Vice President
Dr Teresa Anderson is the Chief Executive of the NSW Health Single Digital Patient Record Implementation Authority who’s guiding the SDPR program and the dedicated group of talented professionals ensuring work undertaken considers the complexity of the NSW Health system through the benefit of her experience and knowledge.
Dr Anderson has more than 35 years of extensive experience as a senior health service manager. She has a well-established reputation for implementing strategies focused on fostering partnerships, supporting the delivery of innovative, patient centred, best practice health care.
Dr Anderson was the Chief Executive of Sydney Local Health District for over 13 years.
She is a Speech Pathologist, internationally recognised for her specialist knowledge and skills in the research, assessment and management of paediatric and adult dysphagia, early communication development, early childhood development and early intervention.
She is a member of the Australian Eating Disorders, Research and Translation Centre Governing Council, a board member of the Centre for Primary Health Care Equity and the Institute of Public Administration Australia NSW.
In the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Dr Anderson was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to community health and to public administration in NSW as a clinician, manager and health service executive.