Watkins, William M., Jr., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Cataract Surgery

Education

Board Certification:	Ophthalmology
Medical Education:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Post Graduate:	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Internship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency Program:	Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Current Positions

Assistant Professor , School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology	07/2013 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Residency Training, Ophthalmology	2013
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Internship, General Surgery	2010
University of Mississippi Medical Center, MD, Medicine	2008
Mississippi College, BS, Biology	2004

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology	08/2014 - 08/2024
Licensure, Medical Licensure, State of Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure	07/2013 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Vanderbilt Eye Institute Benchmark Award for Resident Excellence, Vanderbilt Eye Institute	2013
Ophthalmology Chief Resident of Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt Eye Institute	2012

Professional Membership and Service

Mississippi Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Officer, Other Officer, I serve as a council officer to help recruit ophthalmologist from the state to join the Academy and direct advocacy projects.	2017 - Present
Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, Member	2016 - Present
Mississippi State Medical Association/ Central Medical Society, Member	2013 - Present
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Member	2010 - Present
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Member, Medical Student Inductee AOA	2008 - Present

Committee Service

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member	2018 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Member	2018 - Present
Patient Advocacy Reporting System (PARS) Program, Member	2017 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-CREDENTIALS, Member	2016 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS FILE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member	2015 - Present

Community Service

Sow Reap Feed - Ministry to grow and provide fresh produce to Jackson citizens, Volunteer	07/2017 - Present
Church leadership role at Grace City Church Jackson, I served in an advisory role to the church staff and helped implement curriculum, organize volunteers, support members of the church, and teach in a small-group setting.	07/2016 - 07/2019
Diabetes/Glaucoma Screenings, Organizer/Participant providing eye screening exams for the annual State Capital, health fair.	10/2015 - Present
Diabetic/Glaucoma Screening, Organizer/Participant providing eye screening exams for the annual Grant's Ferry clinic health fair.	07/2014 - Present
Diabetic/Glaucoma Screening, Faculty Representative for Screenings at Jackson Free Clinic.	07/2014 - 07/2016

Other Service

Ophthalmology Program Director	2018 - Present
Ophthalmology Medical Student Educator	07/2015 - 2018
Ophthalmology Associate Program Director	07/2015 - 2018
Ophthalmology Residency Program Evaluation Committee, Chair 2018 to present, Member 2013-2018	07/2013 - Present
Ophthalmology Resident Applicant Selection Committee, Chair 2018 to present, Member 2013-2018	07/2013 - Present
Ophthalmology Residency Clinical Competency Committee, Chair 2018 to present, Member 2013-2018	07/2013 - Present

Publications

Journal Article
Watkins WM, McCollum GW, Savage SR, Capozzi ME, Penn JS, Morrison DG. Hypoxia-induced expression of VEGF splice variants and protein in four retinal cell types. Experimental Eye Research 2013 Nov;116:240-6. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.09.014. Epub 2013 Sep 26	2013
Watkins W, Schoenberger S, Lavin P., Agarwal A. CIRCUMSCRIBED OUTER FOVEOLAR DEFECTS IN SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 7. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports: July 2013 - Volume 7 - Issue 3 - p 294–296. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e31828ef084.	2013
Review Article
Williamson S, Watkins W, Thinda S, Hwang R, Rapoport Y, Wayman L. Review of “Complications and visual outcomes after glued foldable intraocular lens implantation in eyes with inadequate capsules” Eye World August 2013.	2013
Book
Penman A, Watkins W, Crowder K. 50 Foundational Studies in Ophthalmology. Accept for publication

Presentations

State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A comparison of Target Refractive Outcomes between the Zeis IOL Master 500 and 700 in Routine Cataract Surgery, UMMC Ophthalmology Department, UMMC	06/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Unilateral Blurry Vision as the Sole Presenting Symptom of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, UMMC Ophthalmology, Jackson, Mississippi	06/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ophthalmology for the Primary Care Provider, Alabama and Mississippi American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi	05/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Role of Quality Improvement in a Training Program, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, Illinois	10/2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, History taking and initial work up strategy for patients seeing an anterior segment surgeon, UMMC Ophthalmology Update, Jackson, Mississippi	08/2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, How to Recognize and Handle Ocular Emergencies, UMMC Ophthalmology Update, Jackson, Mississippi	08/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Overview of Ocular Conditions Commonly Associated with Low Vision, Mississippi Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually impaired (MS AER), Jackson, Mississippi	10/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Focused History Taking for Ophthalmic Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi	08/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Anticipating What the Patient Will Need When Seeing An Anterior Segment Ophthalmologist, Jackson, Mississippi	08/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Overview of Neurophthalmology and Ocular Emergencies, Jackson, Mississippi	08/2014
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Effect of the Water Drinking Test in Subjects with Pure Autonomic Failure and Normal-Tension Glaucoma., Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology, Seattle, Washington	05/2013
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Igfbp3 Upregulates VEGF Production in Normotoxic Retinal Cell Culture., Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida	05/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hypoxia Stimulates Retinal Cell Type-Specific Differences in the Expression of VEGF Splice Variants., Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale Florida	05/2010
Poster Presentation, Long Term Outcome of Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Concurrent Sutured Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implant, American Retinal Specialist Society, Maui, Hawaii	10/2008

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, Neuroanatomy Lab	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lab, Lab Director, Emergency Medicine Residency skills lab	Summer 2019
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, Emergency Medicine Residency skills lab	Summer 2018
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Grand Round Conference- Ophthalmology for the primary care provider	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, Neuroanatomy Lab	Spring 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Course Presenter, IMP2 Ophthalmology Lecture series: 3 part lecture series entitled "Introduction to Ophthalmic Pathology and Disease"	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lab, Course Director, IMP2 Direct ophthalmoscopy lab	Fall 2018
Medicine, Course, Course Director, Direct ophthalmoscopy course	Fall 2018
Department of Allergy Immunology, Lecture, Lecturer, UMMC Allergy Department: Allergic eye disease and treatment	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, Emergency Medicine Resident's and Faculty Lecture - Diagnosis of Ophthalmic Disease and Examination Lab	Summer 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Tuesday Chair Conference- Diagnosing eye disease by the primary care provider	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, UMMC Allergy Department: Allergic eye disease and treatment	Fall 2017
Combination of both the school of Medicine and Graduate Medical Education, Course, Course Director, IMP2 Direct ophthalmoscopy simulation course	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, IMP2 Ophthlamology lecture series: 3 part lecture titled "Introduction to Ophthalmic Pathology and Disease"	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, Neuroanatomy Lab	Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M3 General Surgery Ophtalmology Lecture	Annual 2017
630, Medicine, Course, Course Director, M-3 Ophthalmology Elective	Annual 2017
660, Medicine, Course, Course Director, M-4 Ophthalmology Elective	Annual 2017
Medicine, Course, Course Director, Ophthalmology Optics	Annual 2017
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious disease Peru Mission didactic series	Annual 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Geriatrics department: Age associated eye disease	Summer 2017
Medicine, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident's and Faculty Lecture - Diagnosis of Ophthalmic diseaseand examination Lab	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Tuesday Chair Conference- eye pathology overview for the primary care provider	Fall 2016
Medicine, Course, Lab Director, ICM Direct Ophthalmoscopy Simulation Lab Director	Fall 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ICM: Ophthlamology lecture series: 3 part lecture titled "Introduction to Ophthalmic Pathology and Disease	Fall 2016
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, M1 Neuro anatomy Lab	Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Geriatrics department: Age associated eye disease	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Rheumatology department: Inflammatory eye disease and treatment	Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M3 General Surgery Ophthalmology Lecture	Annual 2016
660, Medicine, Course, Course Presenter, M-4 Ophthalmology Elective	Annual 2016
630, Medicine, Course, Course Director, M-3 Ophthalmolog Elective	Annual 2016
Medicine, Course, Course Director, Ophthalmology Optics	Annual 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M3 General Surgery Ophthalmology Lecture	Annual 2015
Medicine, Course, Course Director, Ophthalmology Optics	Annual 2013

Directed Student Learning

Program Director, Advised: John Fitzpatrick, Hannah Miller, Amin Shivam, Amit Baja, Jonathan Glaze	2018 - 2019
Medical Student Educator, Advised: Thomas Coleman, John Lippincott, Salma Dawoud, Landen Tharp, Robert Browning, Ashley Pickering, David Riem, Daniel Robbins, Johnny Mckenzie, Jessica Arnold	2017 - 2018
Medical Student Educator, Advised: Sean Carter, Edmond Wright, Erin Petersen, Charles McGuffey	2016 - 2017
Supervised Teaching Activity	2016 - Present
Supervised Teaching Activity	2016 - Present
Medical Student Educator, Advised: Justin West, Andrew Whittington, Crystal Daigle, Jeffrey St. John, Meghan Guirintano, Jonathan Feng	2015 - 2106

Residency Training

Ophthalmology, Program Director	2018 - Present
Emergency Medicine, Subspecialty/Activity Director	2016 - Present
Family Medicine, Subspecialty/Activity Director	2016 - Present
Ophthalmology, Assoc. Program Director	2016 - 2018
Ophthalmology, Attending Physician	2013 - Present

Watkins, William M., Jr., M.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Community Service

Other Service

Publications

Journal Article

Review Article

Book

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Biography

Services & Procedures