Dr Richard Pearson

Dr Pearson has worked in General Practice for over twenty five years, in a variety of settings. He has an interest is skin cancer surgery, though has a broad background including working as an Anaesthetist both in British city hospitals and remotely in Australia, in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Australia and New Zealand, and in Tropical Medicine, working in Africa and remote Australia, including a lot of work with Aboriginal communities.

Dr Pearson also has extensive experience in Emergency Medicine, and worked for the RFDS in Western Australia and Tasmania, the NT Aerial Medical Service, and with the QLD Air Ambulance Service.

He is a keen bushwalker, pack rafter, white water kayaker, and mountain biker. A lover of the natural world, Dr Pearson is a keen conservationist and has been active in climate change education for sixteen years.

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