Dr Peter Steele (Cardiologist)

Name: Dr Peter MacDonald Steele
Qualifications: FRACP 1976; FRACP 1982
Occupation: Cardiologist; Scientist - Researcher - Academia
Gender: Male
Medical Specialties: Cardiology

Peter graduated with honours from Adelaide University in 1976. His internship, general medical and cardiology training were completed at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Peter was awarded FRACP in 1981 and granted a Lions Post Graduate Medical Scholarship to conduct research involving post myocardial infarction patients. In 1982 he was awarded a National Heart Foundation Overseas Clinical Fellowship to travel to the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, where he undertook research in atherogenesis and thrombosis, particularly developing a pig model of acute arterial injury using angioplasty. During his time at the Mayo Clinic he also did fellowships in echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. On returning to Adelaide in 1984 he was appointed staff cardiologist at the RAH and joined Adelaide Cardiology in 1988.

Peter's interests are all aspects of clinical cardiology, including interventional cardiology and a special interest in pulmonary hypertension. He has a strong commitment to postgraduate teaching and is involved in an international research project in pulmonary arterial hypertension.