Peter Friedland

Peter Friedland is a leading ear nose and throat surgeon and holds the highest academic position in this field in Western Australia. Most of his career was spent in South Africa, where he was clinical head of the department of ENT at the University of Witwatersrand Donald Gordon Medical Centre.

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Quiet Time with the President

After many years of serving the country and doing his part to help rebuild South Africa, Dr Peter Friedland was given an opportunity to serve as a member of Nelson Mandela’s medical team and helped to monitor his hearing. Through many conversations had with Mandela and lessons he learnt from his life, Peter worked through some of his PTSD, his fears and the deep sense of hopelessness he felt as he came to terms with his decision to emigrate to Australia.

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