Robert Watkins III, M.D.

Insurance Accepted

• Medicare

Languages Spoken

• English
• Spanish

Education & Training

Medical Degree

University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Internship(s)

Baptist Memorial Hospital/Campbell Clinic - Surgical Pathology

University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center - Surgery

Residency(ies)

University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center - Orthopedic Surgery

Fellowship(s)

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital - Spinal Surgery

Klinik fur Orthopadische Chirurgie - Spinal Surgery

Honors & Awards

Memberships & Affiliations

North American Spine Society

Los Angeles County Medical Association

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Cervical Spine Research Society

American College of Sports Medicine

Publications & Media

• Great rehabilitation and great physical bodies allow professional athletes undergoing lumbar discectomy to return to sport at a high rate.

  Watkins RG 3rd. Source Department of Orthopaedics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Marina Spine Center, 4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 600, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, USA.

• Cost-effectiveness of image-guided spine surgery.

  Watkins RG, Gupta A, Watkins RG. Source Marina Spine Center, 13160 Mindanao Way, Suite 325, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA.

• Access strategies for revision in anterior lumbar surgery

  Brau, S. A., Delamarter, R. B., Kropf, M. A., Watkins, R. G., Williams, L. A., Schiffman, M. L., Bae, H. W.; Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Jul 1.

• Anterior instrumentation for thoracolumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: do structural interbody grafts preserve sagittal alignment better than morselized rib autografts?

  Watkins, R. G., Hussain, N., Freeman, B. J., Grevitt, M. P., Webb, J. K.; Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Sep 15.

• Microscopic lumbar discectomy results for 60 cases in professional and Olympic athletes.

  Watkins, R. G., Williams, L. A., Watkins, R. G.; Spine J. 2003 Mar 01.

• Lymphangiomatosis of the spine: two cases requiring surgical intervention.

  Watkins RG 4th, Reynolds RA, McComb JG, Tolo VT. Source Department of Orthopedics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA.

• Stability provided by the sternum and rib cage in the thoracic spine.

  Watkins, R., Watkins, R., Williams, L., Ahlbrand, S., Garcia, R., Karamanian, A., Sharp, L., Vo, C., Hedman, T.; Spine. 2005 Jun