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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Peter Dean Breidahl was born in Stawell, Victoria in 1927, the son of Dr Harold Breidahl and Ethel Grace (nee) Dean. His early education was at Perth Modern School and then at the University of Western Australia, going on from there to the University of Melbourne to complete his medical course. After extensive training in Melbourne and overseas, Peter was appointed in 1960 as a Radiologist at the Royal Perth Hospital and at the same time Head of the Department of Radiology at the King Edward Memorial Hospital (1960- 1962). From 1962-1971, he served as a radiologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. Peter gave continuous service to the Royal Perth Hospital from 1960 until his retirement in 1992 - a total of 32 years. He helped to establish an X-ray Department at the Rehabilitation branch of the Hospital. Partly as a result of this association, he became very interested in the functional and structural anatomy of the spinal vertebrae and in particular the thoraco-lumbar junction. A whole series of informative papers in association with Dr Kevin Singer, a Bio-Engineer at Curtin University, resulted. Peter gave freely of his time to the Royal Australian College of Radiologists, was its Thomas Baker fellow in 1959, held many offices in the West Australian branch, was an examiner for the College from 1975-1982 and its President 1989-1991. Peter married Norma Rae Waters, a Royal Perth Hospital trained nurse, in 1955 and they have four children: two sons and two daughters. One son trained in medicine and like his father, is a radiologist. One daughter is a trained nurse. Peter has a number of interests outside of medicine. He grows grapes and trees at Margaret River, likes good music, plays tennis and even lays claim to being the world's oldest body surfer at Margaret River. Peter Breidahl retired in 1992 and was appointed an Emeritus Consultant Radiologist. |
