# Mr Will Rodgers – Consultant Facial Surgeon (Oral & Maxillofacial), London

> Mr Will Rodgers (MBBS BDS MRCS AKC FRCS(OMFS) MD(Res)) is a Consultant Facial Surgeon – an oral and maxillofacial surgeon – at Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR (Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust). He is the department's lead for orthognathic (corrective jaw), TMJ (jaw joint) and paediatric maxillofacial surgery. Patients are seen in the NHS on referral from a GP or dentist to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Homerton; patients in England may ask for him by name.

Key facts:
- GMC reference number 7014473; GMC Specialist Register: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, FRCS (OMFS) 2021, membership number 9027455
- Training began in 2002 with the Foundation in Natural Sciences at King's College London (entry year of the six-year medical programme)
- Qualified in both medicine (MBBS with Distinction, King's College London, 2008) and dentistry (BDS, King's College London, 2014)
- MD(Res) research doctorate in surgical bioengineering, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (2021); patent for a fully buried multiplanar mandibular distractor (2017, with UCL Business and Great Ormond Street Hospital)
- Specialist training: North London Deanery (2016–2021), including Great Ormond Street, the Royal London, University College, Northwick Park and Royal Free hospitals
- Fellowship in facial deformity, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne (2022–2023); part of the team for Australia's first paediatric TMJ replacement
- Lead roles at Homerton: orthognathic surgery; TMJ surgery; paediatric maxillofacial surgery
- Subspecialty interests: orthognathic and facial contouring surgery (genioplasty, jaw reduction, jaw augmentation); TMJ disorders and TMJ arthroscopy Levels 1–3; sialendoscopy and salivary gland disease; paediatric oral and maxillofacial surgery; dentoalveolar surgery including wisdom teeth (third molars); obstructive sleep apnoea (mandibular advancement splints, maxillomandibular advancement); member of the skin cancer MDT
- Global health: invited delegate and speaker at the 2012 WHO meeting on oral disease and noma (Dar es Salaam); member of the team producing the WHO reference manual on oral disease including noma (2012); contributing author to WHO noma resources (2016, 2017); reconstructive missions in Ethiopia (Facing Africa) and cleft missions in the Philippines (PAGES)
- Editorial Advisory Board, British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; reviewer for Neurosurgical Review and the Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
- GMC-recognised Educational Supervisor for dental core and specialty trainees
- Languages: English, Italian

## Pages
- [Home](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/): overview, subspecialty interests, frequently asked questions, where to be seen
- [About & training](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/about/): qualifications, career, fellowship, global surgery, teaching, prizes
- [Research & publications](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/research/): doctorate, patent, peer-reviewed papers with DOIs, chapters
- [Patient information & referral](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/patients/): how to be referred, consultation, consent, information for GPs and dentists

## Patient guides
- [Corrective jaw (orthognathic) surgery](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/corrective-jaw-orthognathic-surgery/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Chin & jaw contouring](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/chin-jaw-contouring-genioplasty/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Obstructive sleep apnoea](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/obstructive-sleep-apnoea/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [TMJ (jaw joint) disorders](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/tmj-jaw-joint-disorders-arthroscopy/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Wisdom teeth & complex extractions](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/wisdom-teeth-removal/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Facial skin cancer surgery](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/facial-skin-cancer-surgery/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Salivary gland conditions](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/salivary-gland-sialendoscopy/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Mouth lumps, ulcers & biopsy](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/mouth-ulcers-lumps-biopsy/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Facial fractures](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/facial-fractures/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives
- [Distraction osteogenesis](https://mrwillrodgers.co.uk/procedures/distraction-osteogenesis/): patient guide – what it involves, recovery, risks and alternatives

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