Dr. Watanabe is a Clinical Associate Professor at the USC Keck School of Medicine in the neuroradiology division and the Chief Medical Officer of CureMetrix®, a San Diego-based software company developing technology to assist radiologists in breast cancer detection. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the California Radiological Society and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals including the American Journal of Radiology and the American Journal of Neuroradiology and Radiology. Dr. Watanabe also serves as a reviewer for several medical journals.