Curriculum
Vitae
Cynthia
Mervis Watson, M.D.
Address:
3201 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 211
Santa Monica, California 90403
Phone:
310-393-0937
FAX:
310- 587-3461
Date
of birth: June 12, l950
Place
of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Citizenship:
USA
Employment:
Private Practice - Solo practitioner November 1992 to
present
Women's
Medical Group September l987 to
Private Practice/Family Medicine October 1992
Prairie Medical
Group, Inc. July l986 to Private Practice/Family Medicine September l987
Board
Certification: American Board of Family Practice July 1986
Recertification
July l992, July 1999
Hospital
Affiliations: Santa Monica
- UCLA Hospital, Santa Monica, California
St. Johns Hospital, Santa Monica,
California
Teaching: Clinical Preceptor UCLA Dept of Family Medicine
1995 - present
Clinical Faculty Instructor, Department of Family
Medicine, University of
Southern California
1988-1990
Preceptor, Family Practice Center
Santa Monica Hospital Family Practice Program
University of California, Los Angeles, Affiliate
Education:
High School Peabody High School l968
with Honors
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
College Ohio State University l968 - 70
Columbus, Ohio Liberal
Arts
No Degree
Duquesne University l975-77
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B.S .Chemistry
Magna Cum Laude
Medical
School University of Southern California l979 - 83
Los Angeles, California
Internship
LAC - USC Medical Center l983 - 84
Residency
University of Southern California l983 - 86
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
Family Practice Program
12401 Washington Blvd.
Whittier, California 90602
Acupuncture
UCLA Medical Acupuncture Training 1999
Organizations:
American Academy of Family Practice
National Center for Homeopathy
American
College for the Advancement of Medicine
American Association for Medical Acupuncture
Publications:
Love Potions, A Guide to Aphrodisiacs and Sexual
Pleasures, Putnam, New York,
N.Y. 1993, 2003
User's Guide to Easing Menopausal Symptoms Naturally,
Basic Health Publications, New Jersey,
Love Potions, A 90's Guide to Sexual
Enhancement, a
video production by Sweet Visions Productions, 1993
All
About Lipoic Acid, Avery Publishing, 1999
"Better Sex in Midlife"
Let's Live; November 2000
Rosenbaum, M., Vodjani, A.,Susser, M., Watson, C.;
"Improved Immune Activation Markers in Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction
(CFIDS) Patients with Thymic Protein A"
Jnl of Nutritional and Environmental
Medicine (2001) 11, 241-247
Honors and Certificate for Excellence in
the Sciences, Duquesne
Awards University 1977
American Chemical Society
Award for Research in
Physical Chemistry 1977
Phi Kappa Phi Honorary
Society 1975-77
ARCS Scholarship 1979 - 1983
Consulting: Expert Reviewer, California Medical Board,
Advisory Board
for Natrol, June 1999
Editorial Advisor, Rodale Press
Biological Homeopathic
Industries, Inc.
Advisory Board, Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory
Medical
Advisory Board, Isagenix International
Media:
Appearances on NBC News, Discovery Channel, A& E The Love
Chronicles,
Unsolved Mysteries, Strange Universe, Extra, Hard
Copy, Fox News, Geraldo
Rivera, Jane Whitney, John and Leeza,
Good Day L. A., Real Personal, The
Other Side
"Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", April 2001
"Aphrodisiacs, Magic or Medicine" Discovery Channel
"To Tell
The Truth" October 2001
"Love Chronicles" A& E,
Berman
and Berman, Discovery Channel; March 2002
Articles in Longevity,
Redbook, GQ, Self, Mademoiselle,
New Woman, First for Women, Harper's Bazaar,
New
York Times, Los Angeles Times, L.A. Reader, Muscle & Fitness, Health
Quest, Journal of Longevity Research,
Men's Health and Fitness, Ladies Home
Journal, Details
Lectures: "Women's Health Disorders",
BHI-Heel 1994
"Natural Approaches Towards Menopause", Capital Drugs
"Love Potions and Aphrodisiacs", Whole Life Expo 1996
"Premenstrual
Syndrome", Professional Technical Services
"Nutrition for Breast
Cancer Support" Los Angeles
Breast Cancer Alliance 1995
"Homeopathy
for the Home" , Health Expo
"Complementary Medicine" Little
Company of Mary, Department
of Family Practice, December 1997, Department
of Nurse Managers, January 1998
"Applications of Complementary Medicine
in Clinical Practice", New Hope Communications, March 1998
"Prevention
and Healing Breast Cancer", L.A. Breast Cancer Alliance, April 1988
"Complementary
Medicine Approach to Allergies", California Association of Allergy, Immunology
and Asthma, August 1998
"Alternatives of Antibiotics", St. Johns
Annual CME Staff Conference, Santa Monica, California, September 1998
"Integrated
Medicine Approach to Viral Hepatitis", poster presentation, International
Conference on Viral Hepatitis, Montreal, Canada, October 1998
"Women's
Heath and the Natural Pharmacy" Natural Pharmacy
West, Palm Springs,
California, June 1999
"Natural Medicines for Menopause" 43rd Annual
Kaiser
Permanente Ob-Gyn meeting, San Diego 1999
"Herbal Medicine
and Homeopathy" Cedars Sinai Pediatric
Residents Annual Retreat, UCLA
Conference Center, Lake
Arrowhead, California, September 1999
"Herbal
and Drug Interactions" St John's Hospital Community
Education Project,
May 2000
"Complementary Approach To Osteoarthritis" St John's
Community Education Project, April 2000
"Longevity and Aphrodisaics"
Stephen Weiss Temple, August 2000
"Complementary Approach to GI Disorders",
St. John's Annual
CME Conference. September 2000
"Love Potions and
Aphrodisiacs" Santa Rosa Community Hospital
January 2001, Little Company
of Mary, May 2001
"Complementary Medicine" Arroyo Grande Medical
Center,
May 2001, San Antonio Hospital June 2001, Hoag Hospital October 2001
"Female Sexual Dysfunction" Northridge Hospital, September 2001,
Glendale Adventist, October 2001
"Integrated Approach to Female Sexual
Dysfunction", Women's
Sexual Health State of the Art, UCLA February,
2002
"Natural Approach to Menopause" Little Company of Mary, May
2002
"Herbal Medicine and Drug Interactions", West Hills Hospital,
June 2002
"Hormones and Mood Disorders", Safe Harbor, Los Angeles,
June 2002
"Longevity, How to Live Longer and Healthier" Shangri-La
Women's Day October 2002
"Integrative Approach to Cancer Prevention"
Women's Health Day 2002, Culver City October 2002
"Integrative Medicine
Approach to Pain Management" St. Joseph's Medical Center, Orange, Ca January
2003, Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center, February 2003. Citrus Valley Medical
Center, Covina, Ca March 2003, Kaiser Permanente, Bellflower October 2003, La
Palma Hospital November 2003
"Natural Hormone Replacement" , The
Art of Integrated Health and Wellness" Oxnard, California, March 2003
"Antiaging and Longevity", Downey Community Hospital, June 2003
"Prevention of Breast Cancer", Kaiser Permanente, Sunset, July 2003
"Complementary Medicine and Nutrition", Centinela Hospital September
2003
"Sexual Vitality and Aging", French Hospital, San Luis Obispo
September 2003, Encino Hospital, November 2003
"Integrated Medicine Approach
to Prevention of Heart Disease and Cancer" Women's Health Day, Center for
Healthy Aging, October 2003
"Antiaging Therapies" South Coast Medical
Center, January 2004
"Love Potions and Aphrodisiacs" Santa Monica,
February 2004
"Women's Health Symposium", Panel at Conscious Living
Expo, Los Angeles, California, February 2004
"Keep the Fires Burning,
Sexual Vitality and How to Keep It" Hadassah Women's Conference, February
2004
Research:
Ophthalmological photography, surgical procedures,
microbiology, pathology,
cell culture
Research Technician, University of Southern California,
Department of Dermatology,
l977 - l978
Gas chromatography, Nuclear Resonance Imaging
Technology ,
Summer l977
Research
Assistant in Biochemistry and Physical
Chemistry during undergraduate training
with publications "Douglas, K.T., Yaggi, N.F., Mervis, C.M. Leaving Group
Effects of Thioesters Part II, JCS Perkins II" l981
Research Technician, Center for Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Survey
Research Center, l974 - l976
Foreign
Languages: Spanish, German, Norwegian
Work
Experience: Independent Study, Nurse's Aid, Paracelsus Krankenhaus
Unterlengenhardt,
Germany l973 - l974
Homeopathic and Anthroposophical hospital
Independent Study, Farm Hand/Mother's Helper
Sletnergard, Tenor, Norway l973
-l974
Biodynamic farming, herbal medicine, nutrition
Special
Interests: Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Environmental
Toxicology, Immune Disorders, Homeopathy, Women's Health, Longevity/Anti-aging
Medicine
