Dr Erasmus was born and schooled in Pretoria. He attended Willow Ridge High School where he was the deputy head boy, played first team hockey and achieved academic honours with 6 distinctions in matric. Thereafter he studied his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Pretoria.
Years serving in government hospitals
After attaining his MBChB, Dr Erasmus worked as an intern at Port Shepstone Hospital. From there he had decided on Ophthalmology as a career and pursued a community service post in Kimberley in Ophthalmology and Plastic Surgery. He stayed on in the Northern Cape for 2 more years as a medical officer to participate in cataract outreach programmes to Upington, De Aar and Barkly West.
Specialist Training
At the beginning of 2014 at St Johns Hospital, Soweto, Dr Erasmus started his specialist training under Professor's Carmichael, McLaren and Mayet. He rotated through all ophthalmic sub-specialties including glaucoma, vitreoretinal, uveitis, paediatrics and strabismus, anterior segment and cataract, orbital and plastics as well as neuro-ophthalmology. Dr Erasmus has a keen interest in anterior segment work including cataract and laser surgery. Having served in the government for many years, he was able to perform many successful traumatic eye surgeries.
Dr Erasmus obtained his specialist degree through the Fellowship of the College of Ophthalmologists of South Africa in 2017. During this time Dr Erasmus also obtained his Masters in Medicine in Neuro-ophthalmology by research report in 2017 through the University of Witwatersrand. The MMED topic was titled: “A Contextual Analysis of Pupil-Involving Oculomotor Nerve Palsies in Two Tertiary Hospitals in South Africa”. This research highlighted the sensitivity of Computerized Tomographic Angiography (CTA) in ruling out posterior communicating artery aneurysms in patients presenting with pupil-involving third nerve palsy.
Social Responsibility
During registrar training he offered his surgical expertise to the Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness and has completed 10 "blind tours" all over South Africa helping to restore the sight of more than 300 patients in need of cataract surgery in the community.
Private Practice
Dr Erasmus has a broad knowledge base in ophthalmology. He has performed thousands of successful cataract surgeries including premium intraocular lens implantation. He is also a keen laser refractive surgeon and performs laser corrective procedures on patients wanting to pursue a life of spectacle independence. Dr Erasmus has also completed a mini fellowship in vitreo-retinal surgery and has undergone further retinal training in Bremen, Germany.