Dr Peter Piazza
Dr Peter Piazza is a graduate of Sydney University and has been in General Practice in the inner west of Sydney since 1977. He treats mainly an older population, mostly of southern Italian background. Despite the benefits of a Mediterranean diet, there is an epidemic of diabetes among his patient base and of necessity he has developed an interest in diabetes and its frequent accompaniments of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. His work in the residential aged care facilities he attends has made him even more aware of the sequelae of stroke and impressed on him the importance of both primary and secondary prevention. He has seen the rules of the game change over the last thirty years and observed how targets for managing these conditions have progressively been getting lower and more difficult to achieve without aggressive treatment.
