Meet the top scientist still working as a GP eight weeks a year
The George Institute leader talks about his kinship with the Galiwin’ku people, pharmacy prescribing and why he hated hospital work.
In his office on the 18th floor, Professor David Peiris talks excitedly about his trip to a tiny island.
Despite his full-time job as Chief Scientist for The George Institute for Global Health, he has kept working as a GP, including trips to Elcho Island off the coast of Arnhem Land in the NT.
