Chief Pathologist

He/him. Darug.

Matthew Watts is the Chief Pathol­o­gist of NSW Health Pathology.

He is a Clin­i­cal Micro­bi­ol­o­gist (FRCPA) and Infec­tious Dis­eases Physi­cian (FRACP) and an Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Sydney.

Dr Watts 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. 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 joined the NSW Health Pathol­o­gy Clin­i­cal Oper­a­tions Lead­er­ship Team in Feb­ru­ary 2023 as Asso­ciate Direc­tor of Clin­i­cal Operations.

EXPERTISE

Microbiology Research

EMAIL

[email protected]

PHONE

02 8890 6255

RELATED SERVICES

Microbiology

Our microbiologists and virologists are critical to NSW public health and emergency responses to pathogen-borne disease, and their expertise is recognised world-wide.

Research

Every day, our NSW Health Pathology colleagues take part in innovative research to improve public health and safety.