Dr. John T. Watson, MD

Dr. Watson practices at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of SSM Health Care.

Dr. Watson's NPI, 1043239254, was assigned on July 19, 2006. Dr. Watson graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Watson holds Missouri license 2003000632.

Dr. Watson's primary practice is SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, at 1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63104 in St. Louis City. The practice phone is (314) 257-8000.

Dr. Watson's primary practice is SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of SSM Health Care. The medical group on file is SLUCare Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 1 more behavioral health center, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Watson practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Watson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Watson is licensed in Missouri.

CMS data shows 16 Medicare services from Dr. Watson across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 48 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $677 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 48 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 17 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.14, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Watson's median patient age at 62, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Watson wrote 44 Medicare Part D claims for 21 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 28 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $203 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 33 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Watson for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 51 papers to Dr. Watson, published from 2014 to 2022. 2016 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Coronavirus Infections, Disease Outbreaks and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Dr. Watson has published most often in Emerg Infect Dis. Dr. Watson's most frequent co-authors are Susan I. Gerber, MD, Holly Biggs, MD and Daniel Feikin, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 791 general payments to Dr. Watson from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $1,757,655.

Dr. Watson graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 1981.