Mark Watson, MD

Associate Professor
Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

mark.watson@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

A California native, Mark completed a BS in Chemistry at San Diego State University in 1984. After college, he attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis and completed surgical training at Washington University in 1993. Following residency, Mark joined a busy Vascular and Minimally Invasive General surgery practice in Northern California. In 2002, Mark joined the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas where he currently teaches, practices and does research in bariatric and minimally invasive surgery.

Education

UniversityUniversity of Texas at Dallas (2010)
ResidencyBarnes Jewish Hospital (1993)
Medical SchoolWashington University School of Medicine (1988)

Research Interests

Laboratory comparisons of laparoscopic techniques of esophagectomy

Honors/Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Resident Teaching

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2004)

Outstanding Graduate Award

College of Sciences, San Diego State Univ. (1984)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Surgeons, Fellow

American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract