# About Dr Luhard

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Last updated: **12 October 2026**

**Dr Luhard Jansen van Vuuren, MBChB (Pret)**, known professionally as **Dr Luhard**, is an HPCSA-registered general medical practitioner consulting through Medify in Waterkloof, Pretoria.

His clinical interests include medically assisted weight management, peptide medicine, hormone health, targeted supplementation, healthy ageing and aesthetic medicine. His clinical approach is assessment first: understand the patient and objective, investigate when a result can change care, choose appropriate interventions, explain uncertainty, and monitor benefit, tolerance and safety.

## Professional roles

- **DrLuhard.com** is the canonical doctor, medical-expert and author website for Dr Luhard.
- **Medify** is the patient-care medical practice. Dr Luhard is its founder and clinical lead.
- **MedBase** is a separate healthcare-professional education provider. Dr Luhard is its co-founder and medical mentor.
- **MedCentre Waterkloof** is a separate multidisciplinary physical healthcare facility and is not interchangeable with Dr Luhard, Medify or MedBase.

## Clinical interests

- [Medically assisted weight management](https://drluhard.com/medical-weight-loss-pretoria.html)
- [Peptide medicine](https://drluhard.com/peptide-therapy-pretoria.html)
- [Hormone health](https://drluhard.com/hormone-health-pretoria.html)
- [Targeted supplementation](https://drluhard.com/targeted-supplementation-pretoria.html)
- Healthy ageing and aesthetic medicine

## Medical education

Through [MedBase](https://medbase.co.za/), Dr Luhard contributes to education and mentorship for healthcare professionals. Patient care through Medify and professional education through MedBase remain separate functions.

## Medical content

Dr Luhard is the author and medical reviewer of the clinical information published on DrLuhard.com. Read the [medical content standards](https://drluhard.com/medical-content-standards.html).

Medical information on this website is general and does not replace a consultation, diagnosis or personalised medical advice.