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Closing the Gap

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Dr Catherine Pitman

Dr Catherine Pitman
Dr Catherine Pitman

Director Public Health Pathology, Staff Specialist and Microbiologist

Darug. Dr Catherine Pitman

Dr Cather­ine Pit­man is the Direc­tor Pub­lic Health Pathol­o­gy and Staff Spe­cial­ist and Micro­bi­ol­o­gist at NSW Health Pathol­o­gy, based at NSW Health Pathology’s ICPMR Westmead.

Dr Pit­man works close­ly with NSW Min­istry of Health direc­tors of sev­er­al divi­sions and her clin­i­cal peers to devel­op appro­pri­ate advice and input to address pathol­o­gy-relat­ed sys­tem issues.

Cather­ine is also cur­rent­ly a mem­ber of the NSW Health Ser­vice Design Ref­er­ence Group for Pathogen Genomics, and pre­vi­ous­ly held advi­so­ry roles with the Aus­tralian Dig­i­tal Health Agency, and the Roy­al Col­lege of Pathol­o­gist of Aus­trala­sia as the Chair of the Pathol­o­gy Infor­ma­tion, Ter­mi­nol­o­gy and Units Stan­dard­i­s­a­tion work­ing group.

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NSW Health Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land across NSW whose cultures and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. We would like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.

Aboriginal Workforce Development Closing the Gap

NSW Health Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land across NSW whose cultures and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. We would like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.

Aboriginal Workforce Development Closing the Gap
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