Dr Peter Mansfield (GP)
- Name
- Dr Peter Richard Mansfield
- Qualifications
- BM BS Flinders University 1983
- Occupation
- General Practitioner (GP)
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Practice
Dr Peter Mansfield OAM BMBS was born in Adelaide and grew up in Daw Park, Nuriootpa, Mannum and Whyalla. He graduated BMBS from Flinders University in 1983 and worked at the Lyell McEwin Hospital before starting in general practice in Prospect in 1987. In 2000 he moved to live in Willunga and started working with Rhylyn Medical Services. He now lives in Hallett Cove to be nearer his parents. He has special interests in mental health care, acceptance and commitment therapy, relationship counselling and decision making. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Adelaide. His interests include sustainable house design and old science fiction TV shows, especially Dr Who and Thunderbirds. He is the founder of Healthy Skepticism Inc, an international organisation aiming to improve health by reducing harm from misleading persuasion. In 2003 he was awarded a Flinders University Convocation Medal for “Outstanding leadership in the advancement of professional practice and service to the community in the safe use of pharmaceutical drugs”. The Convocation Medal is Flinders University’s highest award for outstanding graduates. In 2007 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for “Service to medicine, particularly as an advocate for ethical pharmaceutical marketing practices and the quality use of medicines in Australia and in developing countries.”
- Affiliated Clinics
- Aldinga Medical Centre
Practice Locations
SA
- Aldinga Medical Centre
- Address
- 89 Rowley Road
Aldinga Beach SA 5173
Australia
- Phone
- 08 8550 2000
- Fax
- 08 8550 2010
