Dr Piers Truter

Piers Truter is a clinician, health system innovator and researcher focused on improving public hospital care for people with musculoskeletal injuries. He has led the development of a virtual fracture clinic and an emergency department diversion pathway within the South Metropolitan Health Service in Perth, Western Australia.  

Piers brings clinical expertise as an advanced scope physiotherapist in the Emergency and Orthopaedic Departments. His PhD and WA Health FHRI Research and Innovation Fellowship focused on telehealth, emergency management of injury and patient-centred health system redesign. Piers works with the WA CAHO to foster the development of allied health advanced practice.