John M. Hawkins, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Chief of Psychiatry, Deputy Chief Research Officer, Director of Outpatient Clinic, and Medical Director of Brain Imaging Center, Lindner Center of HOPE
- Department
- Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
- Specialties
- Psychiatry/Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology
Practice Locations
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Mason
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Lindner Center of HOPE
4075 Old Western Row Road
Mason, Ohio 45040
Phone: (513) 536-HOPE
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Bio
John Hawkins, MD, is the chief of Psychiatry, the director of Outpatient Services and the deputy chief of research at the Linder Center of HOPE. He was a private practitioner in Adult Psychiatry for ten years while he worked as a staff Psychiatrist at the Central Clinic in Cincinnati. Dr. Hawkins was a court-appointed psychiatrist for the Hamilton County Probate Court for two years, and was a volunteer assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine from 1998-2007.
As Chief of Psychiatry, Dr. Hawkins is a member of the Executive Team and has administrative responsibilities over the inpatient and outpatient operations of the hospital. In his role as the Director of Outpatient Adult Services, his specific focus is on the day-to-day operations of outpatient services for the adult population. As Deputy Chief Research Officer he assists in the day-to-day management of the Research Institute and directs overall clinical care at the Center. His responsibilities with the Research Institute include assisting with administrative duties, examining patients for appropriateness for clinical trials as well as ongoing treatment as a part of the trials. He is also serving as the Medical Director for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Services, in which he works with a skilled treatment team in the delivery of TMS for patients with depression who are interested and appropriate for this procedure. He is currently measuring the outcomes of the treatment for patients who experience severe and recurring depression and collaborates with other academic facilities providing TMS through the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC).
Dr. Hawkins is an expert provider of psychopharmacology with psychotherapy for adults in his private outpatient practice. He is an adjunct associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Hawkins received his doctor of medicine degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served his residency in the psychiatry department of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where he also completed his fellowship in biological psychiatry.
Prior to joining Lindner Center of HOPE, Dr. Hawkins worked as a staff psychiatrist in a community mental health center providing direct clinical care and supervised psychiatric residents. He also provided expert testimony in the Hamilton County Probate Court. His works have appeared in various professional journals, such as the Annals of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Advancements in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and the American Journal of Psychiatry. He has also administered clinical trials for Pfizer Inc., Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Group and Jannsen Pharmaceuticals. His lectures and talks have covered doctor-patient relationships, pharmacology, antipsychotics, common psychiatric diagnoses, drug-drug interactions, the catatonic syndrome and the use of TMS in clinical populations.
Through his vast teaching experience, including supervising psychiatry residents, Dr. Hawkins has received several awards, specifically The Golden Apple Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching and two Golden Apple Teaching Awards for Excellence in Resident Teaching. Dr. Hawkins also received the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Exemplary Psychiatrist Award. He was recognized as one of Cincinnati’s Top Doctors in 2007 and 2009 by Cincinnati Magazine and most recently won the 2013 Cincinnati Business Courier Health Care Hero Award in the Innovator category for his work in TMS.
Professional Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association
- Ohio Psychiatric Association
- Cincinnati Psychiatric Association, Secretary/Treasurer 2006-2007)
Education
- Medical School
- Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, WI
- Residency
- University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry – Cincinnati, OH
Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Awards
Cincinnati Business Courier Health Care Hero, Innovator Category, 2013
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