Dr Peter Bautz is a South African Trauma Surgeon, and former director of the Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Unit (GSHTU), Cape Town South Africa. South African trauma surgeons are expert in the management of abdominal, thoracic, vascular, neck and other injuries.

The workload at GSHTU averaged 400 stabs / month, 110 gunshot injuries / month, 40 laparotomies / month, plus an active trauma laparoscopic and thoracoscopic service often initiated in the resuscitation rooms.

He was recruited as the trauma surgeon at the King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1999, where he managed many victims of blast injuries from Al Qaeda attacks in Riyadh. He arrived in Adelaide in January 2005. He therefore brings to RAH extensive trauma experience, particularly in the field of penetrating trauma.

Dr Bautz is also a general surgeon, with an interest in the management of severe abdominal sepsis, and laparoscopic surgery. He is accompanied by his obstetrician wife and children. He is a keen photographer, with interests in computing, and scuba diving.