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Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Michigan
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
I am Michael E. Watson, MD, PhD, a Clinical Associate Professor from the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I am originally from St. Louis, Missouri. I studied Medicine and Microbiology at the University of Missouri, earning an M.D. and Ph.D. I completed residency training in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children's Hospital and stayed at Washington University for fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. I am triple board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. I have been a faculty member at the University of Michigan since 2013. I am the Director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program and I am the Assistant Director of Medical Student Education in the Department of Pediatrics. My research interests include improving the quality of medical education, and conducting research on bacterial infections affecting children, especially Group A Streptococcal infections.