Aug 16, 2022
In this edition of SSAT Mentor of the Month, Dr. Young K. Hong,
a member of the SSAT Resident and Fellow Education Committee, and
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Assistant Director of Surgical
Research in the Division of Surgical Oncology of the Department of
Surgery at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, NJ, interviews
Dr. Jason Hawksworth.
Dr. Hawksworth is Chief of Robotic Surgery at MedStar Georgetown
University Hospital, and an experienced, board-certified transplant
and minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgeon with additional
expertise in liver, kidney, and intestinal transplant surgery. He
is the only surgeon in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and
one of the few in the country who performs robotic surgery to treat
benign and malignant liver, pancreas, and bile duct tumors. A
graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, Dr.
Hawksworth has served in three combat tours in Afghanistan on a
Forward Surgical Team. He earned his medical degree from Wake
Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine and completed his internship
and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He completed his
fellowship in hepatobiliary and multi-organ transplant surgery at
MedStar Georgetown Hospital. Dr. Hawksworth is an active researcher
focused on hepatobiliary surgery outcomes and intestinal
transplantation