Ines Buccimazza is Head Clinical Unit – Breast and Endocrine Surgery and a member of the Multidisciplinary Breast Team at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital. She is also a Specialist in the Department of Surgery at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa.

She is the President of the Association of Surgeons of South Africa, Chairperson of the Durban Breast Cancer Forum, Council member of the Surgical Research Society of Southern Africa and associate editor of both the World Journal of Surgery and the South African Journal of Surgery.

When not teaching postgraduate students and not dealing with breast health matters, listening to opera, reading non-fiction and all matters Epicurean and Conservation take priority.