Leon Lategan is one of our Medical Council Members and a registered biokineticist who studied at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Pretoria. He spent nearly 10 years working for the then SA Medical Services and has been working as a lecturer in the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Sport and Movement Studies for the last 15 years. He specialises in sports injury rehabilitation, isokinetics, health promotion and sport sciences and has published 17 peer-reviewed journal articles. Leon is a reviewer for two SA scientific journals and has acted as external examiner for more than 7 universities up to PhD level. Leon is a member of several local and international associations for example: the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA), the Biokinetics Association of South Africa (BASA) and the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS). He represented the SANDF in tennis between 1990 and 1998 and won the men’s doubles tournament four times. He enjoys all sport and currently plays social golf and is a passionate fly fisher. Leon is a founding member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Sport Research (CISAR) within the University of Johannesburg that include several professions, e.g. optometrists, sport psychologists, exercise physiologists, coaches and sport managers. Leon has a passion for wellness and health promotion and has designed and managed several initiatives in this field, e.g. “Healthy Hearts Project”, several fitness challenges and wellness days in the public and private sectors
