Joy Watson, MMS, PA-C

Joy Watson is a certified Physician Assistant with 19 years of experience. She sees patients at North Suburban Dermatology Associates.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Augustana College, a private school in Rock Island, IL, before attending Saint Louis University where she earned her Physician Assistant Master of Medical Sciences degree in 2004. From there, Joy went on to work in the surgery department at Medical Associates of Clinton in Iowa, before she began her career in dermatology with Soderstrom Skin Institute out of Davenport and Clinton in Iowa in 2009. Joy completed the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants diplomat fellowship.

Joy specializes in medical dermatology including full-body skin examinations (skin cancer screenings), excisions, acne, and treating additional conditions of the skin ranging from acute to chronic.

Joy, her husband, and their daughters recently moved to Illinois from Iowa.