Professor David Watters

Professor David Watters is Alfred Deakin Professor of Surgery at Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He is also Director of Surgery at Safer Care Victoria (SCV) leading the Perioperative Learning Health Network within their Centres of Clinical Excellence Program. He is committed to improving perioperative care before, during and after surgery and is keen to support all disciplines involved across the patient journey.

At the University Hospital Geelong, he specialises in general, colorectal and endocrine surgery. He is a Past President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2015- 2016), having spent nine years on their Council from 2007.  He has just completed a three-year term as Chair of the inaugural Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council (2019 -2022). Internationally, he is also actively engaged in advocating for universal access to safe, affordable and timely surgery having worked previously in South Africa, Zambia, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea.