Meet Your Surgeons

Lucas Watkins, MD, MBA, FACS

Dr Watkins joined our team in 2020 from the Tallahassee FL and Florida State University. He received his formal training in endocrine surgery at Yale University where he worked closely with Dr Tobias Carling. Prior to training at Yale, Luke received his BS degree from Texas A&M, then his MBA from Texas Tech University, and then got his medical degree at Texas Tech as well. He trained in surgery in Orlando, FL before being accepted into the prestigious Yale University endocrine surgery program.

Luke was the chief of Endocrine Center at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital/FSU for 3.5 years until joining the “Dream Team” in Tampa in 2020. He is loved by his patients for his kind nature as well as his great surgical skills and outcomes. Luke is married and has two young children.