Dr Andrew "Wal" Watkins
Dr. Andrew “Wal” Watkins is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at OMS Specialists, Supervisor of Training at John Hunter Hospital and Secretary for the NSW/ACT Regional Surgical Committee for OMS Training.
Originally from Orange in the central west of NSW, Dr. Wal completed degrees in Oral Health Therapy, Dentistry, and Medicine/Surgery at the University of Sydney. He completed his junior medical training in Sydney at St George/Sutherland Hospitals, followed by specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training at the John Hunter Hospital, Westmead Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and The Canberra Hospital.
After completing his surgical training, Dr. Watkins pursued subspecialty training in temporomandibular joint surgery and orthognathic (corrective jaw) surgery in Sydney.
Dr Wal is passionate about teaching. He is currently an examiner for the FRACDS GDP exams in the Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Surgery stream, he is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Charles Sturt University in the dental faculty and participates in examination practice for the OMS trainees for both the entrance (SST) and exit (Fellowship) OMS examinations.
His latest endeavour is to establish the OMS specialists TMD service, where he hopes to provide guidance on the management of myofascial TMD, and surgical correction of arthrogenous TMD.
