Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- With extensive experience in epidemics and health emergencies, Dr Nick Coatsworth is an Australian Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). He specialises in both infectious diseases and respiratory medicine.
- Dr. Nick is among the best Deputy Chief Medical Officers in Australia. He has held a crucial and critical role in the Australian national response to the effects of COVID-19.
Personal Life, Parents and Family History :
- Dr. Nick’s mother (who is in her late 70s, age as of 2023) has smoked for her entire life, and as for most smokers out there, it is a tough habit to give up. Though she was able to quit smoking a decade ago, she continues to suffer from emphysema and lung damage. Surprisingly, she refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, and Dr Nick had to have a conversation to convince her.
- Nick is married to his wife, Dr Rebecca Pearson. Dr Rebecca is currently practising as a respiratory physician at the Royal Darwin Hospital. The couple is happily married and is raising a son named Jonathan Coatsworth together.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Nick is a graduate of Wesley College.
- He graduated with Honours in 2001 from the University of Western Australia.
- He also has a Master’s degree from The University of Sydney – School of Public Health.
- In 2020, Nick started undertaking a Doctoral thesis focussing on the COVID-19 pandemic to understand the Australian foreign policy’s response to global health events.
- He is also a proud graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Dr. Nick has been serving as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Australian Government Department of Health since March 2020.
- Since December 2020, he has been a frequent speaker for the organisation, Rabbit and Lion.
- Dr. Nick also serves as an Executive Director of Medical Services at Canberra Health Services.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- In 2008, Dr Nick was added to the Medecins Sans Frontieres’s Board in Australia. In 2010, Nick was elected as President. In 2011, he was re-elected for a second term as Board’s President.
- He has been part of response efforts to epidemics in Chad and Sudan with Médecins Sans Frontières and working in Congo while leading the Australian Medical Assistance Teams.
- Dr. Nick contributed to the COVID pandemic’s national response by representing frontline hospital staff. Due to his experience as a respiratory and infectious disease physician, a practitioner of humanitarian and disaster medicine, and a high level of experience in health administration, Dr Nick has emerged as one of the most recognisable medical spokespeople during the pandemic. With several media platforms, he has effectively engaged with the Australian community.
- For 2011 and 2012, Dr Nick was honoured with the Philip Goatcher Scholarship. He was also named the College Captain in the final year of his studies.
- Dr. Nick was honoured to speak to the 2021 Wesley College Scholarship winners on December 26, 2020. While sharing his experiences at Wesley, he said that the institution instilled a sense of giving back to the society in him. Also, Dr Nick maintains that five years of complex debating events at Wesley helped him learn to develop clear public communication skills, which helped him a lot during COVID pandemic media appearances. He also mentioned that he won the Inter-School Debating competition.
- In 2013, Dr. Nick led the second Australian Medical Assistance Team while responding to the Philippines’s Typhoon, Haiyan.