Professor Frederick Raal is a distinguished Professor and the Director of the Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He also serves as the Head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the same institution.
He graduated with an MBBCh degree in 1981, followed by a Master of Medicine in 1991, a PhD in 2000, and a Doctor of Science in 2022. Throughout his career, Professor Raal has earned several prestigious postgraduate awards, including the TH Bothwell Research Prize, the FJ Milne Award, and the Vice Chancellor’s Research Award from the University of the Witwatersrand.
He has authored hundreds of original articles and book chapters and served as a reviewer for several leading international journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Circulation, and Atherosclerosis. Additionally, he sits on the Editorial Board of Atherosclerosis, co-edits Current Opinion in Lipidology, and is a board member of the International Atherosclerosis Society.
Professor Raal’s primary research interest lies in lipids and lipid disorders, particularly in the management of familial dyslipidaemia, including both heterozygous and homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH).
