Dr. Richard Scott Hawkins MD
General Practitioner
1901 S Union Ave Suite B7005 Tacoma WA, 98405About
Dr. Richard Hawkins is a general practitioner practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Hawkins does not specialize in one area of medicine, however provides routine health care services. General practitioners typically have regular, even life-long patients who they provide health care services to. Dr. Hawkins provides services including physical exams, immunizations, and diagnosing and treating multiple illnesses and injuries. General practitioners typically work in private offices and clinics and have staffs of nurses and administators.
Education and Training
Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch of Med, Portland Or 1973
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Chronic Pain
- Sinusitis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Vascular Disease
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