Watson honored as a distinguished teacher

Robert T. Watson, M.D., the college’s senior associate dean for educational affairs and a neurology professor, was one of four medical professors honored as a distinguished teacher at the Association of American Medical College’s annual meeting in November.

Watson received the Robert J. Glaser AOA Distinguished Teacher Award, a national honor the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society established in 1988 to recognize medical school faculty for their achievements in medical education.

Watson, who graduated from the UF College of Medicine and completed his residency in neurology here, has served as senior associate dean for the past 15 years. During that time, Watson helped establish the Thomas H. Maren Medical Student reading room and the Chapman chapter of the Gold Humanism Society.

The medical class of 1985 also honored him with the Hippocratic Award, the highest honor a faculty member can receive in the college.