During his neurology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, Watts met his wife Nancy Watts (née Angelo), a nurse who had also earned a competitive slot there. The couple worked together as doctor and nurse at Massachusetts General and later at Emory University and UAB, treating patients and educating families and donors about Parkinson's disease. The Wattses have five grown children and ten grandchildren. Awards Birmingham Business Journal Power 60 Most Influential Executives, 2022 Birmingham Business Journal CEO of the Year Award, 2021 America's Top Doctors, Castle and Connolly, 2000–present Best Doctors in America, Woodward and White, 1994–present Birmingham's Best Doctors, Birmingham Magazine, 2003–present University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award, 2014 UAB Distinguished Alumni Award 2007 Who's Who in Health Care, Birmingham Business Journal, 2007 Raymond D. Adams Lecture, Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital, March 11, 2004 Atlanta's Best Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2001-2003 References 1953 births Living people Physicians from Birmingham, Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham alumni Washington University School of Medicine alumni Presidents of the University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty