
Kara L. Watts, MD
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(718) 920-4531About
Dr. Kara L. Watts, Associate Professor of Urology, joined the urology faculty at Montefiore in 2016. She completed a fellowship in Quality and Performance Improvement in Healthcare and an extended observership in focal ablation for prostate cancer in the UK. She serves as the Director of Quality Assurance and Improvement for the Department of Urology and leads the prostate cancer screening program.
Dr. Watts' clinical practice focuses on BPH, endourology, and prostate cancer detection and ablation. She also offers image-guided focal ablation for localized prostate cancer. She has a particular interest in active surveillance of prostate cancer and incorporating imaging modalities, particularly MRI imaging, into the diagnosis and treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Dr. Watts has numerous peer-reviewed publications, written several book chapters and co-edited a textbook. She has presented both nationally and internationally at various conferences and with the AUA regarding her work on quality improvement in healthcare and active surveillance and focal ablation in prostate cancer. She is involved in several national and international committees and editorial boards, including the AUA Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, the Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Research Initiative Advisory Committee, and the Urology Times Editorial Board.
Credentials
Education & Training
- Medical Education
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- Residency
- Montefiore Medical Center
Expertise
Focus
- Clinical Focus
- Clinical practice focuses on BPH, endourology, and prostate cancer detection and ablation.
- Research Focus
- Work on quality improvement in healthcare and active surveillance and focal ablation in prostate cancer.
Specialties
- Urology
Accepted Insurance
- 1199SEIU Benefit Funds
- Aetna
- Affinity by Molina Healthcare
- Amidacare
- Anthem BCBS
- Anthem BCBS Healthplus
- ArchCare
- CDPHP
Locations
- Primary LocationMEDICAL ARTS PAVILION UROLOGY3400 Bainbridge AvenueBronx, New York 10467-2404
- Montefiore Department Of Urology1250 Waters Place- Tower II9th FloorBronx, New York 10461