Natalie Watson
ENT consultant
Biography
Natalie Watson has a passion for laryngology and singing. She has a masters in clinical education, for which she was awarded a distinction from King’s College London. Natalie qualified with two distinctions from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School and was awarded the prestigious Jelf medal. She obtained an intercalated honours BSc in neuroscience having received the Health Foundation Student Research Fellowship.
Natalie offers a state-of-the-art laryngology in-office procedure service. She works closely with many other departments including, speech and language therapy, gastroenterology, respiratory and critical care to provide comprehensive medical and surgical management of airway, voice and swallow.
Education and training
- BSc (Hons) Basic Medical Sciences with Neuroscience, King’s College London
- MBBS Undergraduate training, King’s College London
- Post Graduate Certificate in Healthcare and Biomedical Education, St George’s, University of London
- Master of Arts in Clinical Education, King’s College London
- Higher surgical training in ENT South London rotation, including Great Ormond Street Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and St George’s Hospital
- Post-CCT Royal College of Surgeons of England Laryngology Fellowship at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Research interests
- Co-founded the PERFORM working group, researching respirable particles emitted during singing, woodwind and brass instruments, exercise, speech and language therapy exercises and inputting this data into computational fluid dynamic modelling
- Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
- Neurolaryngology
- Persistent Throat Symptoms and cough
- Singing and vocal pathologies
- Dysphagia
Awards
- Faraday Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Van Lawrence Prize, British Voice Association
- Jelf Medal, King’s College London
- The Health Foundation Student Research Fellowship
- EPSRC grant (co-applicant for PERFORM 2 project), sponsored by Public Health England (PHE)
- Ministry of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, funding grant for PERFORM part 1 project, sponsored by PHE
Contact
Medical secretary: Ilkay Karabeyaz
Phone: 020 7188 2217
Specialist interests
- Laryngology
- Neurolaryngology
- In-office (Outpatient) laryngology procedures (laser, transnasal oesophagoscopy and balloon dilation, biopsies, injection medialisation, PRP, steroid and botulinum injections)
- Professional voice users and singers
- Paediatric and adult laryngology transition service
- Dysphagia
- Cough
Last updated: February 2026