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Associate Director of Clinical Operations and Local Pathology Director, Southern NSW
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Matthew Watts is a Clinical Microbiologist (FRCPA) and Infectious Diseases Physician (FRACP). He is the Local Pathology Director for Southern NSW and a Senior Staff Specialist based at the ICPMR – NSW Health Pathology, Westmead and Westmead Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.
In addition to Southern NSW, Matthew has supervisory roles at laboratories throughout the West, Regional and Rural network. He is committed to maintaining excellence in patient care and service delivery in both metropolitan and regional areas. Dr Watts also joined the NSW Health Pathology Clinical Operations Leadership Team in February 2023 as Associate Director of Clinical Operations, for a period of three years. Dr Watts (0.4 FTE) and Dr Kathryn Patchett (0.2 FTE) will backfill Professor Rob Lindeman’s Director of Clinical Operations role while he is Acting Chief Executive and working as the Medical Lead for Fusion.
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