JosephCWatsonMD

Neurosurgery • Vienna, VA

Professor of Neurosurgery & Director, Brain Tumor Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

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Office
8230 Boone Blvd
360
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone+1 703-748-1000

Fax+1 703-748-1010
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Education & Training

Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1992 - 1997
Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1991
Stanford UniversityB.S., Biology, 1983 - 1987

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1999 - Present
VA State Medical License 2006 - 2024
DC State Medical License 2017 - 2024
MN State Medical License 2012 - 2014
NY State Medical License 2003 - 2007
MD State Medical License 1997 - 2007
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors Washingtonian Magazine, 2006-2023
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Prospective Evaluation of Ventriculostomy Infections.
Emmagene Worley, Sonia M Astle, Joseph C. Watson> ;Cureus. 2015 Aug 25
40 citations
Burr Hole Washout versus Craniotomy for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Patient Outcome and Cost Analysis
Jacqueline M. Regan, Emmagene Worley, Christopher Shelburne, Ranjit Pullarkat, Joseph C. Watson> ;Plos One. 2015 Jan 22
11 citations
Delayed Repair of Myelomeningoceles
Joseph C. Watson, Gary W. Tye, John D. Ward> ;World Neurosurgery. 2014 Feb 1
3 citations
Crucifixion and median neuropathy.
Jacqueline M. Regan, Kiarash Shahlaie, Joseph C. Watson> ;Brain and Behavior. 2013 May 1
16 citations
Selective Use of Peri-Operative Steroids in Pituitary Tumor Surgery: Escape from Dogma
Jacqueline M. Regan, Joseph C. Watson> ;Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2013 Mar 18
2 citations
Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard's Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States
Joseph C. Watson, Stephen V. Ho> ;World Neurosurgery. 2011 May 1
11 citations
Pituitary apoplexy associated with anterior communicating artery aneurysm and aberrant blood supply
Kiarash Shahlaie, Joffre E. Olaya, Jonathan Hartman, Joseph C. Watson> ;Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2006 Dec 1
3 citations
The intriguing encounters of Pavlov and Cushing.
Kiarash Shahlaie, Joseph C. Watson, Daniel R. Benson> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2004 Mar 1
21 citations
Simultaneous Symptomatic Rathke’s Cleft Cyst and GH Secreting Pituitary Adenoma: A Case Report
Lucas J Bader, Kawanaa D Carter, Richard E. Latchaw, William G. Ellis, Jason Wexler, Joseph C. Watson> ;Pituitary. 2004 Jan 1
11 citations
Neuroprotection by the stable nitroxide 3-carbamoyl-proxyl during reperfusion in a rat model of transient focal ischemia.
Guohan Hu, Bruce G. Lyeth, Xueren Zhao, James B. Mitchell, Joseph C. Watson> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2003 Feb 1
Real-time detection of vascular occlusion and reperfusion of the brain during surgery by using infrared imaging.
Watson, J.C., Gorbach, A.M., Pluta, R.M., Rak, R., Heiss, J.D., Oldfield, E.H.> ;J Neurosurg. 2002 May
50 citations
Effects of nitric oxide on reactive oxygen species production and infarction size after brain reperfusion injury.
Ryszard M. Pluta, Ramin Rak, David A. Wink, John J. Woodward, Ahmed Khaldi, Edward H. Oldfield, Joseph C. Watson> ;Neurosurgery. 2001 Apr 1
149 citations
Resection of suprasellar tumors by using a modified transsphenoidal approach. Report of four cases.
Joshua G. Kouri, Michael Chen, Joseph C. Watson, Edward H. Oldfield> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2000 Jun 1
92 citations
Neuroprotection by the stable nitroxide Tempol during reperfusion in a rat model of transient focal ischemia
Ramin Rak, Daniel L. Chao, Ryszard M. Pluta, James B. Mitchell, Edward H. Oldfield, Joseph C. Watson> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2000 Apr 1
68 citations
Neurosurgical implications of Carney complex.
Joe C. Watson, Constantine A. Stratakis, P. K. Bryant-Greenwood, Christian A. Koch, L. S. Kirschner, T. Nguyen, J A Carney, Edward Oldfield> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2000 Mar 1
39 citations
Spinal epidural lipomatosis in a patient with the ectopic corticotropin syndrome.
Christian A. Koch, John L. Doppman, Joseph C. Watson, Nicholas J. Patronas, Lynnette K. Nieman> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1999 Oct 28
47 citations
Extrapituitary Parasellar Microadenoma in Cushing’s Disease
Ryszard M. Pluta, Lynnette K. Nieman, John L. Doppman, Joseph C. Watson, Nancy Tresser, David A. Katz, Edward H. Oldfield> ;The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 1999 Aug 1
XV Congress of the Italian Society of Neurosonology, L’Aquila, October 1–4, 1998
Jagdish C. Sharma, Sally Fletcher, Michael Vassallo, José Castillo, Antoni Dávalos, Manuel Noya, Michael DeGeorgia, John Belden, Linda Pao, Michael S. Pessin, E S Kwan...> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 1999 Feb 1
19 citations
The surgical management of spinal dural vascular malformations.
Joe C. Watson, Edward H. Oldfield> ;Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 1999 Jan 1
95 citations
Localization of pituitary adenomas by using intraoperative ultrasound in patients with Cushing's disease and no demonstrable pituitary tumor on magnetic resonance imag...
Joe C. Watson, Thomas H. Shawker, Lynnette K. Nieman, Hetty L. DeVroom, John L. Doppman, Edward H. Oldfield> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 1998 Dec 1
67 citations
Determination of the Ischemic Threshold for Brain Oxygen Tension
Egon M.R. Doppenberg, A. Zauner, Joseph C. Watson, Ross Bullock> ;Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplement. 1998 Jan 1
37 citations
Intraoperative monitoring of substrate delivery during aneurysm and hematoma surgery: initial experience in 16 patients
Egon M.R. Doppenberg, Joseph C. Watson, William C. Broaddus, Kathryn L. Holloway, H. F. Young, Ross Bullock> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 1997 Dec 1
45 citations
Effect of CP101,606, a Novel NR2B Subunit Antagonist of the N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor, on the Volume of Ischemic Brain Damage and Cytotoxic Brain Edema After Middl...
Xiao Di, Ross Bullock, Joseph C. Watson, Panos P. Fatouros, Bertrand Chenard, Frost White, Frank Corwin> ;Stroke. 1997 Nov 1
9 citations
The rationale for, and effects of oxygen delivery enhancement to ischemic brain in a feline model of human stroke.
Egon M.R. Doppenberg, Joseph C. Watson, Ross Bullock, Michael J. Gerber, Alois Zauner, Donald J. Abraham> ;Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1997 Oct 1
31 citations
Effects of the Allosteric Modification of Hemoglobin on Brain Oxygen and Infarct Size in a Feline Model of Stroke
Joseph C. Watson, Egon M.R. Doppenberg, M. Ross Bullock, Alois Zauner, Melody R. Rice, Donald J. Abraham, Harold F. Young> ;Stroke. 1997 Aug 1
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Press Mentions

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Professional Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons - CNS
Member

Other Languages

Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Inova Fairfax Medical CampusFalls Church, Virginia
Reston Hospital CenterReston, Virginia
MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, District of Columbia
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge, Virginia

External Links

Cerebrum MDhttp://www.cerebrummd.com