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Dr. Jonathan Watson Ngoma is a Malawian consultant physician and healthcare administrator whose career has shaped the country’s public health sector.

He retired after about 25 years in public service. At the Ministry of Health he served as Director of Curative and Medical Rehabilitation Services, a posting also reported as Director of Clinical Services, heading the country’s national clinical services.

He was Hospital Director at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. During his directorship the hospital carried out its first brain tumour surgery, led by neurosurgeon Dr Ken-Keller Kumwenda and his team, expanded its cancer services, and worked with partners on the National Cancer Treatment Centre. He was also a public voice for the hospital’s COVID-19 response, including the field hospital at Bingu National Stadium.

He qualified as a medical doctor at the University of Malawi College of Medicine and trained further at the University of Cape Town, where he was elected Fellow of the College of Physicians of South Africa. BMT records that he taught as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) and the University of Malawi College of Medicine.

His research has appeared in journals including the Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing and BMC Public Health, covering healthcare workers’ knowledge of HIV and hepatitis and digital support for type 2 diabetes.

He retired from the public service in November 2025 after his redeployment from the Ministry of Health to Mzuzu Central Hospital, a move that drew public criticism, and moved into full-time private practice as Managing Director of Taluska Medical Centre in Lilongwe.