Dr Dawson is a Senior Staff Specialist in Clinical Toxicology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre.
Dr Dawson has been a medical practitioner with 43 years’ experience in the public and private sector a researcher and an author of scientific articles.
Dr Dawson has provided external expert opinion in medico-legal, criminal and coronial cases for 25 years including advising international manufacturers with regarding chemical contamination advice.
Qualifications and Fellowships
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery 1980
- Member Royal College of Physicians (U.K.)1984
- Fellow Royal Australian College of Physicians 1989
- Diploma Clinical Epidemiology 1990
- Fellow Royal College of Physicians (Edin) 1996
- Fellow Ceylon College of Physicians
Professional Affiliations
- Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)
- Fellow Ceylon College of Physicians
- Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists
- European Association of Poison Centres & Clinical Toxicologists
- American College of Medical Toxicology
- Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology
- The Indian Society of Toxicology
Current Positions
- Senior Staff Specialist in Clinical Toxicology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) and NSW Poison Information Centre (PIC)
- Member hospital working groups into root cause analysis and standing committees (RPA Drug and Therapeutics Committee)
- Telephone consultations to assist in care of Clinical Toxicology patients (RPA,PIC)
Previous Positions
- Director and Researcher South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC) while based in Sri Lanka
Areas of Clinical Expertise
- Clinical Toxicology, Addiction and Substance use
- Integrated delivery of care for self- harm patients
- Medical Director of the NSW poison centre
- Education interventions in remote hospitals to improve clinical care
- Reduction in self-harm
- Establishment and running complex research programs