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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Pek Cher was born in Singapore in July 1944, his father Teng Koon Goh, an accountant and his mother Geok Kee Chua. He graduated in medicine from the University of Singapore in 1968 and was a Resident Medical Officer at the Outram Street General Hospital, Singapore from 1968-1969. The following year was spent in National Service with the Singapore Armed Forces. Subsequently he moved to Australia and from 1969 to 1971 was a Registrar at the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital Melbourne. From 1973 to 1974 he was a Registrar at the Prince Henry and Royal Melbourne Hospitals and at this time he gained his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He came to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1974 and was appointed Consultant ENT Surgeon. He was also on the staff of the Princess Margaret Hospital 1975-76 and the Fremantle Hospital 1976-1979. He also provided services to St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, the South Perth Community Hospital and the Mount Hospital. From 1993 to 1998 Pek was Chairman and Head of Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and during this time he was a member of the Executive of the Division of Surgical Specialties and the Hospital Theatre Committee. This was a difficult period when extensive changes were occurring in the hospital. Pek married Denice Christine Young in 1974 and they have four children: two sons and two daughters. One daughter Dr Christine Goh is at present a resident medical officer at the Royal Perth Hospital while another daughter is an Audiologist. Outside of medicine Pek is a keen golfer and a member of the Nedlands Golf Club. He retired from the staff of the Royal Perth Hospital in 2003 and was appointed Emeritus Consultant Surgeon. |
