Congratulations to Dr Catherine Pitman who has been appointed Director Public Health Pathology, NSW Health Pathology’s statewide service delivering a coordinated response for all NSW notifiable diseases in collaboration with the NSW Ministry of Health.

Pre­vi­ous­ly, Cather­ine was Deputy Direc­tor of Pub­lic Health Pathol­o­gy and had been Act­ing Direc­tor since March 2023, when Pro­fes­sor Dominic Dwyer stepped down. Dur­ing this time, she has capa­bly led the team with pas­sion and ener­gy, so it’s great to see her exper­tise fur­ther recognised.

In addi­tion to this state-wide role, Dr Pit­man is a Staff Spe­cial­ist and Micro­bi­ol­o­gist at NSW Health Pathol­o­gy.  Cather­ine has broad Aus­tralian and inter­na­tion­al expe­ri­ence in health infor­mat­ics, infec­tion pre­ven­tion and con­trol, inter­juris­dic­tion­al and Com­mon­wealth Pri­va­cy and Noti­fi­able Dis­ease law and con­sumer cen­tric design.

Key pri­or­i­ties of the Pub­lic Health Pathol­o­gy ser­vice is pro­mot­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion between our expert teams of pathol­o­gists, sci­en­tists, tech­ni­cians, ICT experts, logis­tics, and pathol­o­gy col­lec­tion staff.

As Direc­tor of Pub­lic Health Pathol­o­gy, Dr Pit­man works close­ly with her clin­i­cal peers, NSW Health Pathol­o­gy lab­o­ra­to­ry staff and NSW Min­istry of Health Direc­tors to devel­op appro­pri­ate state-wide advice and input to address pathol­o­gy-relat­ed sys­tem issues, and ensure NSW Health Pathol­o­gy is respond­ing to the evolv­ing needs of NSW cit­i­zens, com­mu­ni­ties and the health system.

Learn more about our statewide Pub­lic Health Pathol­o­gy ser­vice here.

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