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Dr Matthew Peters (North Lakes, QLD)

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Dr Matthew Peters (North Lakes, QLD)

BSc, MBBS FRACS (Plast.)

Dr Matthew Peters is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon, holding Fellowships of both the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons. He is the Co-director of Valley Plastic Surgery and Director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.  Academically, Dr Peters is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland School of Medicine.  He is also a Councillor and is the current Honorary Secretary of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Since obtaining his Fellowship, Dr Peters has worked in both public and private hospitals across Brisbane. He was made Director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in 2014, a position that he still maintains to date. In the private sector he is the Co-director of Valley Plastic Surgery, with operating lists at the Brisbane Private Hospital, Northwest Hospital, North Lakes Day Hospital and Chermside Day Hospitals.

Outside of work Dr Peters enjoys spending time with his wife, Dr Juanita Pappalardo, herself a Specialist Ophthalmologist, their four children and two dogs.

Dr Peter’s areas of interest and expertise include:

  • Breast surgery
  • Body contour surgery
  • Facial surgery
  • Skin cancer

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