Australian Doctors International
Dr Peter Macdonald - Chair and Founder, Australian Doctors International Our guest speaker, Dr Peter Macdonald OAM was introduced by Joint Pres Dr Diana Hart, and she outlined her contact both professionally from when Peter arrived in Australia from UK in 1972 and subsequently through Rotary in the early stages of his setting up of Australian Doctors International (ADI) – a non-profit, non-government healthcare and development aid organisation. While Peter’s talk focused on ADI, he has over 40 years of experience in general practice and is an accomplished politician. NSW State member for Manly (1991-1999), Director of Plan International (1999-2004) and Mayor of Manly (2004- 2008). Peter founded ADI in 2000. The first doctor was deployed overseas to PNG in May 2001 and over the years has sent 173 doctors on missions there. Peter has visited PNG on 28 occasions. Naturally while some of the work is clinical (like Médecins Sans Frontières) with rural and r