The Urology Center

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H. Stephen Watson, M.D. -- Biography

Dr. Watson is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Urology and is the founder of the Urology Center. He is a practicing urological surgeon who is responsible for introducing new and advanced applications of medical and surgical treatments to the area, including the "sling" surgery for female urinary incontinence, the "Studer" orthotopic bladder replacement surgery for bladder cancer, office based prostate microwave treatment, laparoscopic prostate cancer surgery for the removal of

lymph nodes, contemporary urological office-based 5-channel urodynamics, laparoscopic testicular surgery, intraoperative antegrade percutaneous access for kidney stone surgery, laparoscopic kidney preserving cryosurgical freezing of renal cancer, current prostate biopsy techniques, office based no-scalpel vasectomy, cryosurgical prostate cancer freezing and many others.

Dr. Watson is a Florida Parishes native who was born in Baton Rouge. No stranger to hard work, Dr. Watson grew-up working on his father's dairy farm near Amite, Louisiana. He attended Southeastern Louisiana University and graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Centenary College of Louisiana.

Dr. Watson graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine before completing his six-year surgery and urology residency training at institutuions including Scott and White Clinic and Hospital, Texas A&M College of Medicine; Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Olin E. Teague Veterans Memorial Hospital. Dr. Watson began his urological surgery practice as a member of the physician staff of the Ochsner Clinic prior to establishing the Urology Center, a private urology practice.

Dr. Watson is the recipient of numerous awards including awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Texas Medical Association, the Southern Medical Association, Texas A&M College of Medicine, the Texas Urological Association and other medical organizations. He is the author of scientific papers published in the internationally acclaimed Journal of Urology as well as other peer reviewed medical journals.

Dr. Watson has authored and presented numerous research papers concerning wide-ranging urological topics at meetings around the nation. For his work he accepted invitation to become a member of the Eta Chapter of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He is a member of the American Urological Association, the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association, local medical organizations and the Louisiana and Texas Urological Societies.

Dr. Watson is a fully certified urological surgeon. Follow the links below to learn more about the organizations with which Dr. Watson is affiliated.

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

American Board of Urology

American Board of Medical Specialists

American Urological Association

Texas Urological Society

What does Certified mean?

Licensure to practice and Certification by the American Board of Urology (ABU), a member of the American Board of Medical Specialists, requires fulfillment of a long list of requirements which include:

college requirements (~4 years)
completion of medical school (4 years)
completion of qualified internship and residency training (6 years)
passing state and national written examinations
passing rigorous ABU written examinations
passing an ABU radiology examination
passing an ABU pathology examination
passing ABU subjective oral examinations
periodic recertification examinations
approval by the ABU of a review of hundreds of surgical cases
approval by the ABU of reviews by Board Certified physician peers