New faculty spotlight: James Watson, MD

• Name: James Watson, MD
• Current positions at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Family Medicine; family medicine physician, Nebraska Medicine
• Hometown: Fremont, Nebraska

Education:

• Medical degree, UNMC College of Medicine
• Residency in family medicine, UNMC

Professional and medical interests:

• Full-scope primary care including nonsurgical obstetrics
• Medical student and resident education  

How I fell in love with my specialty: I fell in love with family medicine because I get to do a little of everything and because of the opportunity for lifelong patient relationships and the family culture within family medicine.

Memberships:

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Three things people may not know about me:

• My first Husker football game I attended, I was on the “N.” I played on the drumline in college.
• I am an amateur woodworker and would like to eventually build a lot of our home furniture. 
• I have spent more hours than I care to admit researching how to barbecue and smoke meat.

Clinic location: Family Medicine Clinic at Bellevue Health Center