Dr. Joy Hawkins MD
Anesthesiologist
12631 E 17th Ave Aurora CO, 80045About
Dr. Joy Hawkins is an anesthesiologist practicing in Aurora, CO. Dr. Hawkins ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Hawkins also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Tx A & M Univ Coll Of Med- College Station Tx 1981
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine,Lubbock, Tx, United States 1981
Texas A&M Health Science Center College Of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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Awards
- Magazine
- 2012 Top Doctor in Denver
Professional Memberships
- Board of Directors Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
- Member Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology - former President and member of the Board of Dir
- Member American Board of Anesthesiology - Senior Examiner
- Member International Anesthesia Research Society - Emeritus member of the Board of Trustees
- Member Society of Academic Anesthesia Associations - Core Program Director Board
- Member Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists - Delegate
- Member American Society of Anesthesiologists - Delegate
- Member Association of University Anesthetists -
Fellowships
- University of Texas at Houston Program 1985
- University of Texas at Houston Program, Anesthesiology - Critical Care Medicine 1985
Experience & Accolades
- Professor1992School of Medicine, Anesthesiology
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