Ray L. Watts
| Ray L. Watts | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born | Ray Lannom Watts December 18, 1953 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Alma mater |
University of Alabama Birmingham Washington University School of Medicine |
Ray Lannom Watts (born December 18, 1953) is the seventh president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
A Birmingham native and graduate of West End High School, Watts earned a bachelor's degree in engineering at UAB in 1976. Four years later, he graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as valedictorian of his class.
Watts completed a neurology residency, medical internship, and clinical fellowships at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a two-year medical staff fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. He is a member of American Neurological Association; American Academy of Neurology; Society for Neuroscience; Alpha Omega Alpha; Movement Disorders Society; International Brain Research Organization; Medical Association of State of Alabama; and the Alabama Academy of Neurology.
Before returning to UAB in 2003, he was part of a team that helped to create an internationally renowned research and clinical center for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders at Emory University in Atlanta.
In 2010, Watts accepted the position of Senior Vice President and Dean of the School of Medicine at UAB, and later was named to the James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair. He then became UAB's seventh President in February 2013.
Watts was named chair of the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) for 2016 and remains as chair in 2017 as the BBA focuses on the development of the city’s innovation district, known as “Innovate Birmingham.”
At UAB, Watts served as the John N. Whitaker Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology. There he led the development of an interdisciplinary research program aimed at translating scientific breakthroughs into promising new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and played a key role in the establishment of the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center. He also was named president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation.
...
Wikipedia