Dr. Nathan Watson

Dr. Nathan Watson, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Emergency Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Watson was a Senior Partner in CEP America, a highly regarded democratic physician partnership. He worked as an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department of Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley, California, US for fifteen years and served as its Assistant Medical Director for four years.

Dr. Watson has a lengthy history of volunteer medical work, including international disaster relief, clinic work in underserved countries and communities and event medicine.

Dr. Watson earned his medical doctorate at Stanford University in Stanford, California, US. He then underwent an internship in Emergency Medicine at Stanford University Hospital in Stanford, California, US, where he also performed his residency in Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Watson is an author to quite a few peer-reviewed scientific articles, multiple abstracts and book chapters and has made scientific presentations at several national Emergency Medicine meetings. His research has included a wide variety of topics, most notably alcohol abuse and treatment of allergic reactions.

Dr. Watson resides in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is married to Gudrun Watson, RN and has two step-children and a pet Goldendoodle. He enjoys travel, cooking, exercise, photography and walking his dog. ​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1994 - 1999: STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA, US. Doctor of Medicine, MD
• 1999 - 2000: STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA, US. Intern, Emergency Medicine
• 2000 - 2002: STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA, US. Resident, Emergency Medicine

WORK EXPERIENCE

2002 - 2017: PIONEERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BRAWLEY, CALIFORNIA, US. Senior Partner, Emergency Physician

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine
• Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
• Cared for hundreds of patients in disaster relief after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and two tours in Indonesia after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, as well as the 2007 San Diego wildfires
• Provided volunteer medical care in Mexico and East Africa with Los Medicos Voladores (“The Flying Doctors”), Loma Linda University and other charity organizations
• Recipient, Medical Student Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
• Authored six peer-reviewed scientific articles, multiple abstracts and book chapters and made scientific presentations at several national emergency medicine meetings