Chief Medical Information Officer & Executive Director Statewide Clinical Services

Awabakal.

Stephen grad­u­at­ed from uni­ver­si­ty in 1976 and was lat­er admit­ted as a Fel­low of the Roy­al Col­lege of Pathol­o­gists in 1985 and a Fel­low of the Roy­al Col­lege of Pathol­o­gists of Aus­trala­sia in 1986.

He has worked as a Staff Spe­cial­ist in Anatom­i­cal Pathol­o­gy in pub­lic prac­tice, has a pas­sion­ate inter­est in cytol­ogy and in breast and thy­roid cytol­ogy in particular.

Stephen has held a range of senior roles with NSW Health Pathol­o­gy includ­ing Direc­tor of Anatom­i­cal Pathol­o­gy, Assis­tant Direc­tor NSWHP-Hunter and Net­work Director.

He was appoint­ed Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Clin­i­cal Ser­vices in 2017 and then in 2019, became Chief Med­ical Infor­ma­tion Offi­cer and Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Statewide Clin­i­cal Services.

Since Jan­u­ary 2020 Stephen has also led NSW Health Pathol­o­gy COVID-19 response as Inci­dent Man­age­ment Con­troller. He is also the cur­rent Vice Pres­i­dent of Pub­lic Pathol­o­gy Australia.

EXPERTISE

Anatomical Pathology Corporate & Support Services Public Health Pathology

EMAIL

[email protected]

PHONE

02 4920 4000

RELATED SERVICES

Anatomical Pathology

Our anatomical pathologists examine tissue and cells taken from patients to diagnose a wide variety of diseases, including cancer.

Corporate & Support Services

Supports delivery of efficient, effective and transparent services. Includes legal, risk management, internal audit, policy, privacy, records management and GIPA (freedom of information) functions.

Public Health Pathology

A statewide service delivering a coordinated response for all NSW notifiable diseases in collaboration with the NSW Ministry of Health.