Dr. A. Stuart Watson
MBBS FACSEP FASMF Grad Dip Sport Science
After co-founding and working at the Centre for over 40 years Stuart has now retired from clinical practice from January 2026 and handed over ownership and management of the practice to Dr David Jefferies and Dr Mo Maarj.
In the past Stuart has served as Censor-in-Chief, President, Vice President, Education Officer and Chairman of Post Graduate Training Program for the Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP) and was a foundation member and now a retired fellow of the College. Stuart was heavily involved in the development of the curriculum for postgraduate training in sports and exercise medicine in Australia in the early development of the College. In 1993 he was awarded the inaugural Special Award for outstanding service to the college. He also served as an examiner and a clinical training supervisor for ACSEP.
Stuart also served as Education Officer, Vice President and President of the NSW branch of Sports Medicine Australia (SMA). He has been awarded a fellowship of SMA. He has been a consulting editor for the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine and served as the inaugural Medical Director of the NSW Institute of Sport from 1997 – 2000.
Stuart enjoyed experience working with teams from club to national level in rugby league, volleyball, swimming and canoeing and was Chief Medical Officer for Volleyball Australia and Australian Canoeing. He worked as Medical Officer at the 2005, 2006 and 2016 World Championship Tour events in Tavarua in Fiji for the World Surfing League (WSL) and has had a long term personal and professional involvement in surfing.
Stuart had many years of travelling with teams as medical officer at a several world cups and world championships in swimming and volleyball and served as one of the medical officers for the Australian Olympic team in 2000.
Stuart has been heavily involved in education in sports and exercise medicine at undergraduate and postgraduate level, working with courses at Sydney University and NSW University. He has over the years presented hundreds of talks to community and professional groups on various aspects of sports and exercise medicine. He has published sports medicine articles in several journals and contributed chapters and sections of textbooks and learning materials for postgraduate medical programs for the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, The Family Medicine Program of the RACGP, Cumberland College of Health Sciences (now part of Sydney University) and University of NSW.
Stuart has transitioned now to an advisory and mentoring role at the centre.
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