Professor Mashudu Tshifularo is a South African educator and Otolaryngologist. He led the first team in the world to use 3D-printed bones for reconstructive middle ear implants on a 40 year old man in 2019 at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital.

Professor Tshifularo was born on June 18, 1964 in South Africa. He grew up as a herdsman in the rural village of Mbahela outside Thohoyandou, in Venda, South Africa. At the age of 13, Tshifularo knew he would be a medical doctor. He is married to Samdika Blessings Tshifularo and they are blessed with six children including their adopted children.

He began his career as a physician at Tshilidzini Hospital in 1990. Since 1995, he has been a professor and head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Pretoria and also a chief specialist at the MEDUNSA (currently the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University). He was appointed in 2000 as the youngest and only black professor of ENT in South Africa. His medical interests include Otology, Rhinology and Paediatric ENT.

The 58 year old is also the senior pastor and founder of the Christ Revealed Fellowship Church near Pretoria. He has authored several books in this ministry.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashudu_Tshifularo