Corey D. Watts, MD
Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Watts is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Scott J, Abers MS, Marwah HK, McCann NC, Meyerowitz EA, Richterman A, Fleming DF, Holmes EJ, Moat LE, Redepenning SG, Smith EA, Stoddart CJ, Sundaram ME, Ulrich AK, Alba C, Anderson CJ, Arpey MK, Borre E, Ladines-Lim J, Mehr AJ, Rich K, Watts C, Basta NE, Jarolimova J, Walensky RP, Dugdale CM. Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025-2026 , N Engl J Med, 393: 2025,2221-2242


Corey Watts, Emily Blumberg, James Lee, Tamara Claridge, Maria Crespo, Judith A Anesi Impact of Inappropriately Low Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Prophylaxis Dosing on CMV Outcomes Among Lung Transplant (LT) Recipients , Open Forum Infectious Diseases: 2019


El-Jawahri A, Kim HT, Steensma DP, Cronin AM, Stone RM, Watts CD, Chen YB, Cutler CS, Soiffer RJ, Abel GA. Does quality of life impact the decision to pursue stem cell transplantation for elderly patients with advanced MDS? , Bone Marrow Transplant, 51(8): 2016,1121–1126


Abel GA, Efficace F, Buckstein RJ, Tinsley S, Jurcic JG, Martins Y, Steensma DP, Watts CD, Raza A, Lee SJ, List AF, Klaassen RJ. Prospective international validation of the Quality of Life in Myelodysplasia Scale (QUALMS) , Haematologica, 101(6): 2016,781-8


Rundell EA, Banta LM, Ward DV, Watts CD, Birren B, Esteban DJ. 16S rRNA gene survey of microbial communities in Winogradsky columns , PLoS One, 9(8): 2014,e104134


Odejide OO, Salas Coronado DY, Watts CD, Wright AA, Abel GA. End-of-life care for blood cancers: a series of focus groups with hematologic oncologists , J Oncol Pract, 10(6): 2014,e396–e403