Peter has over 17 years of Renal Nursing experience both in Australia and overseas. Peter previously worked as a Nurse Practitioner in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) at the Alfred Hospital from 2012 - 2021. Peter was also the clinical lead for the home based PD service which grew to become the largest PD unit in the state with consistently the best Peritonitis rate and technique failure rate in Victoria as per the Vic DoH state-based KPIs. Peter also has experience in Haemodialysis and transplantation nursing, patient education focusing on early CKD risk factor and lifestyle modification, and later CKD education around treatment option education and assessment of suitability for home based Vs in-center based therapy. Peter also has experience in management of routine renal medications in both a CKD and Peritoneal Dialysis setting.

Areas of interest/expertise

Early chronic kidney disease education (lifestyle, risk factor reduction, diet, standard renal medication adjustment in collaboration with treating physician). Stage 4-5 CKD education (treatment options, dialysis assessment), Peritoneal Dialysis expert. (advice on dialysis technique, prescription and holistic PD patient care).

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