Our Practitioners
Dr Peter Sharman
Director/Consultant Occupational Physician
MBBS FAFOEM FAICD
Dr Sharman is a fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM). He has worked in the field of occupational medicine for more than 30 years. He is passionate about making improvements to our workers compensation system to achieve better health outcomes for those unfortunate to be injured at work.
After studying medicine at the University of Adelaide, he commenced his occupational career as the on-site doctor on Hydro Tasmania’s West Coast Construction in the mid-1980’s. He went on to a managerial role in workplace health & safety with the Hydro, before branching out into rehabilitation management in his own business during the 1990’s. For the last 30 years Dr Sharman has worked as a Consultant Occupational Physician in Hobart.
For further information about Dr Sharman’s career as an occupational physician, here is a link to an article on his blog: Occupational Medicine – ‘Why Do I Do It’ !
Dr Sharman has expertise in the management of musculoskeletal injuries and occupational diseases with a particular interest in low back pain, upper extremity pain related to use of computers, occupational respiratory disorders and the management of rehabilitation programmes. He is an experienced independent medical examiner and an accredited impairment assessor with competency to assess upper and lower limb, spinal, nervous system, ENT (including hearing), respiratory and skin impairments. He has a research interest in brachial plexus neuropathy, as a cause of upper limb pain in computer operators.
Dr Sharman is the Tasmanian Representative on AFOEM Federal Council, a member of the Tasmanian Health Senate, AFOEM representative on the Medical Advisory Panel to the Tasmanian WorkCover Board and President of theTasmanian Foundation for Occupational Medicine Inc. He also writes a blog “Insult & Injury” about issues affecting our workers compensation systems.
Updated 14 November 2024
