Dr Christoff Marais completed his training as an Orthopaedic Surgeon (FC Orth SA, MMed Orth) in 2016. Having a keen interest in Foot and Ankle surgery he continued at Groote Schuur Hospital with a Trauma Fellowship focused on lower limb trauma with Dr Graham McCollum; thereafter, he travelled to the United Kingdom to complete a Fellowship in Adult Foot and Ankle Reconstructive Surgery with Mr Ian Sharpe at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.