Kari Beth Watts, DO

Kari Beth Watts, DO
Kari Beth Watts, DO

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Contact Information

Patient Care Related:
Family Medicine - Crosstown Parkway, 269.585.0200
Family Medicine Obstetrics - FHC, 269.349.2641

Biosketch

Kari Beth Watts, DO, is a family physician with the Department of Family and Community Medicine's Family Medicine Residency Program - Battle Creek. Dr. Watts is a graduate of the University of Michigan. She earned her medical degree from A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. She completed her family medicine residency with the University of Illinois at Peoria. Her research interests include osteopathic manipulative treatment and racial disparities in maternal health outcomes.

  • Education and Training
    • Residency 2018, Family Medicine, College of Medicine at Peoria, University of Illinois
    • DO 2015, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University
    • Fellowship 2013, Anatomy, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University
    • BS 2008, Anthropology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

  • Research
    • racial disparities in health
    • Osteopathic manipulative treatment
    • Medical humanities
    • CenteringPregnancy
    • Breastfeeding

  • Publications

    • Wright A.S., Costerisan A., Watts K.B. Problems During Labor and Delivery Family Medicine: Principles and Practice: Eighth Edition. 2022:177-192.

    • Watts K.B. Love Anyway Family medicine. 2021;53:305-306.

    • Watts K.B., Lagouros M. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Breastfeeding Clinical Lactation. 2020;11(1):28-34.