Comprehensive
Mental Health
Care Center

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John M. Hawkins, M.D.

Degree(s):

  • 1987 B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1991 M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Internship and Residencies: 

  • Resident, University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry, Cincinnati, Ohio

Licensure and Certification:

  • 1992 Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
  • 1993 State Medical Board of Ohio #65250
  • 1996 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology # 42440 (recertified 2006)

 

John M. Hawkins, M.D.
Lindner Center of HOPE, Chief of Psychiatry, Deputy Chief Research Officer, Director of Outpatient Clinic, and Medical Director of Brain Imaging Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

As Chief of Psychiatry, Dr. Hawkins is responsible for the administrative oversight and daily supervision of clinical services and operations at Lindner Center of HOPE. As Deputy Chief Research Officer he assists in the day-to-day management of the Research Institute and directs its functions into overall clinical care at the Center. As Director of Outpatient Clinic he manages the day-to-day operations of the clinic.

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, 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, the catatonic syndrome and the neurobiology of addiction.

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.  Most recently, he was recognized as one of Cincinnati’s Top Doctors for 2007 by Cincinnati Magazine.

Areas of Specialty

  • Psychopharmacology
  • Psychotherapy
  • Dealing with the Difficult Doctor-Patient Relationship
  • The Catatonic Syndrome
  • Integration of Physical and Mental Health

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