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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Peter Packer was born in Capetown, South Africa in 1926 the son of Admiral Sir Herbert Packer Royal Navy and Joy nee Petersen. He was a trainee pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, this took him to the UK and USA from 1944 to 1946. He then studied medicine at Capetown University graduating MB ChB in 1953. He obtained his M Medical Otology (Capetown) in 1959. Peter married in 1949 and he and his wife have four sons. In 1961 the family came to Western Australia where Peter obtained his MB BS at the University of Western Australia. He was appointed Consultant Otologist at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1962. He performed the first successful stapedectomy in Perth and later in 1980 with colleagues carried out the first Cochlear implant in Western Australia. These were important advances in the field of otology in this State. Peter is a member of the Toynbee Society, an active supporter of the Ear, Nose and Throat Foundation and a member of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Outside of medicine he is a very keen sailor and in 1975 he was a member of the team which won the Sydney to Hobart ocean race. Peter retired in 1994 after 32 years service at the Royal Perth Hospital and was appointed Emeritus Consultant. In recognition of his work he was honoured with the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2003. |
