About & training
More than twenty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD(Res) | Research doctorate: a personalised 3D mandibular distraction device for craniofacial microsomia | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health | 2021 |
| FRCS (OMFS) | Specialty fellowship examination in oral & maxillofacial surgery | Royal College of Surgeons of England | 2021 |
| CCT | Certificate of Completion of Training in oral & maxillofacial surgery | General Medical Council | 2021 |
| BDS | Bachelor of Dental Surgery (dental degree) | King's College London | 2014 |
| AKC | Associateship of King's College | King's College London | 2014 |
| MRCS | Membership examination for surgical training | Royal College of Surgeons of England | 2013 |
| MBBS (Distinction) | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (medical degree) | Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London | 2008 |
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 Facial Surgeon (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)Homerton University Hospital, London – lead for orthognathic, TMJ and paediatric maxillofacial 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
- 2002 – 2008 Medical school, King's College LondonFoundation in Natural Sciences (2002–2003), the entry year of the six-year medical programme, then MBBS with Distinction at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine
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, TMJ and paediatric maxillofacial 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 health
From surgical missions to World Health Organization guidance
Helping shape the WHO's response to noma
Noma is a fast-spreading gangrenous infection of the mouth and face that mainly affects young children living in extreme poverty. Most children who develop it die without treatment, and survivors are left with severe facial disfigurement. In December 2023 the WHO added noma to its official list of neglected tropical diseases.
Will's work on noma began on reconstructive missions in Ethiopia and went on to inform WHO prevention and treatment resources for Africa.
- 2012Invited delegate and speaker, WHO meeting on oral disease and nomaDar es Salaam, Tanzania – represented the charity Facing Africa and Ethiopia, presenting primary care and surgical management of noma
- 2012WHO reference manual on oral disease, including nomaMember of the team producing best-practice guidance on prevention and management
- 2016Information brochure for early detection and management of nomaContributing author, World Health Organization
- 2017Promoting Oral Health in AfricaContributing author – prevention and control of oral diseases and noma as part of essential noncommunicable disease interventions, WHO
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.