Tony Segal was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in Bulawayo, in a Jewish family, in what was then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He was schooled locally and then studied medicine at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, where he undertook house-physician and house-surgeon positions.
Tony Segal was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to a Jewish family in Bulawayo, which was then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He received his education locally before studying medicine at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, where he held various medical positions.