Dr Louis Peachey is a Girrimay and Djirribal man from the Djirribaligan language group (Rainforest People) of North Queensland. He is a Senior Medical Officer at the Atherton District Hospital where he works as a Rural Generalist Anaesthetist, and runs a regular clinic at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre.
Dr Peachey was the founding President of the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, and is a former Board member of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. Dr Peachey Served on the National Board of Headspace between 2012 and 2016.
In 2021, Dr Peachey was awarded a Life Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine in recognition of service to the College and significant contribution to Rural and Remote Medicine and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.