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-167890383\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-881156685\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"video video-fit mb\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SA\u2019s Leading Expert: Dr. Gary Sudwarts on Treating Fibroids and Blocked Tubes Without Surgery\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q3yw2lu2JhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"alt-font\"><strong>Dr. Gary Sudwarts: Pioneering the Future of Non-Surgical Women\u2019s Healthcare<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Dr. Gary Sudwarts is a<b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"25\">\u00a0pioneer<\/b> who has fundamentally reshaped the landscape of women\u2019s health in South Africa. Before his intervention, procedures like Fallopian Tube Recanalisation (FTR) were entirely absent from local medical training, and Uterine Fibroid Embolisation (UFE) was reserved only for the most critical, \u00ab\u00a0last-resort\u00a0\u00bb cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Dr. Sudwarts saw a disconnect between proven science and patient access, and he drove these life-changing treatments into the mainstream in South Africa. By seeking out international expertise and challenging the status quo, he transformed UFE and FTR from niche or emergency procedures into a primary standard of care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Today, his practice, <b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"694\">The Microsurgery<\/b>, stands as a global leader in the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Dr. Sudwarts\u2019 unwavering mission: to ensure that no woman is forced into an unnecessary major surgery or denied a path to fertility simply because they weren&rsquo;t told an alternative existed.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2083913493 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgba(224, 207, 173, 0.424);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-273084719\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-273084719 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3740696727\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"alt-font\"><strong>IN THE MEDIA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3740696727 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-304091652\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-304091652 {\n  padding-top: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-121745755\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1393496656\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"video video-fit mb\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Health Talk: Uterine Fibroids, 18 February 2017\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hF2i3rmRGSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-960250480\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"video video-fit mb\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Gary Sudwarts - Fibroid Embolisation\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xnox2ufgyTw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_15288088\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1837540352\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-842217567\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3413841284\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h4 class=\"alt-font\"><strong><span class=\"\">Womandla! \u2013 A Fix for Fibroids?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Up to 4 in 10 women suffer from fibroids around the world, and black women are up to 3 times more prone to getting them. What are your options \u2013 removing your womb? Well not anymore!\u00a0Dr\u00a0Gary Sudwarts has come straight from theatre to spend an hour with Phumi,<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3413841284 {\n  font-size: 1.05rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.iono.fm\/epi\/322517?theme=cliffcentral\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1171392634\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-677130944\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h4 class=\"alt-font\"><strong><span class=\"\">Opinion Booth \u2013 The White Dress Project<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Tanika Gray Valbrun is a CNN Content Producer, Journalist\u00a0and\u00a0Founder of the US-based non-profit\u00a0organisation, The White Dress Project: We Can Wear White. Sonia speaks to them to find out more about how this health issue can be managed.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-677130944 {\n  font-size: 1.05rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"  src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/afternoons-with-pippa-hudson\/inspiration-wednesdays-white-dress-project-fibroid\/embed?source=omnyfm&#038;size=square&#038;style=cover&#038;autoplay=1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-180199608\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2855204301\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h4 class=\"alt-font\"><strong><span class=\"\">Fibroid Embolisation to Save lives of Millions of South Africa Women<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"alt-font\">Fibroids are benign\u00a0tumours\u00a0that grow in the wall of the womb plaguing the lives of millions of South African women. 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