Prof Regan Solomons, MBChB, PhD, is a paediatric neurologist. He is currently a full professor and Executive Head of Paediatrics and Child Health at Tygerberg Hospital and the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. He obtained his MBChB from UCT in 1998, an MMed(Paed) from Stellenbosch University in 2006 and the Certificate in Paediatric Neurology in 2009. He obtained a joint Phd on the early diagnosis of TBM in children at Vrije University Amsterdam & Stellenbosch University in 2015.