About
GP. Cancer survivor. Your partner in personalised healthcare.
I have spent more than seventeen years as a General Practitioner. I built and ran Rosmed Family Practice, sat across the desk from thousands of patients, and thought I understood what it meant to walk alongside someone through illness.
In 2024, that understanding changed. I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“Diagnosis is one word. Everything that comes after it is a different life.”
I went through surgery, treatment, and recovery. And as I moved through it, I saw the gap that my patients had been telling me about for years, but had never really felt myself. The clinical care was excellent. The rest of my life, from what to eat and how to move to how to sleep, how to think, what to take and how to cope, was left largely to me to figure out.
I am fortunate. I am a doctor. I have colleagues to ask. Most people do not.
Elah Health grew out of that gap. It is a whole-person practice covering nutrition, movement, mental wellbeing, supplement guidance and DNA-informed care, offered by secure video anywhere in South Africa and in person at the Somerset West practice, for people living with a diagnosis and for people who want to age well on their own terms.
I am living this journey myself. I am on hormone blocker treatment for ten years. I have my own scans and my own emotional processing to do. That is not a weakness in what I offer. It is the point of it.
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Why Elah?
Elah (אֵלָה) is the Hebrew word for the oak tree. It was chosen deliberately. An oak is deeply rooted and built for longevity. It weathers storms, holds its ground, and keeps growing for generations. That is the kind of care Elah Health is built to offer: steady, rooted support that stays with you through treatment and long into the life that follows.
Meet the team
Elah Health is growing into a team, so that whole-person care is genuinely whole. Here is who you will work with.
Founder & General Practitioner · MBChB
A GP of more than seventeen years and a cancer survivor. Dr Maretha is the heart of Elah Health's whole-person approach, from lifestyle oncology and survivorship to DNA-guided personalised care.
Biokineticist · [CONFIRM: qualifications]
Elah Health has welcomed a qualified biokineticist to the team. Working alongside Dr Maretha, she designs and supervises prescribed exercise programmes for patients during and after treatment, protecting strength and muscle when it matters most. She also supports anyone wanting to move well and build lasting physical health.
MBChB
[CONFIRM: University]
Lifestyle Oncology
[CONFIRM: Institution]
Integrative Medicine
[CONFIRM: Institution]
Health Coaching
[CONFIRM: Certification]
DNA Analysis
[CONFIRM: Course]
Clinical Experience
17+ years in practice
HPCSA/MP No.
MP0620874
BHF No.
1046349
I live in Stellenbosch with my family. I love time outdoors, quiet mornings, and the feeling of leaving a consultation knowing the person I spoke to feels seen and less alone. That is what Elah Health is for.
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