ClarenceBWatridgeMD

Neurosurgery • Ponte Vedra, FL

Professor, Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine

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Office
104
Laurel Way
Ponte Vedra, FL 32082
Phone+1 901-831-7707

Summary

Dr. Clarence Watridge is a neurosurgeon in Ponte Vedra, FL. He received his medical degree from University of Tennessee College of Medicine and has been in practice 42 years. He is experienced in neurosurgical oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, skull base surgery, pediatric neurosurgery, and stereotactic and functional surgery.

Education & Training

University of TennesseeResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1977 - 1981
University of TennesseeInternship, Transitional Year, 1976 - 1976
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1975
Memphis State UniversityPremed, 1972 - 1973
Baylor UniversityB.S, 1970 - 1971
Memphis State UniversityB.S, 1968 - 1970

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2014 - 2025
TN State Medical License 1976 - 2024
MS State Medical License 1983 - 2016
AL State Medical License 1986 - 2015
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Outstanding Faculty Awards 1986, 1994, 1995, 1997
Physician's Recognition Award AMA, 1981, 1984
Omicron Delta Kappa Senators
Alpha Omega Alpha
Most Promising Physician Award
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

31 citations
Lateral atlantooccipital dislocation: case report.
Clarence B. Watridge, William W. Orrison, Hendrick Arnold, Gregory A. Woods
Neurosurgery. 1985-08-01
110 citations
The National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD): a collaborative North American outcomes registry to advance value-based spine care.
Anthony L. Asher, Ted Speroff, Robert S. Dittus, Scott L. Parker, Jason M Davies
Spine. 2014-10-15
61 citations
Traumatic carotid artery dissection: diagnosis and treatment.
Clarence B. Watridge, Michael S. Muhlbauer, Robbie D. Lowery
Journal of Neurosurgery. 1989-12-01

Journal Articles

Traumatic carotid artery dissection.
Watridge, Clarence B., and Muhlbauer, Michael S, Contemporary Neurosurgery Vol. 11, #16, pp 1-6
The History of Neurosurgery in Memphis, the Semmes-Murphey Clinic and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Memphis, Tenn...
Canale, DJ, Watridge, CB; Fuehrer, TS, Robertson, JH, NEUROSURG 112:189-198
Stenting versus Endarterectomy for Treatment of Carotid-Artery Stenosis.
Thomas G. Brott, M.D., Robert W. Hobson, II, M.D., George Howard, Dr.P.H., Gary S. Roubin, M.D., Ph.D., Wayne M. Clark, M.D., William Brooks, M.D., Ariane Mackey, M.D...., N Engl J Med; 363:11-23

Books/Book Chapters

Spine, State of the Art Reviews.
Chapter: Surgical infections of the spinal canal
Page 437 - 451Watridge,Clarence BHanley and Belfus, Philadelphia
Handbook of Head Trauma: From Acute Care to Recovery.
Chapter: Initial Management of Head Trauma
Feler, Claudio, M.D., and Watridge, Clarence B., M.DPlenum Publishing Corporation, New York, New York
Handbook of Trauma Surgery.
Chapter: Management of closed head injuries
Timmons S., M.D., Watridge C.B. M.DLittle-Brown Publishers
Strategies for Mutual Success.
Chapter: Neurosurgeon – Hospital Partnerships
Watridge, ClarenceAANS Neurosurgeon
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Abstracts/Posters

Carotid occlusion surgery study (COSS).
Watridge, C. B, Annual Tennessee Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Franklin, TN
Endarterectomy: a quarter century experience.
Watridge, C. B, Sarajevo/Bosnia –Herzegovina Conference
The Current Concepts of the Management of Carotid Occlusive Disease.
Watridge, C. B, International Neurosurgical symposium, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovna
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, diagnostics, treatment and prognosis.
Watridge, C. B, Herzegovina Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia
The Pros and Cons of Various Compensation Models.
Watridge, C. B, Panelist, 2007 AANS Annual Meeting, Washington DC
Interventional Endovscular Strategies for Acute Stroke Management.
Watridge, C. B, St. Joseph’s/Chandler during the SouthEast GA Stroke Conference, Hyatt Regency, Savannah GA
The Finesse and Finance of Setting up a Neurosurgical Practice.
Watridge, C. B, SNS Meeting, Sea Island, GA
EC-IC Bypass as an effective treatment for radiation induced moyamoya disease in children.
John S. Winestone, MD, Frederick A Boop MD, Stephanie L. Einhaus MD, Robert A Sanford MD, Michael S Muhlbauer MD, and Clarence Watridge MD. Presented by Dr. John Wines..., SNS Meeting, Sea Island, GA
For Successful Neurosurgery Practice; The Neuro-Science Group Approach.
Watridge, C. B, Seminar 319, AANS Meeting, San Francisco
Managing a Large Multispecialty Neuroscience and Spine Practice.
Dr. Clarence Watridge, Mississippi State Medical Society Meeting, Memphis TN
Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis and Spinal Stenosis.
Watridge, C. B, 69. Southern Neurosurgical Society
Models for Successful Neurosurgery Practice; Protecting the Access Door.
Watridge, C. B, CNS Meeting, Boston, MA
Management of Cervical Carotid Stenosis.
Dr. Clarence Watridge, Neurovascular Conference, UT Memphis,; at MERI in Memphis, TN
Multilevel cervical spondylosis and spinal stenosis.
Watridge, C. B, Southern Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Key West FL
Management of tic Douloureux (Trigeminal Neuralgia).
Watridge, C. B, Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Memphis, TN
Three or more level anterior cervical discectomy & fusion.
Watridge, C. B, Denver Spine Meeting, Denver, CO
Cervical Carotid Artery Salvage.
Watridge, C. B, Tennessee Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Hilton Towers Downtown, Nashville, TN
Understanding Brain Death: Reaching Beyond the Diagnosis.
Watridge, C. B, Hospital policy, state law and diagnosis of brain death, Baptist Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Memphis, TN
Epidural Catheter Granuloma.
Watridge, C. B, Tennessee Neurosurgical Society Mtg, Nashville, TN
Three and Four Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomies.
Watridge, C. B, Tennessee NS Mtg. Knoxville, Hilton, Knoxville TN
Chiari-Case Presentation-Chronic Meningitis.
Watridge, C. B, Southern NS Meeting, Ponte Verde, FL
Extradural resection of Glomus Jugulare Tumors.
Watridge, C. B, 50th Mtg. at the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN
Posterior cervical radiculopathy/diskectomy.
Watridge, C. B, Friday Morning Conference, University of Tennessee, Memphis
Resolution of syringomyelia in Chiari I malformation, a comparison of children vs. adults.
Watridge, C. B, A.A.N.S. 67th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
The Importance of A Neurosurgical Critical Mass.
Watridge, C. B, 78th AANS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
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