Dr Cynthia Sathekga is an Orthopaedic surgeon who is fellowship trained in Hand and Microsurgeon at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA and further spent time at Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China cementing her skills. She has a specializes in brachial plexus surgery, burn contractures, congenital deformities and work related trauma injuries.

She has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching along with running a microsurgery course at the University of Witswatersrand Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital Hand Unit.