Dr Peter Sargeant

Dr Peter Sargeant is a GP Obstetrician who graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1996. He underwent post-graduate training in Rural General Practice and Obstetrics in the Northern Territory between 1997 and 2002. He has since spent time working in rural Victoria (including Mt Beauty and Falls Creek ski resort), and NSW. Dr Sargeant joined Mt Barker Medical Clinic in 2009.

Dr Sargeant’s special interest areas include Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and he is able to offer complete antenatal care and delivery at Mount Barker District Soldiers Memorial Hospital, for public and private patients. Dr Sargeant can also facilitate shared care with a Specialist Obstetrician or Tertiary Centre for high-risk pregnancies unable to deliver at Mount Barker District Soldiers Memorial Hospital and can act as the GP Obstetric specialist for shared care with non-procedural GP obstetricians. Dr Sargeant cares for post-natal women and their babies, including immunisation, and breastfeeding problems. He is able to perform Mirena intrauterine device insertion and Implanon insertion in the rooms.

Dr Sargeant performs no-scalpel vasectomy procedures locally in the Adelaide Hills. This can be done in our clinic under local anaesthetic, or in the Mt Barker Hospital under general anaesthetic if preferred.

Dr Sargeant’s other special interest area is skin cancer medicine and surgery, including advanced excisions, in-growing toenail surgery, and he also enjoys the full range of family medicine that rural practice has to offer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)
• Advanced Diploma of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (DRANZCOG)
• Graduate Diploma of Rural General Practice

Special Interests

• Advanced excisions
• Children’s health
• Gynaecology
• Obstetrics
• Skin cancer medicine