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Franklin Shields Watkins, MD

  • Gerontology Geriatrics
Franklin Shields Watkins, MD

Franklin Shields Watkins, MD

  • Gerontology Geriatrics

Conditions and Treatments

  • High Blood Pressure
  • Depression
  • Arthritis
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5 (22 Ratings)


Adult Provider



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    Conditions and Treatments

    • High Blood Pressure
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Alzheimer's Disease
    • Depression
    • Dementia
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Arthritis
    • Age-Related Hearing Loss
    • Atherosclerosis
    • Congestive Heart Failure
    • High Cholesterol
    • Osteoporosis
    • Tremor
    • Gait Disturbances
    • Joint Pain
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Parkinson's Disease
    • Heart Disease
    • Obesity
    • Stroke
    • Urinary Incontinence/Urinary Frequency

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    Ratings and Reviews

    5.0

    22 Ratings 14 Comments

    Listened to me 5.0
    Cared about me 5.0
    Clearly explained my problem or condition 5.0
    Included me in decisions about my care 5.0

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    Patient Comments

    • February 19, 2023 I have nevedr felt in better hands in 70 years he is amazing his knowledge and follow up of issues and attention to detail makes me feel well cared for and in excellent hands
    • February 15, 2023 Dr Watkins took plenty of time to review my medical situation and was very easy to talk to. I am very pleased to be under Dr Watkins care!
    • February 3, 2023 Very special doctor who cares about his patients
    • February 1, 2023 Dr Watkins is always thoughtful and responsive to my health and general wellbeing issues. I am always comfortable talking with him. He is my favorite Dr of all time! I consider him my doctor and counselor!
    • January 11, 2023 Best doctor ever!
    • October 20, 2022 Very attentive, compassionate, friendly, like talking to a friend
    • October 15, 2022 Franklin Watkins is an outstanding, caring physician.
    • September 21, 2022 I have been pleased with the care he has given me. He takes time discussing any questions I may have. I feel thankful to have him as my doctor.
    • August 9, 2022 Dr. Franklin Watkins arranged to see my very quickly after I developed a new medical problem. He saw me right on time, asked thorough questions and did a thorough physical exam, and then arranged the follow up I needed. If there was a weakness, it was parking, but I got lucky and found a spot for my small car (there's valet parking available, too).
    • July 21, 2022 My visit with Dr.Franklin Watkins was excellent. I am pleased to have him as my PCP.
    • July 2, 2022 Took the time to listen and talk with me.
    • May 17, 2022 Very good doctor
    • April 1, 2022 Friendly, caring and truly listens! Clone this gentleman doctor!
    • April 1, 2022 Dr. Watkins is an outstanding physician and an excellent role model. He carefully addressed all my concerns.

    Locations

    Geriatric Medicine - Sticht Center

    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

    Address

    Sticht Center

    Medical Center Boulevard

    G Floor

    Winston-Salem, NC 27157

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    Appointments

    336-713-8250
    336-713-8252 (FAX)
    Geriatric Medicine - Sticht Center

    J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation

    Address

    Medical Center Boulevard

    Winston-Salem, NC 27157

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    Contact Us

    336-713-8250
    J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation

    Geriatric Consultation Clinic

    at J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation

    Address

    Medical Center Boulevard

    Winston-Salem, NC 27157

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    Contact Us

    336-713-8250
    Geriatric Consultation Clinic
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    Geriatric Outpatient Clinic

    at J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation

    Address

    Medical Center Boulevard

    Winston-Salem, NC 27157

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    Contact Us

    336-713-8250
    Geriatric Outpatient Clinic
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    Credentials

    Education

    • BSc, University of Tennessee, 1998
    • MD, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, 2002

    Residency

    • Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2005

    Fellowship

    • Geriatrics, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2006

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine
    • American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

    Memberships

    • American Medical Association
    • American Geriatrics Society

    Positions

    • Physician
    • Associate Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

    Insurance

    Insurance Accepted

    This chart is a list of the most common health insurance plans we accept. This list is subject to change. Please check your individual plan to confirm their participation and the coverage allowed.

    Due to the different physician groups and hospitals within the Wake Forest Baptist system, physician services and hospital services are billed separately. Please remember that health insurance coverage varies, so some services may not be covered.

    If you don’t see your plan or you have questions, please call our Customer Service Center at 877-938-7497. We will do our best to work with you and your plan.


    Key

    WFUHS - Wake Forest University Health Sciences (professional services)
    NCBH
    - North Carolina Baptist Hospital
    LMC
    - Lexington Medical Center
    CHC
    - Cornerstone Healthcare
    Wilkes
    - Wilkes Regional Medical Center
    HPR
    - High Point Regional
    N/A
    - Not applicable to services provided at facility and/or CHC
    NC
    -Not Contracted, very low to no volume for facility and/or CHC


    Wake Forest Baptist Health Managed Care/MA Contracts - January2022

    AETNA CONNECTED ACA/Exchange: Accepted at all locations

    AETNA (PPO & HMO): Accepted at all locations

    AETNA MEDICARE: Accepted at all locations

    AETNA WHOLE HEALTH: Accepted at all locations

    ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH, Davie, LMC, CHC and Wilkes (not applicable to services provided at High Point)

    AMBETTER OF NC: Accepted at all locations

    AMERIHEALTH CARITAS NEXT ACA/Exchange: Accepted at all locations

    APEX MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Accepted at all locations

    BCBSNC (PPO & HMO): Accepted at all locations

    BCBS HIGH PERFORMANCE (NATIONAL NETWORK): Accepted at all locations

    BLUE LOCAL (WFBH INDIVIDUAL & WFBH X_Group): Accepted at all locations

    BLUE MEDICARE: Accepted at all locations

    BLUE VALUE: Accepted at all locations

    CAROLINA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH and CHC (not applicable to services provided at Davie, LMC, Wilkes and High Point)

    CIGNA: Accepted at all locations

    CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Accepted at NCBH and High Point (not applicable to services provided at Davie, LMC, CHC and Wilkes)

    CIGNA HEALTHSPRING MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH, Davie, LMC, CHC and High Point (not applicable to services provided at Wilkes)

    CIGNA LIFESOURCE (TRANSPLANTS): Accepted at WFUHS and NCBH (not applicable to services provided at Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    COVENTRY/WELLPATH: Accepted at all locations

    CRESCENT PPO (ASHEVILLE): Accepted at WFUHS and NCBH (not contracted, very low to no volume for Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    DEVOTED HEALTH: Accepted at all locations

    DIRECT NET:
    Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH, Davie, LMC, Wilkes and High Point (not contracted, very low to no volume for CHC)

    FIRST HEALTH (COVENTRY): Accepted at all locations

    FIRSTCAROLINACARE (PINEHURST, NC): Accepted at NCBH (not contracted, very low to no volume for WFUHS, Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    GATEWAY HEALTH ALLIANCE (VIRGINIA): Accepted at WFUHS and NCBH (not contracted, very low to no volume for Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    GOLDEN RULE INS (UNITED): Accepted at all locations

    HEALTHGRAM (formerly PRIMARY PHYSICIAN CARE): Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH and LMC (not contracted, very low to no volume for Davie, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    HEALTHTEAM ADVANTAGE: Accepted at all locations

    HUMANA CHOICECARE: Accepted at all locations

    HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Accepted at all locations

    LIBERTY ADVANTAGE (MEDICARE ADVANTAGE): Accepted at WFUHS and NCBH (not applicable to services provided at Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    MAGELLAN (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH): Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH and CHC (not applicable to services provided at Davie, LMC, Wilkes and High Point)

    MEDCOST: Accepted at all locations

    MEDCOST ULTRA: Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH, Davie, LMC, Wilkes and High Point (not applicable at CHC)

    OPTUMHEALTH (TRANSPLANTS - APPLICABLE TO NCBH/WFUHS ONLY): Accepted at WFUHS and NCBH (not applicable to services provided at Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    PREFERRED CARE OF VA INC: Accepted at WFUHS and NCBH (not contracted, very low to no volume for Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    SOUTHERN HEALTH SVCS (COVENTRY-PPO ONLY): Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH, Davie and CHC (not contracted, very low to no volume for LMC, Wilkes and High Point)

    TWIN COUNTY (VIRGINIA): Accepted at WFUHS and NCBH (not contracted, very low to no volume for Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Accepted at WFUHS, NCBH, CHC and High Point (not applicable to services provided at Davie, LMC and Wilkes)

    UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (WFUHS ONLY): Accepted at WFUHS (not applicable for services provided at NCBH, Davie, LMC, CHC, Wilkes and High Point)

    UNITED HEALTHCARE: Accepted at all locations

    UNITED HEALTHCARE ESSENTIALS ACA/EXCHANGE: Accepted at all locations

    UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE: Accepted at all locations

    VA CCN: Accepted at all locations

    WELLCARE: Accepted at all locations

    WELLPATH (COVENTRY): Accepted at all locations 


    Key 

    WFUHS - Wake Forest University Health Sciences (professional services)
    NCBH - North Carolina Baptist Hospital
    LMC - Lexington Medical Center
    CHC - Cornerstone Healthcare
    Wilkes - Wilkes Regional Medical Center
    HPR- High Point Regional
    N/A - Not applicable to services provided at facility and/or CHC
    NC - Not Contracted, very low to no volume for facility and/or CHC


    Research

    • Publications
    • A 360-degree assessment of teaching effectiveness using a structured-videorecorded observed teaching exercise for faculty development. Jones CA, Watkins FS, Williams J, Lambros A, Callahan KE, Lawlor J, Williamson JD, High KP, Atkinson HH. Med Educ Online. 2019 Dec; 24(1):1596708.
    • Intern Boot Camp: Feasibility and impact of a 1-hour session to ensure graduating medical student competency in falls risk assessment. Omlor RL, Watkins FS, Lawlor JS, Lovato JF, Fino NF, Atkinson HH. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. ; 38(3):346-353.
    • Utilizing a Meals on Wheels program to teach falls risk assessment to medical students. Demons JL, Chenna S, Callahan KE, Davis BL, Kearsley L, Sink KM, Watkins FS, Williamson JD, Atkinson HH. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2014; 35(4):409-20.
    • Teaching medical student geriatrics competencies in 1 week: an efficient model to teach and document selected competencies using clinical and community resources. Atkinson HH, Lambros A, Davis BR, Lawlor JS, Lovato J, Sink KM, Demons JL, Lyles MF, Watkins FS, Callahan KE, Williamson JD. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jul; 61(7):1182-7.
    • Association of common genetic variants in GPCPD1 with scaling of visual cortical surface area in humans. Bakken TE, Roddey JC, Djurovic S, Akshoomoff N, Amaral DG, Bloss CS, Casey BJ, Chang L, Ernst TM, Gruen JR, Jernigan TL, Kaufmann WE, Kenet T, Kennedy DN, Kuperman JM, Murray SS, Sowell ER, Rimol LM, Mattingsdal M, Melle I, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Schork NJ, Dale AM, Weiner M, Aisen P, Petersen R, Jack CR, Jagust W, Trojanowki JQ, Toga AW, Beckett L, Green RC, Saykin AJ, Morris J, Liu E, Montine T, Gamst A, Thomas RG, Donohue M, Walter S, Gessert D, Sather T, Harvey D, Kornak J, Dale A, Bernstein M, Felmlee J, Fox N, Thompson P, Schuff N, Alexander G, DeCarli C, Bandy D, Koeppe RA, Foster N, Reiman EM, Chen K, Mathis C, Cairns NJ, Taylor-Reinwald L, Trojanowki JQ, Shaw L, Lee VM, Korecka M, Crawford K, Neu S, Foroud TM, Potkin S, Shen L, Kachaturian Z, Frank R, Snyder PJ, Molchan S, Kaye J, Quinn J, Lind B, Dolen S, Schneider LS, Pawluczyk S, Spann BM, Brewer J, Vanderswag H, Heidebrink JL, Lord JL, Johnson K, Doody RS, Villanueva-Meyer J, Chowdhury M, Stern Y, Honig LS, Bell KL, Morris JC, Ances B, Carroll M, Leon S, Mintun MA, Schneider S, Marson D, Griffith R, Clark D, Grossman H, Mitsis E, Romirowsky A, deToledo-Morrell L, Shah RC, Duara R, Varon D, Roberts P, Albert M, Onyike C, Kielb S, Rusinek H, de Leon MJ, Glodzik L, De Santi S, Doraiswamy PM, Petrella JR, Coleman RE, Arnold SE, Karlawish JH, Wolk D, Smith CD, Jicha G, Hardy P, Lopez OL, Oakley M, Simpson DM, Porsteinsson AP, Goldstein BS, Martin K, Makino KM, Ismail MS, Brand C, Mulnard RA, Thai G, Mc-Adams-Ortiz C, Womack K, Mathews D, Quiceno M, Diaz-Arrastia R, King R, Weiner M, Martin-Cook K, DeVous M, Levey AI, Lah JJ, Cellar JS, Burns JM, Anderson HS, Swerdlow RH, Apostolova L, Lu PH, Bartzokis G, Silverman DH, Graff-Radford NR, Parfitt F, Johnson H, Farlow MR, Hake AM, Matthews BR, Herring S, van Dyck CH, Carson RE, MacAvoy MG, Chertkow H, Bergman H, Hosein C, Black S, Stefanovic B, Caldwell C, Ging-Yuek , Hsiung R, Feldman H, Mudge B, Assaly M, Kertesz A, Rogers J, Trost D, Bernick C, Munic D, Kerwin D, Mesulam MM, Lipowski K, Wu CK, Johnson N, Sadowsky C, Martinez W, Villena T, Turner RS, Johnson K, Reynolds B, Sperling RA, Johnson KA, Marshall G, Frey M, Yesavage J, Taylor JL, Lane B, Rosen A, Tinklenberg J, Sabbagh M, Belden C, Jacobson S, Kowall N, Killiany R, Budson AE, Norbash A, Johnson PL, Obisesan TO, Wolday S, Bwayo SK, Lerner A, Hudson L, Ogrocki P, Fletcher E, Carmichael O, Olichney J, Kittur S, Borrie M, Lee TY, Bartha R, Johnson S, Asthana S, Carlsson CM, Potkin SG, Preda A, Nguyen D, Tariot P, Fleisher A, Reeder S, Bates V, Capote H, Rainka M, Scharre DW, Kataki M, Zimmerman EA, Celmins D, Brown AD, Pearlson GD, Blank K, Anderson K, Santulli RB, Schwartz ES, Sink KM, Williamson JD, Garg P, Watkins F, Ott BR, Querfurth H, Tremont G, Salloway S, Malloy P, Correia S, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Mintzer J, Longmire CF, Spicer K, Finger E, Rachinsky I, Drost D, Jernigan T, McCabe C, Grant E, Ernst T, Kuperman J, Chung Y, Murray S, Bloss C, Darst B, Pritchett L, Saito A, Amaral D, DiNino M, Eyngorina B, Sowell E, Houston S, Soderberg L, Kaufmann W, van Zijl P, Rizzo-Busack H, Javid M, Mehta N, Ruberry E, Powers A, Rosen B, Gebhard N, Manigan H, Frazier J, Kennedy D, Yakutis L, Hill M, Gruen J, Bosson-Heenan J, Carlson H. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2012 Mar; 109(10):3985-90.
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