Dr Peter Hewitt

Accreditation

Hospitals MPHB MPHR
Speciality Orthopaedics
InterestsDr Hewitt specialises in hip and knee replacements; and revision hip and knee replacement surgery.

Biography

Born in Brisbane in 1958, Dr Hewitt received his medical degree at the University of Queensland in 1981. He then undertook postgraduate training in Orthopaedics in Brisbane and received his Fellowship in Orthopaedics in 1988. In 1989 Dr Hewitt undertook further general Orthopaedic training at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, England, before practising as a consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Coffs Harbour from 1989 to 2000.

Since then, Dr Hewitt has been practising back in Brisbane. He has developed and maintained an interest in arthroplasty (or joint replacement) surgery of the hip and knee joints throughout his time as an Orthopaedic Surgeon. Dr Hewitt visits Mater Private Hospital Redland weekly and consults and operates at the hospital.