Prof John Watson (Neurologist)
- Name
- Prof John Douglas Glenton Watson
- Qualifications
- MBBS 1984
- FRACP 1990
- Occupation
- Neurologist
- Scientist - Researcher - Academia
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- French
- Medical Specialties
- Neurology
- Phone
- 02 9473 8777
- Fax
- 02 9473 8779
Prof Watson commenced medical studies at the University of Sydney in 1973, interrupting this course to take a BSc (First Class Honours) in Neurophysiology. He was the New South Wales Rhodes Scholar for 1977, which enabled him to travel to Oxford University for a Doctorate in Philosophy, also in Neurophysiology. Returning to the University of Sydney in 1981 he completed his medical studies, again obtaining First Class Honours, before commencing work as an Intern, RMO and Registrar at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. In 1990 he travelled to London where he was a Lecturer and Senior Registrar in Neurology at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital. After a year in this position he became a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at University College London, and the MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital. Here he undertook functional brain imaging research using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to explore the visual system of the human brain, and the relationship between the structure and function of the human brain; research he continues to this day.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Sydney Adventist Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Northern Neuroscience
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN)
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Sydney
- Medical Conditions
- Dementia
- Stroke
