Dr Louis Peachey, Rural Generalist

As an Aboriginal child born in 1966, Dr Louis Peachey says the idea of going to medical school was ‘never on the cards’. But life had other ideas, and he became the first member of his family to not only attend university, but to become a medical doctor. In 2021, Dr Peachey was awarded Life Membership of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.We spoke with Dr Peachey about how he ended up at medical school, his career as a rural generalist and the dual role he takes on that has an incredible impact on every young doctor and medical student he supervises.The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast interview are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of Queensland Health or the Queensland Clinical Senate.