Frans Johannes Cronjé  has a special interest and calling in the application of Biblical principles for abundant life, health and healing. Having become increasingly convinced about the spiritual and relational 'drivers' of many diseases and illnesses, he has collaborated intensively with Be in Health, a US-based ministry, in researching the spiritual roots of disease from a Biblical and scientific perspective since 2008. He volunteers his services to them as Scientific and Medical Advisor. In 2010 Dr Cronjé completed a training program by Prof Harold Koenig at the Duke Centre for Spirituality, Theology and Health in Durham, NC. Since then he has become the Principle Investigator of the Physical, Mental & Spiritual Health Study (PHYMSH) at the University of Stellenbosch using various self-assessment questionnaires to determine the spiritual, mental and health outcomes of individuals attending the Be in Health FML programme in Thomaston and South Africa.

 

Dr Cronjé, received both his medical degree and a Master’s of Science degrees in Aerospace Medicine from the University of Pretoria cum laude in 1991 and 2006 respectively. He completed the full set of medical licensing exams to practice medicine in the United States and subsequently completed a clinical Fellowship in Diving, Hyperbaric and Underwater Medicine at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA in 2003. He specialises  in baromedicine and has a special interest in genomic, functional and integrative medicine. He is a senior researcher and lecturer at the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Division of Community Health, University of Stellenbosch. He also collaborates with the Department of Chemical Pathology to unravel the effects of genetic abnormalities and nutritional factors on health – particularly in neurodegenerative disease and cancer.

 

Dr Cronjé  is considered the pioneer of modern hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Southern Africa. He dedicated >17 years of his professional career to introduce and expand this scientific, therapeutic modality in South Africa. He was the founder, President and CEO of Divers Alert Network of Southern Africa – a Section 21 not-for-profit company dedicated to the assistance and safety of recreational divers. He is the immediate past president of the International Congress of Hyperbaric Medicine, having hosted their prestigious three-yearly meeting in March 2011 in Cape Town. He is also a Past President of the Southern African Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Association (SAUHMA) and founding & past President of the Wound Healing Association of Southern Africa (WHASA).

 

He is married to Lucie Cronjé, a registered nurse who shares his calling, and they have three daughters – Renee, Millicent and Janine. They live in Cape Town South Africa.