OUR TEAM
TEAMWORK IS KEY
Professor Garth Grobler, Dr Brendan Dower, and Dr Marc Nortje’s reputation as leading orthopaedic surgeons in Cape Town has been achieved through a collaborative and innovative approach to joint surgery. Based in Pinelands, Cape Town, the team specialises in complex and revision surgeries and utilises the dedicated orthopaedic theatre at Life Orthopaedic Hospital.
We understand that the decision to have a hip replacement or knee replacement surgery is not taken lightly, which is why our priority is to help you make the right choice to restore your mobility and quality of life.
OUR SPECIALITIES
A complex surgical operation performed in individuals who have already undergone knee or hip replacement surgery and have experienced complications and/or failure of the surgery. Part of, or all replacements need to be revised. Read more by clicking on the links below.
Hip Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure used to diagnose and treat problems in the hip joint. Your surgeon will make very small incisions in your hip, inserting a camera called an arthroscope into one incision and small instruments into the others.
Knee Arthroscopy

Prof Garth Grobler

Dr Brendan Dower
Dr Dower is 54 years old, married with three children and lives in Cape Town, South Africa. As an elite mountain biker, he has completed three Cape Epic mountain bike races. Brendan also enjoys water sports and regularly windsurfs, kite surfs or surfs in Cape Town’s ideal conditions. Dr Dower has a particular interest in helping young patients who wish to return to impact sport. He also performs complex hip and knee revision surgery, with Dr Grobler as an assistant, and is an expert in hip arthroscopy, performing more than 500 procedures.

Dr Marc Nortje
Dr Nortje is 45 years old and married with two children. He is a natural athlete and achieved provincial colours in swimming and water polo, and continues to spend time in the water, paddling and surfing. Marc is also an avid mountain biker. Dr Nortje took over from Garth Grobler as the head of Arthroplasty at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. In this unique partnership he provides the link to the academic hospital and has ensured that Cape Hip & Knee remains involved in orthopaedic research. Marc is a specialist hip and knee reconstruction surgeon performing all the complex surgeries at Groote Schuur Hospital and fully trained in hip arthroscopy with more than 10 years of experience.