Miss Natalie Watson

Professional Biography

Additional Information

COVID-19 Specific Projects / Groups

Ms Watson started the PERFORM working group along with Mr Declan Costello, investigating respirable particles emitted during singing, woodwind and brass instruments, exercise, speech and language therapy exercises and inputting this data into computational fluid dynamic modelling. This project is funded by an EPSRC Grant, sponsored by Public Health England and results directly communicated to the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Natalie was also awarded the British Voice Association Van Lawrence award for her contribution.

Awards

National Awards

• 2021 Van Lawrence Prize, British Voice Association, £500
• 2018 Award for funding a neurolaryngology course awarded by British Neurotoxin Network
• 2017 Shortlisted for oral presentation prize British Laryngological Association Annual Conference, London
• 2014 2nd poster presentation prize – 2014 British Rhinological Society, Norwich
• 2006 The Health Foundation Student Research Fellowship £10,000 BSc scholarship

Regional Awards

• 2017 Rowena Ryan Paper Knife award for “Best Overall Trainee Contribution”
• 2017 Certificate of Merit for Poster presentation at Excellence in Healthcare, St George’s
• 2016 Shortlisted for Rowena Ryan Trainee Awards for Best Trainee Led Training Project
• 2016 Certificate of Merit for Poster presentation at Excellence in Healthcare, St George’s
• 2013 SToRM day South-West London Quality Improvement runner up prize
• 2012 SToRM day South-West London Teaching – Gold award £500 prize for a FESS course
• 2011 F2 Foundation Learning Portfolio – Merit, South Thames Foundation School
• 2011 F2 Contribution to Teaching – Merit, South Thames Foundation School

Local Awards

• 2015 Shortlisted for Poster presentation prize for SGH Audit Day (Cochlear Implant)
• 2014 Clinical Audit Day prize – 2nd £50 prize for OPD outcome sheet audit
• 2011 Presentation Prize – Clinical Audit at Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust
• 2009 Jelf Medal awarded by King’s College London (KCL), “The most prestigious award by KCL recognising high academic achievement and achievement in the sporting and social fields”
• 2009 Honorary Life Membership Award for excellent contribution to King’s College London Community, Kings College London Student Union (KCLSU)
• 2007 Laurels for outstanding student contribution, KCLSU
• 2007 Gold Crown (Student Activities award), KCLSU

Memberships

• Co-Editor, ENT and Audiology News, Swallowing edition
• Media and Communications sub-committee, ELS
• Communications and Social Media Representative, BLA
• Mentoring subcommittee WENTs
• Founder and Host of BLA Connections – A Clear Voice Podcast
• Founding member and committee member of Community ENT Group (ENT UK)
• Founder and Course Organiser, ENT Essentials
• Secretary, Lessons Learned, Med Education UK
• 2019-2022 Mentoring Chair WENTs committee
• 2018- 2022 Elected Trainee Representative, British Laryngological Association
• 2017- 2022 AOT South London Representative
• 2015- 2021 Secretary and Meetings Organiser, WENTs

Training Positions

Ms Watson is a regular faculty member of the London Phonosurgery courses teaching consultants on the phono surgery, transnasal oesophagoscopy and CO2 and blue laser laryngeal airway course.

Ms Watson lectures on “in-office” procedures, including botulinum toxin, blue laser and injection medialisation in the larynx, which is a large part of my practice.

Publications

• Abrar R, Stapleton E; WENTS National Mentoring Collaborative. Participant Expectations in a National Otolaryngology Mentorship Programme. J Laryngol Otol. (2022) Aug 17:1-30. doi: 10.1017/S0022215122001852. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35975288.
• Williams, G. Watters, C., Watson, N.A. Auricular manifestation of Monkeypox. BMJ Case Reports (2022).
• Harrison J, Saccente-Kennedy B, Orton CM, McCarthy LP, Archer J, Symons HE, Szczepanska A, Watson, N.A., Browne WJ, Moseley B, Philip KEJ, Hull JH, Calder JD, Costello D, Shah PL, Epstein R, Reid JP, and Bzdek BR. Emission Rates, Size Distributions, and Generation Mechanism of Oral Respiratory Droplets. Aerosol Science and Technology (2022).
• Saccente-Kennedy B, Archer J, Symons HE, Watson, N. A., Orton C, Browne WJ, Harrison J, Calder J, Shah P, Costello D, Reid JP. Quantification of Respirable Aerosol Particles from Speech and Language Therapy Exercises. Journal of Voice (2022) Aug 25:S0892-1997(22)00207-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.07.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36031505.
• Brar, S., Watters C., Watson, N. A., Birchall, M. Karagama, Y. Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) manifestations and complications of reflux. Frontline Gastroenterology (2022) Jun 7;13(e1):e57-e64. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2022-102184. PMID: 35812029; PMCID: PMC9234721.
• Orton CM, Symons HE, Moseley B, Archer J, Watson, N. A., Philip KE, Sheikh S, Saccente-Kennedy B, Costello D, Browne WJ, Calder JD. A comparison of respiratory particle emission rates at rest and while speaking or exercising. Communications medicine. 2022 Apr 19;2(1):1-9.
• Archer J.,1,†, McCarthy, L.P.,1,†, Symons, H. E.,1,†, Watson, N.A.,3,†, Orton, C. M.,4,5,6, Browne, W. J.,2, Harrison, J.,1, Moseley, B.,5,. Philip, K. E. J.,4,6, Calder, J. D., 7,8,. Shah, P. L.,4,5,6, Bzdek, B. R.,1, Costello, D.,9 and Reid, J. P.,1. 2022 Comparing aerosol number and mass exhalation rates from children and adults during breathing, speaking and singing. Interface Focus 12: 20210078. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2021.0078 †First authors.
• Grewal, R., Tantichirasakul, N., Miller, B.J., Watson N. A., Karagama, Y. Office‐based Transnasal Oesophagoscopy: evaluating the safety, efficacy and application in head and neck cancer patients. Clinical Otolaryngology. (2021) May 17.
• Watson, N.A., Karagama, Y., Burnay, V., Boztepe, S., Warner, S., Chevretton, E.B. Effects of coronavirus disease-2019 on voice: our experience of laryngeal complications following mechanical ventilation in severe coronavirus disease-2019 pneumonitis and review of current literature. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 Dec 1;29(6):437-44.
• Watson N. A., Hicklin, L.A.C., Marion, M H. Breathing dystonia in Meige syndrome. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders (2021) Jan 1;5:100106. McCarthy L. P., Orton C. M., Watson N. A., et al., Woodwind and Brass Instruments Aerosol Science and Technology (2021) Jun 8. doi: 10.1080/02786826.2021.1947470
• Watson N. A., Miller, B., Siddiqui, Z., Karagama, Y., Gibbins, N. Non-aesthetic uses of botulinum toxin in the head and neck. European Journal of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (2021) Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06750-4.Online ahead of print. Watson N. A., Orton K. A., Hall A. Fifteen-minute consultation: Guide to paediatric voice disorders. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice. 2021 Feb 12. DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321134
• Gregson F. K. A*., Watson N. A.*, Orton C. M.* Haddrell A. E. McCarthy L. P., Finnie T. J. R., Gent N., Donaldson G. C., Shah P. L., Calder J. D., Bzdek B. R., Costello D., Reid J. P. Comparing Aerosol Concentrations and particle size distributions generated by singing, speaking and breathing. Aerosol Science and Technology (2021) doi: 10.1080/02786826.2021.1883544 *joint first authorship