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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Peter Barnes was born in Guildford NSW on 15th January 1935 the son of Henry Thomas Barnes, an accountant and Dorothy nee O'Donohue. He studied medicine at Sydney University and graduated MB BS with honours in 1959. He served as a Junior Intern at St Vincents Hospital in 1959 and then moved to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1960. In 1963 he was appointed Demonstrator in Anatomy at Sydney University. He obtained the FRCS in 1965, FRACS in 1974 and FRCS(Edin) in 1979. Following a period as a registrar at the Royal Perth Hospital he was appointed Consultant ENT surgeon in 1973. Peter also held appointments at St Anne's Hospital (1973-1999) and the South Perth Community Hospital. He was visiting ENT surgeon to the Geraldton Region 1973-1999 including the Wandalgu Mission. Peter completed his National Service in the RAAF at Pt. Cook in 1955. He has been a member of St John's Ambulance since 1973 and a part time tutor at the University of Western Australia in Ear, Nose and Throat surgery. He was involved with colleagues in the early phases of head and neck reconstruction in W.A. and was probably the first to use a Delto Pectoral Flap in neck reconstruction. Outside of medicine he is interested in music, windsurfing and four wheel driving. He also undertook an undergraduate arts course at Notre Dame University gaining majors in Philosophy and History. In 1964 he married Sundstrid Dagmar who is also a doctor and a consultant ophthalmologist. Peter retired from the Royal Perth Hospital in July 1999 and was appointed Emeritus Consultant ENT surgeon. |
