Paula Watson, MD

Dr. Paula Watson is an Assistant Professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She is board certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Watson graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Northeast Louisiana University. She earned her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Science where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She completed a medicine residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and completed a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Watson subsequently practiced Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in Sarasota, Florida before returning to Vanderbilt University as faculty. Dr. Watson's research interests include sleep and sedation in the intensive care unit, cognitive dysfunction in critically ill patients, and sepsis. For more details of her work, please contact her for a copy of her Curriculum Vitae.