About & training
Fifteen years of training across medicine, dentistry, surgery and engineering.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery sits where medicine and dentistry meet, so UK surgeons in the specialty qualify in both. Will added a research doctorate and an international fellowship in facial deformity before taking up his consultant post.
Subspecialty interests
Where Will focuses his practice
Qualifications
| Qualification | What it means | Awarded by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Will is on the GMC Specialist Register for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (GMC 7014473) and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (membership no. 9027455).
Career
Training and appointments
Specialty training in oral and maxillofacial surgery was completed in London's major units, including national centres for craniofacial, cleft and trauma surgery. Will was awarded his Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in 2021.
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic he was redeployed to intensive care at the Royal London Hospital.
- 2023 – present Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeonHomerton University Hospital, London – lead for orthognathic and TMJ surgery (substantive consultant from 2025)
- 2022 – 2023 Maxillofacial Fellow, facial deformityRoyal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- 2021 – 2022 Post-CCT senior traineeGreat Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal London Hospital
- 2016 – 2021 Specialist Trainee, North London DeaneryOral & maxillofacial surgery training at the Royal Free, Northwick Park, the Royal London, University College and Great Ormond Street hospitals, including a cleft fellowship and ITU redeployment during COVID-19
- 2016 Clinical Entrepreneur FellowNHS England
- 2013 – 2021 Research fellow, Face Value projectUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- 2011 – 2014 Fellow in plastic & craniofacial surgeryGreat Ormond Street Hospital, alongside the BDS degree
- 2008 – 2011 Foundation and early medical postsJersey General, Royal Bournemouth and Leicester Royal Infirmary; neurosurgical research, Wessex Neurological Centre
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
A year-long post-CCT fellowship in facial deformity with Professor Andrew Heggie and colleagues, using virtual surgical planning for orthognathic and TMJ surgery. Will was part of the team that performed Australia's first paediatric TMJ replacement, and he presented virtually planned osteotomies at the International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Vancouver (2023).
Homerton University Hospital
Will is the department's lead for orthognathic and TMJ surgery. He established the hospital's TMJ arthroscopy service, which offers Level 1 to Level 3 arthroscopy alongside non-surgical care, and is building a new orthognathic service with a consultant orthodontist, including genioplasty and jaw contouring. He also offers sialendoscopy for salivary gland disease and is a member of the skin cancer MDT, running joint clinics with dermatology. His recent audits cover CBCT imaging justification and MRI selection for TMJ problems – making sure scans are used only when they help.
Global surgery
Reconstructive surgery where resources are limited
Teaching
- GMC-recognised Educational Supervisor for dental core trainees and specialty trainees, Homerton
- Author of surgical simulations for the Touch Surgery app (neck dissection, parotid surgery, pectoralis major flap)
- Faculty, Royal College of General Practitioners Minor Surgery Course
- Undergraduate teaching at the UMAX conference, Royal Society of Medicine, and OSCE examiner
- Train the Trainers (2025) and Management & Leadership Skills (2021) certification
Prizes
- Warren Birnbaum Prize, King's College London
- Tom Pitt-Ford Prize, King's College London
- Koray Feran Prize, King's College London
- Greenspan Award for Research, King's College London
Selected specialist courses
Outside work
Will is a keen follower of astronautics and space exploration. He speaks Italian and has a long-standing love of Italy, where he practises Venetian rowing (voga alla veneta). He also enjoys motorbiking and travel.