Peter Meong Rhee (born September 18, 1961) is an American surgeon, medical professor, and military veteran.
During his 24 years in the United States Navy, Rhee served as a battlefield casualty physician in Afghanistan and Iraq.Formerly a Professor of Surgery and the Chief of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn and Emergency Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine until 2016, he now serves as the Chief of Acute Care Surgery and as Medical Director of the Marcus Trauma Center at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
He rose to national prominence when he served as the attending physician to U.S.
Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, as well as other victims, following the 2011 Tucson shooting.