Professor Peter Zelas

Associate Professor Peter Zelas has had a long and successful career in Colorectal surgery and health service administration in association with Blacktown Hospital. In 2007 he was appointed Clinical Dean at Blacktown/Mt Druitt Hospital, a Teaching Hospital for the then newly established UWS School of Medicine. He graduated from University of Sydney in 1963 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1967 and later in 1971 a Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Peter was awarded his Masters in International Public Health from University of Sydney in 2006. Peter began his career as at Sydney Hospital and moved to the UK in 1966 and remained there until the early 1970?s until he joined Blacktown Hospital as a Staff Specialist. He has also worked as a Colorectal Surgeon in many countries around the world including the USA, and with Medicines Sans Frontieres in Somalia, Nepal, Indonesia and Liberia Peter has actively been involved in health service administration and has served as Chairperson for Division of Surgery as well as Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Medical Staff Council at Blacktown /Mt Druitt Hospital. Peter was awarded an Order of Australia in 2006 for service to medicine and to the community of western Sydney, particularly through roles at the Blacktown Hospital and in the field of colorectal surgery. He has a very keen interest in promoting and providing quality education to medical students and surgeons and has been actively involved in the education process as a Tutor, Lecturer & Examiner. Peter is currently appointed on the Governing Council of Western Sydney Local Health Network .

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