{"id":53,"date":"2020-02-10T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azsurgeons.co.za\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2022-09-17T12:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T12:48:41","slug":"dr-enk-asante","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/azsurgeons.co.za\/index.php\/dr-enk-asante\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Doctors &#8211;  Dr ENK Asante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|54px|0px|false|false&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;0px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;1200ms&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;250ms&#8221; animation_intensity_flip=&#8221;80%&#8221; animation_speed_curve=&#8221;linear&#8221; hover_transition_speed_curve=&#8221;linear&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#efefef&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|27px|0px|false|false&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;6%||6%|12%&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|50px|50px|50px&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px|50px|50px|50px&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|50px|50px|50px&#8221; padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; padding_phone=&#8221;50px|50px|50px|50px&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/azsurgeons.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/health-icon-1-3.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Montserrat|300|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#677a92&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; max_width=&#8221;600px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px|50px||50px&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|20px||&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; text_line_height_tablet=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_line_height_phone=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;30px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Dr Asante<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Montserrat|300|||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ul_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ol_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; quote_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Montserrat|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#212d3b&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; max_width=&#8221;600px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px|50px||50px&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Asante completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) at the University Of Pretoria in 2008. 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