DeborahWatsonMDFACS

Otolaryngology (ENT) • San Diego, CA

Facial Plastic Surgery

Professor, Surgery, UC San Diego Health

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Office
3350 La Jolla Village Dr., 112-C
Otolaryngology-HNS, UCSD
San Diego, CA 92161
Phone(619) 543-1967
Fax(858) 552-7466
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Summary

Dr. Deborah Watson is an otolaryngologist in San Diego, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including VA San Diego Healthcare System and UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest. She received her medical degree from Keck School of Medicine of USC and has been in practice 25 years. She specializes in facial plastic surgery and is experienced in pediatric otolaryngology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and plastic and reconstructive microsurgery.

Education & Training

UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Otolaryngology, 1992 - 1998
Keck School of Medicine of USCClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1998 - 1999
CA State Medical License 1994 - 2021
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FAAO-HNS) American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Transmission of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae Through Stolons in Strawberry Plants.
Pastrana, A. M.,Watson, D. C.,Gordon, T. R.> ;Plant Dis.. 2019 Apr 02
Evaluation of Autogenous Engineered Septal Cartilage Grafts in Rabbits- A Minimally Invasive Preclinical Model.
Kushnaryov, A.,Yamaguchi, T.,Briggs, K. K.,Wong, V. W.,Reuther, M.,Neuman, M.,Lin, V.,Sah, R. L.,Masuda, K.,Watson, D.> ;Adv Otolaryngol. 2014 Sep 16
Tissue-engineered cartilage for facial plastic surgery.
Watson, D.,Reuther, M. S.> ;Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 May 31
Effect of oxygen tension on tissue-engineered human nasal septal chondrocytes.
Twu, C. W.,Reuther, M. S.,Briggs, K. K.,Sah, R. L.,Masuda, K.,Watson, D.> ;Allergy Rhinol (Providence). 2015 Jan 08
A Compositional Analysis of Cadaveric Human Nasal Septal Cartilage
Deborah Watson, MD> ;Wiley. 2013 Sep
Shape Fidelity of Native and Engineered Human Nasal Septal Cartilage.
Reuther, M. S.,Briggs, K. K.,Neuman, M. K.,Masuda, K.,Sah, R. L.,Watson, D.> ;Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 May
Flexural Properties of Native and Tissue-Engineered Human Septal Cartilage.
Caffrey, J. P.,Kushnaryov, A. M.,Reuther, M. S.,Wong, V. W.,Briggs, K. K.,Masuda, K.,Sah, R. L.,Watson, D.> ;Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Apr
Scar revision techniques-pearls and pitfalls.
Watson, D., Reuther, M. S.> ;Facial Plast Surg. 2012 Oct
In vivo oxygen tension in human septal cartilage increases with age.
Reuther, M. S., Briggs, K. K., Schumacher, B. L., Masuda, K., Sah, R. L., Watson, D.> ;Laryngoscope. 2012 Nov
Culture of Human Septal Chondrocytes in a Rotary Bioreactor.
Reuther, M. S., Wong, V. W., Briggs, K. K., Chang, A. A., Nguyen, Q. T., Schumacher, B. L., Masuda, K., Sah, R. L., Watson, D.> ;Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Oct
Submentoplasty.
Watson, D.> ;Facial plastic surgery clinics of North America. 2005 Aug 9
Recruitment of Pontin/Reptin by E2f1 amplifies E2f transcriptional response during cancer progression.
Tarangelo, A.,Lo, N.,Teng, R.,Kim, E.,Le, L.,Watson, D.,Furth, E. E.,Raman, P.,Ehmer, U.,Viatour, P.> ;Nat Commun. 2015 Dec 08
Volume Expansion of Tissue Engineered Human Nasal Septal Cartilage.
Reuther, M. S.,Briggs, K. K.,Neuman, M. K.,Masuda, K.,Sah, R. L.,Watson, D.> ;J Otol Rhinol. 2015 Jan 03
Heparin-binding properties of the amyloidogenic peptides Abeta and amylin. Dependence on aggregation state and inhibition by Congo red.
Watson, D. J., Lander, A. D., Selkoe, D. J.> ;J Biol Chem. 1997 Dec 12
Effects of the amyloid precursor protein Glu693-->Gln ''Dutch'' mutation on the production and stability of amyloid beta-protein.
Watson, D. J., Selkoe, D. J., Teplow, D. B.> ;Biochem J. 1999 Jun 15
In vivo and ex vivo MRI detection of localized and disseminated neural stem cell grafts in the mouse brain.
Magnitsky, S., Watson, D. J., Walton, R. M., Pickup, S., Bulte, J. W., Wolfe, J. H., Poptani, H.> ;Neuroimage. 2005 Jul 1
Neurotrophin-mediated neuroprotection of hippocampal neurons following traumatic brain injury is not associated with acute recovery of hippocampal function.
Royo, N. C., LeBold, D., Magge, S. N., Chen, I., Hauspurg, A., Cohen, A. S., Watson, D. J.> ;Neuroscience. 2007 Aug 24
NMDA receptor antagonism impairs reversal learning in developing rats.
Chadman, K. K., Watson, D. J., Stanton, M. E.> ;Behav Neurosci. 2006 Oct
Structure-specific patterns of neural stem cell engraftment after transplantation in the adult mouse brain.
Watson, D. J., Walton, R. M., Magnitsky, S. G., Bulte, J. W., Poptani, H., Wolfe, J. H.> ;Hum Gene Ther. 2006 Jul
Neural progenitor cells engineered to secrete GDNF show enhanced survival, neuronal differentiation and improve cognitive function following traumatic brain injury.
Bakshi, A., Shimizu, S., Keck, C. A., Cho, S., LeBold, D. G., Morales, D., Arenas, E., Snyder, E. Y., Watson, D. J., McIntosh, T. K.> ;Eur J Neurosci. 2006 Apr
Regulation of astrocytic glutamate transporter expression by Akt: evidence for a selective transcriptional effect on the GLT-1/EAAT2 subtype.
Li, L. B., Toan, S. V., Zelenaia, O., Watson, D. J., Wolfe, J. H., Rothstein, J. D., Robinson, M. B.> ;J Neurochem. 2006 May
Serial reversal learning of position discrimination in developing rats.
Watson, D. J., Sullivan, J. R., Frank, J. G., Stanton, M. E.> ;Dev Psychobiol. 2006 Jan
Delayed transplantation of human neurons following brain injury in rats: a long-term graft survival and behavior study.
Zhang, C., Saatman, K. E., Royo, N. C., Soltesz, K. M., Millard, M., Schouten, J. W., Motta, M., Hoover, R. C., McMillan, A., Watson, D. J., Lee, V. M., Trojanowski, J...> ;J Neurotrauma. 2005 Dec
The Use of Specific AAV Serotypes to Stably Transduce Primary CNS Neuron Cultures.
Malik, S. Z., Maronski, M. A., Dichter, M. A., Watson, D. J.> ;Methods Mol Biol. 2012
Identification of potentially neuroprotective genes upregulated by neurotrophin treatment of CA3 neurons in the injured brain.
Malik, S. Z., Motamedi, S., Royo, N. C., LeBold, D., Watson, D. J.> ;J Neurotrauma. 2011 Mar
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Grant Support

Neurobiology Of Spatial Reversal LearningNational Institute Of Mental Health2006–2008

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - AAO - NHS
Fellow

Hospital Affiliations

VA San Diego Healthcare SystemSan Diego, California
UC San Diego Medical Center – HillcrestSan Diego, California