Ray L Watts MD
Movement Disorder
President, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB); Chair, Board of Directors of UAB Health System; Charles S. Ackerman Endowed Professor in Parkinson’s Disease, Department of Neurology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine; Clinician, Neurology, UAB Kirklin Clinic; Senior Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
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1720 2nd Avenue SouthAdministration Building 1070Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone+1 205-934-4636
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Summary
- Dr. Ray Watts is a neurologist in Birmingham, Alabama and President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in movement disorder and is experienced in deep brain stimulation, movement disorders, botulinum toxin injections for movement disorders, and therapeutics. He has more than 130 publications and over 500 citations.
Education & Training
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Fellowship, 1984 - 1986
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1981 - 1984
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
GA State Medical License 1986 - 2026
AL State Medical License 2003 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1984 - 1987
DC State Medical License 1984 - 1986
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CEO of the Year Business Alabama, 2025
- Annual Power 60 - Most Influential Executives, 2020-present Birmingham Business Journal
- America's Top Doctors, 2000 - present Castle Connolly
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsReturning to Growth: One Academic Medical Center's Successful Five-Step Approach to Change Management.Selwyn M. Vickers, Anupam Agarwal, Nisha Patel, Etty N. Benveniste, Dawn Bulgarella
Academic Medicine. 2021-04-06 - 25 citationsThe effect of unilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on depression in Parkinson's disease.Elizabeth L. Birchall, Harrison C. Walker, Gary Cutter, Stephanie Guthrie, Allen Joop
Brain Stimulation. 2017-05-01 - 198 citationsGene delivery of neurturin to putamen and substantia nigra in Parkinson disease: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.C. Warren Olanow, Raymond T. Bartus, Tiffany L. Baumann, Stewart A. Factor, Nicholas M. Boulis
Annals of Neurology. 2015-08-01
Press Mentions
Heersink Office of Research Emphasizes Collaboration and Innovation at 2025 Annual Research RetreatMarch 4th, 2025- Marnix E. Heersink, M.D., Honored with UAB President’s MedalDecember 18th, 2024
https://yellowhammernews.com/uab-to-acquire-ascension-st-vincents/June 25th, 2024- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Neurological AssociationMember
- American Academy of NeurologyMember
- Society for NeuroscienceMember
- Alpha Omega AlphaMember
- Movement Disorders SocietyMember
- International Brain Research OrganizationMember
- Medical Association of State of AlabamaMember
- Alabama Academy of NeurologyMember
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