Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Peter Darcy to start work at Friendlies

The new surgeon at the Friendly Society Private Hospital in Bundaberg is general director on the state committee of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and has been clinical director of orthopaedics at Bundaberg Hospital since 2015.

Orthopaedic surgeon Peter Darcy has joined the staff of the Friendly Society Private Hospital in Bundaberg.

Orthopaedic surgeon Peter Darcy has joined the staff of the Friendly Society Private Hospital in Bundaberg.

Dr Darcy, also the Clinical Director of Orthopaedics at Bundaberg Hospital, initially qualified as a doctor at the University College London and has more than 20 years’ experience in his specialist practice.

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He is currently the program lead and academic supervisor in orthopaedics for the Rural Clinical School of the University of Queensland.

He also serves as a general director on the state committee of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and has been the Clinical Director of Orthopaedics at Bundaberg Hospital since moving to Australia in 2015.

At The Friendlies he will be providing services including hip and knee replacements, lower limb sports and trauma, carpal tunnel and trigger finger procedures.

His specialist interest is hip and knee surgery.

The Friendly Society Private Hospital in Bundaberg West.

Dr Darcy worked as a revision arthroplasty specialist in the UK after completing his fellowship training in the reconstruction and bone tumour unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, London, in sports surgery at Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine in WA and an arthroplasty and lower limb fellowship at North Shore Hospital in Auckland.

Dr Darcy also has a strong interest in research and the training of junior doctors.

He enjoys spending his free time with his wife and three sons, out on the water, walking the dogs, cycling and discovering the variety of flora and fauna in his own backyard.

With concerns often held around whether surgeons will stay in the area, the Friendlies has arssured Bundaberg region residents Dr Darcy was intent on staying.

Director of Clinical Services and Patient Safety Sandy Blake welcomed the specialist.

“It’s really great to have such an experienced senior orthopaedic surgeon come on board who can service our patients and meet people’s acute needs through consultations and emergency admissions,” she said.

“Orthopaedics is one of the hospital’s important surgical services.”

Originally published as Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Peter Darcy to start work at Friendlies