Patricia Ferguson
FRACP MMed (Clin Epi) PhD
Westmead Hospital
Trish is an infectious diseases physician at Westmead Hospital. She has many years’ experience as the clinical lead for infection prevention at Blacktown and Westmead Hospitals and is passionate about patient and staff safety. Trish became involved with the NSW Biocontainment Centre located in the Westmead Precinct during its early development. As the Associate Director (Education and Training) she leads a strong multidisciplinary team preparing healthcare workers to safely manage patients with high consequence infectious diseases, and collaborates with international high level isolation units to achieve this.