Welcome to Northlake Urology, a partnership of board-certified urology physicians established by Dr. Stephen Watson and Dr. Harold Neitzschman.  We dedicate Northlake Urology and this site to our physician mentors.  Without their instruction and trust our achievements would not have been possible.  While career not our foremost ambition, we are fortunate to be able to make rewarding careers of the profession that we love.

We want to share our enthusiasm for our chosen specialty with our patients.  The field of urology continues to rapidly grow with advances in screening, prevention and treatment for a wide range of conditions including genitourinary cancer, female and male urinary incontinence, kidney stone disease, female urinary tract infections, prostatitis, prostate enlargement and sexual medicine.  Our practice entails behavioral therapies, herbal medicine, medical treatments, minimally invasive office-based surgical procedures, urodynamics, laparoscopic surgery, laser surgery, lithotripsy and standard surgical treatments. 

As medical advances occur, we strive to keep our patients informed and up-to-date.  Our goal is to have patients understand all options for evaluation and treatment.  The information provided here represents a brief overview of diagnosis and treatment options for common urological conditions.  This information may be used as a resource to stimulate questions about urological issues.  However, there is no substitute for direct consultation with your board-certified urologist.

Our website is always under construction. In time, we hope to provide a full complement of urological information with links to additional resources , which may be used as a guide for comprehensive urology care. 

New patients desiring to speed-up the introduction process may print one of the following new patient registration forms by clicking the appropriate link.  Take the completed form with you to the office to expedite the check-in process.  If you have problems viewing any document on our website, click this link to update Adobe Reader.

Men's Registration Form            Women's Registration Form            Children's Registration Form

H. Stephen Watson, M.D. is an experienced active urologist, having been certified and recertified by the American Board of Urology.  Having introduced advanced laparoscopic and reconstructive surgical treatments to our region, Dr. Watson is also a certified diplomate of the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons.  As a private practice surgeon, Dr. Watson has advanced techniques for sling surgery for female and male urinary incontinence, orthotopic neobladder reconstructive surgery for bladder cancer, multiple laparoscopic surgical procedures, percutaneous renal access for kidney stone surgery, laparoscopic cryosurgery for kidney cancer, percutaneous cryosurgery for prostate cancer and many others.

Dr. Watson is a Florida Parishes native who was born in Baton Rouge.  Growing up on his family's dairy farm near Amite, Louisiana, Dr. Watson is no stranger to hard work.  He proudly attended Natalbany Christian School and Oak Forest Academy, before attending Southeastern Louisiana University, in Hammond, Louisiana.  Dr. Watson then graduated from the highly competitive Medical Education Reinforcement and Enrichment Program at Tulane University, in New Orleans, before graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Centenary College of Louisiana. 

Dr. Watson graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine before completing a six-year post-doctoral surgery and urology residency training at institutions including Scott and White Clinic, Texas A&M College of Medicine; Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Olin E. Teague Veterans Memorial Hospital.  Dr. Watson began his urology practice as a member of the physician staff of the Ochsner Clinic.  He also served on staff at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, Louisiana, before establishing Northlake Urology in St. Tammany Parish. 

Dr. Watson holds the highest possible overall patient satisfaction rating and is the recipient of academic honors, including awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Texas Medical Association, the Southern Medical Association, Texas A&M College of Medicine, the Texas Urological Association and other medical organizations.  He is the author of scientific papers published in the internationally acclaimed Journal of Urology and other peer reviewed medical journals. 

Dr. Watson has authored and presented numerous research papers concerning wide-ranging urological topics at meetings around the nation.  For his work he accepted membership in the Eta Chapter of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.  He is a member of the American Urological Association, the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association and the Louisiana and Texas Urological Societies.

Just this year (2018), Dr. Watson was recognized by one of America's top two healthcare insurance networks as outperforming peers in nationally endorsed measures of patient medical care effectiveness and efficiency.  Dr. Watson continues to accept new patients and enthusiastically work to evaluate, treat, inform and teach. 

Harold R. Neitzschman, III, M.D. is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Urology.  He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He attended De LaSalle High School and completed undergraduate studies at Tulane University where he received his bachelor of science in biology in 1986.  His love for the City, family and friends kept him close to home, attending Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, receiving his doctorate of medicine in 1990.  From there he trained at Charity Hospital (LSU), New Orleans in general surgery, completing his internship in 1992.  He then moved on to urology residency, completing the Ochsner Medical Foundation program in 1996.  Dr. Neitzschman was certified by the American Board of Urology in 1998.

Dr. Neitzschman  has authored and presented numerous research papers concerning a wide-range of urological topics at meetings around the nation. Topics include .      somatostatin analogs, laser prostatectomy, malignant prostate tissue ablation, electrolytes in kidney stone disease, prostate cryosurgery, other prostate cancer topics, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and hematuria.

Dr. Neitzschman has served as President of the St. Tammany Parish Medical Society, Chairman of the Department of Surgery of Northshore Regional Medical Center, Chief of Staff of Northshore Regional Medical Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Urology within the Department of Urology at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans.  He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association and the American Urological Association.

Personal interests include his wife and 4 children, as well as hobbies which include racquetball, tennis, golf, basketball, running, snow skiing and fishing.  Dr. Neitzschman's professional special interests are prostate cancer surgery, minimally invasive treatments for stone disease and urinary incontinence.  His urologic practice is comprehensive, offering treatment to patients of all ages including all aspects of urological care.