Dr. Watkins is a graduate of Morehouse College and later received his MD degree from Meharry Medical College. Dr. Watkins completed his internal medicine training at the Emory University School of Medicine. In 2000, he was named Medical Director of the Emory General Medical Clinics at Grady Memorial Hospital. Dr. Watkins is board certified in internal medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University and a member of the Medical Association of Georgia and American College of Physicians. He is a member of Open Hand and the DeKalb County Chapter of 100 Black Men of America.