Specialty Areas
- Hepatic (Liver Surgery)
- Biliary (Surgery for Gallbladder and Bile ducts)
- Pancreatic Surgery
- Gastric Surgery(Surgery on the Stomach)
- Sarcoma Surgery
Common Procedures
- Whipple
- Partial pancreatectomy (distal, central, left)
- Liver resection and ablation
- Gastric Resections
- Sarcoma Resections
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Repair of Injured Bile Ducts
Common Diagnoses Treated
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Adenocarcinoma
- Colorectal Cancer
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Liposarcoma
- Leimyosarcoma
- Gastric cancer
- Small Bowel Tumors
- Ampullary Cancer
- Duodenal Cancer
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Biliary colic
- Choledocholithiasis
- Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers
- Rare tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Degrees
Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995
Residency
2002 – Surgery Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship
2000 – Surgical Research Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2004 – Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Professional Memberships
American Surgical Association
Southern Surgical Association
American College of Surgeons
Americans Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association
American Association for Cancer Research Society of Surgical Oncology
Gastrointestinal Scientific Steering Committee (GISC)
Society for Clinical Surgery
Awards and Honors
2014-present – Top Doctor
2008 – PanCAN “Light up the Night with Hope Award”
Multiple Research Awards (American Cancer Society, VA Merit Award, Young Investigator Awards)
Areas of Research Interest
In addition to clinical work Dr. Hawkins is engaged in education and research. He leads a basic science laboratory dedicated to finding a cure for pancreatic cancer.
Research Interests: Pancreatic Cancer, immunology, drug development, surgical innovation
Clinical Trials
Dr. Hawkins leads an active clinical trials program. At any given time there are several open clinical trials for pancreatic cancer.
Innovations
Dr. Hawkins is an inventor on 6 patents. He is a founder of Accuronix Therapeutics a small company that works in drug discovery.
Financial Disclosures
Accurnoix Therapeutics
Publications
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Siteman Cancer Center
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place
Floor 12, Suite B
St. Louis, MO 63110
Siteman Cancer Center- West County
10 Barnes West Drive
Medical Office Building 2, Suite 100
St. Louis, MO 63141
To request an appointment with Dr. Hawkins, please call (314) 362-7046.