Dr. Mogeshni Govender

A rheumatology advanced trainee with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).

About

Mogeshni Govender is a rheumatology advanced trainee with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), with a background in hematology and internal medicine. Govender holds a Bachelor of Medical Sciences and a Doctor of Medicine.

Clinical and research interests center on hypermobility and its associated conditions, and on the connective tissue diseases. Alongside training, Govender writes about medicine, advocates for patients, and works toward a better health care system.

Govender's writing has appeared in InSight+, the news and opinion publication of the Medical Journal of Australia, including essays on the advantages of working regionally and the healing power of art for doctors and their patients. Peer-reviewed work spans rheumatology and critical care, including coauthored research on vascular compression syndromes in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder, a report in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, and first-author research on surfactant and lung function after cardiac surgery. Govender shares updates on LinkedIn.

Latest articles

Conditions and diseases

Medical gaslighting delayed my diagnosis by 20 years

Dr. Mogeshni Govender

September 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026

This is dedicated to my fellow Zebras. I hear you. I see you. This is not an easy story to share, but I want to do so in the hope of bringing greater visibility to conditions that are often overlooked…

This is dedicated to my fellow Zebras. I hear you. I see you.

This is not an easy story to share, but I want to do so in the hope of bringing greater visibility to conditions that are often overlooked and poorly understood. This reflection explores my experience as both a patient and doctor navigating hypermobility and its associated conditions. My aim is to help reduce delays in diagnosis, encourage clinicians …