Jason Hawkes, MD, MS
Dr. Hawkes is a board-certified dermatologist and fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. He completed his undergraduate degree and medical school training in Utah.
During medical school, Dr. Hawkes was 1 of 42 students selected nationally to participate in a one-year research fellowship in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health. He then completed his internship in internal medicine at the University of Washington/Boise VA Medical Center followed by a dermatology residency at the University of Utah. After residency, he earned a Master’s Degree in Clinical Investigation at Rockefeller University in New York City, where he was Chief Clinical Scholar and Principal Investigator on multiple human research protocols in the Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology.
Prior to joining the Oregon Medical Research Center, Dr. Hawkes held academic faculty appointments in the Departments of Dermatology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and University of California-Davis. He currently serves as a Councilor in the International Psoriasis Council and member of the Medical Board and Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Psoriasis Foundation. He is also the official delegate of the American Academy of Dermatology and member of the international guidelines and workgroup committee for chronic urticaria.
Dr. Hawkes has authored many peer-reviewed journal articles and dermatology textbook chapters and is the recipient of multiple federally funded grants and teaching awards, including the National Psoriasis Foundation Outstanding Educator in Psoriatic Disease and Exceptional Teacher of the Year in the Department of Dermatology at Mount Sinai. His primary clinical and research interests include novel immune therapies for inflammatory conditions like psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, alopecia areata, vitiligo, and urticaria.