Dr. Watkins is a board-certified and accomplished Anesthesiologist and Pain Management specialist with a broad range of technical and clinical expertise mastering both complex pain management and anesthesia. This perspective provides him with the insight and experience to identify the most appropriate and effective methods of treating the full variety of spinal and neuropathic pain conditions. His experience includes tertiary university settings, private practice and working at New Mexico Pain Centers and previously New Mexico Bone & Joint Institute. He was Chief of Pain Management and Chief of Anesthesia on a Native Reservation at TCRHCC from 2011 to 2018. He has recently joined Centennial Spine and Pain in Albuquerque.
Dr. Watkins earned degrees in Psychology and Biology at UNLV where he also completed requirements for medical school matriculation. After graduation Dr. Watkins completed his studies in Medicine at the University of Nevada Reno 1988. He was fortunate to have trained at UCLA in General Surgery and Anesthesiology and remained at UCLA/VA Medical Center as faculty and professor. He went into private practice after six years and has been a founder of multi-disciplinary pain management centers in the Los Angeles area and established the first interventional pain center for Native Americans in the USA. He has been in medical practice for over thirty years.
His experience includes extensive experience in the Neurosurgical treatment of pain and medical management of pain conditions in private practice in California Arizona and New Mexico. Dr. Watkins surgical expertise includes spinal cord implants and stabilization techniques as well as cutting edge interventional pain management.
