Yazied Chothia is a nephrology sub-specialist and Head of the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. He obtained his MBChB (2002), MMed in Internal Medicine (2009), and PhD (2022) from Stellenbosch University, and holds the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of South Africa (FCP(SA)) and the Certificate of Nephrology (SA). After completing registrar and senior registrar training in internal medicine and nephrology at Tygerberg Hospital, he was appointed as a specialist and senior lecturer in 2012, before being promoted to Associate Professor in 2022.

Prof. Chothia is deeply committed to education and training. He has supervised more than 30 postgraduate students to completion and serves as an examiner for the College of Physicians of South Africa at both FCP Part I and Part II level. He was a certified International Society of Nephrology (ISN) mentor, has contributed to the ISN's electrolyte and acid-base hybrid curriculum and RAASi Optimization Toolkit, and has delivered invited lectures at nephrology congresses across Africa, Europe, and beyond. In 2026, he was inducted as a Fellow of the International Society of Nephrology (FISN). 

He serves as Associate Editor of the African Journal of Nephrology and Academic Editor of PLOS ONE, and is an active member of the executive committee of the South African Nephrology Society and the Renal Registry Committee of the African Association of Nephrology. Beyond academia, he is a vocal advocate for equitable access to kidney replacement therapy in South Africa and plays an active role in community outreach and national health policy development, and has provided expert medico-legal opinion to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).