Dr Peter Heathcote completed his basic medical degree and his Specialist Urology training in Queensland before further advanced training in the UK in reconstructive Urology and in Canada in Oncology in particular Radical Prostatectomy. More recently he completed extensive training at the Global Robotics Institute in Florida USA as part of the team that introduced the first Robotic Surgery program in Queensland. His interests are in prostate and bladder surgery with emphasis on Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.
He has also started performing MRI guided prostate biopsy in conjunction with Queensland X-Ray.