Mr. Peter Skillington is the senior Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Epworth Healthcare Richmond Campus. Prior to commencing practice, he trained both in General Surgery, and Cardiothoracic Surgery in Australia. He then spent 12 months in further training at the Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK, and then a further 12 months in Boston, USA, spending 6 months at the Brigham Women€s Hospital in adult cardiac surgery, and 6 months at the Boston Children€s Hospital in pediatric congenital cardiac surgery. His initial appointments in Melbourne were at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Children€s Hospital and Epworth Healthcare. He is currently Deputy Director of the Cardiothoracic Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and has maintained strong links with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), as well as the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS). He was president of the ASCTS in 2001 to 2003.

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