Clinical expertise
Miss Natalie Watson is a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon, specialising in laryngology (disorders and disease of the throat and voice box).
She regularly treats patients with conditions such as:
- airway problems
- coughs
- dysphagia (swallowing problems)
- obstructive sleep apnoea
- throat problems
- voice problems
She performs outpatient laryngology procedures such as:
- biopsies
- injection medialisation (injection laryngoplasty)
- laser to larynx for lesions and vessels
- PRP injections (platelet-rich plasma therapy)
- steroid and botulinum (botox) injections
- transnasal oesophagoscopy (TNO) and balloon dilation
Locations
Our specialist provides care at these locations:
Biography
Miss Natalie Watson is a fellowship-trained consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon and voice specialist (laryngologist) delivering specialist care across the NHS and private sector. She practices at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads multidisciplinary voice clinics, including a dedicated service for professional voice users.
Miss Watson manages voice disorders, chronic cough, obstructive sleep apnoea, airway and swallowing difficulties, and persistent throat symptoms. She works closely with allied health professionals to provide highly personalised care, supported by advanced diagnostics such as vocal health assessment and in clinic video laryngostroboscopy.
With a lifelong passion for musical theatre and experience as a professional soloist and voice-over artist, she brings unique insight into the demands of the professional voice, informing her empathetic approach to singers, actors, and voice professionals.
An internationally recognised educator and researcher, she lectures at the Royal College of Music and King’s College London, where she completed a Master’s in Clinical Education. She has received multiple national awards for clinical excellence, teaching, and research, publishes widely, serves as Secretary and Media Officer of the British Laryngological Association, and hosts the podcast BLA Connections A Clear Voice.
Research
Miss Watson has co-founded the PERFORM working group, 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.
She qualified with two distinctions from Guys, Kings 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. In addition, has also completed a Royal College of Surgeons of England post-CCT laryngology fellowship at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Natalie runs a performer’s voice clinic, general voice clinic, dysphagia and paediatric to adult services in her laryngology clinic. Her research interests include all aspects of laryngology and aerosol physiology. She has active roles in the British Laryngological Association and the European Laryngology Society.
