Charles Watts, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Charles Watts graduated from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN in 1991 with a degree in Chemistry, received a Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry from the University of MN in 1998, and his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NE in 2000.  He finished his neurosurgical residency at the University of Minnesota in June, 2006 and has completed a fellowship in Surgery Critical Care at the University of Minnesota. 

Dr. Watts currently sees patients at our Edina office and performs surgery at Fairview Southdale Hospital and Abbott Northwestern Hospital.  He performs Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at the University of Minnesota. 

Dr. Watts joined Neurosurgical Associates in the summer of 2006.  

Some of Dr. Watts' major clinical interests are:

• Brain tumors
• Complex spine surgeries
• Neurocritical care of severely injured patients secondary to ischemic stroke
• Intracranial and subarchanoid hemorrhage and trauma
• Cervical Arthroplasty (Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement)

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