ThomasJackWatsonMD

Thoracic Surgery • Royal Oak, MI

Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cardiovascular Surgery

System Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Beaumont Health

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Office
3577 W 13 Mile Rd
Ste 202A
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Phone+1 248-551-0669

Fax+1 248-551-0058

Education & Training

University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1994 - 1997
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Surgery, 1988 - 1993
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2021 - 2027
DC State Medical License 2016 - 2022
VA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
MD State Medical License 2019 - 2021
NY State Medical License 1996 - 2017
CA State Medical License 1990 - 1997
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

827 citations
The national lung screening trial: Overview and study design
Constantine A. Gatsonis, Denise R. Aberle, Christine D. Berg, William C. Black, Timothy R. Church
Radiology. 2011-01-01
55 citations
Macrophage subtype predicts lymph node metastasis in oesophageal adenocarcinoma and promotes cancer cell invasion in vitro
Wenqing Cao, Jeffrey H. Peters, Dylan R. Nieman, Meenal Sharma, Thomas J. Watson
British Journal of Cancer. 2015-09-01
281 citations
Worldwide esophageal cancer collaboration.
Thomas W. Rice, Valerie W. Rusch, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Mark S. Allen, L. Q. Chen
Diseases of the Esophagus. 2009-02-01

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