Prof Hannes Steinberg was born and grew up in Johannesburg and studied medicine there. As a young medical doctor, he worked at a rural Hospital in Limpopo province, South Africa. He is presently associated with the department of Family Medicine at UFS in Bloemfontein, responsible for the training of Family Physicians for southern Africa. He has been a member of CMF-RSA since undergraduate years and served on the executive in various positions during the last three decades. He is married to Ute Hallbauer, a paediatrician and they have 2 daughters, Miriam and Naomi.
