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DR. ROBERT HAWES
Gastroenterologist and internal medicine physician Center for Interventional Endoscopy Florida Hospital Orlando United States of America Robert Hawes, MD is a board-certified gastroenterologist and internal medicine physician at the Center for Interventional Endoscopy at Florida Hospital Orlando and a co-founder of the Florida Hospital Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery. He is a leading physician in his field who helped introduce ERCP, therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic laser therapy, and is a driving force behind an initiative to develop a new standard for minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Hawes undertook his medical school, residency and fellowship training at Indiana University. |
A trailblazer in the field of therapeutic endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery, Robert Hawes, MD, believes communication is the foundation to building good patient relationships. In fact, he often refers to these relationships as sacred, and an integral part of building his practice in Orlando.Dr. Hawes is a nationally recognized gastroenterologist, researcher, professor, author, and pioneer of procedures such as ERCP, endoscopic laser therapy and therapeutic endoscopy. He has lectured in over 30 countries and helped to form a committee to develop a new standard in minimally invasive surgery.
Recently relocated from South Carolina where he spearheaded an internationally recognized digestive disease center, Dr. Hawes joins the Florida Hospital team to forge a cutting-edge national and international referral center for advanced therapeutic endoscopy. The Center for Interventional Endoscopy (CIE), this state-of-the-art, purpose-built endoscopy unit, is the only facility of it’s kind in the Southeast US. At the same time, Dr. Hawes will partner with Dr. Steve Eubanks, an internationally recognized minimally invasive surgeon, to establish the Florida Hospital Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy
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By integrating his expertise in both therapeutic endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery techniques, Dr. Hawes introduces better care for our patients through research, education, technology and procedure improvement.
Recently relocated from South Carolina where he spearheaded an internationally recognized digestive disease center, Dr. Hawes joins the Florida Hospital team to forge a cutting-edge national and international referral center for advanced therapeutic endoscopy. The Center for Interventional Endoscopy (CIE), this state-of-the-art, purpose-built endoscopy unit, is the only facility of it’s kind in the Southeast US. At the same time, Dr. Hawes will partner with Dr. Steve Eubanks, an internationally recognized minimally invasive surgeon, to establish the Florida Hospital Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy
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By integrating his expertise in both therapeutic endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery techniques, Dr. Hawes introduces better care for our patients through research, education, technology and procedure improvement.
After completing his medical residency and fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Hawes spent a year in London, England (1985-1986) doing an Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship concentrating on ERCP and endoscopic laser therapy under the direction of Peter B. Cotton and Steve Bown respectively. Dr Hawes returned to Indiana University in the fall of 1986 and served on the faculty in the Division of Gastroenterology from 1986-1994. During this time, he was promoted from Assistant to Associate and ultimately to Full Professor in July of 1994. After being introduced to endoscopic ultrasound at the Middlesex Hospital, he established the EUS program at IU in 1987; one of the first 5 training centers in the US. He continued his work in pancreatobiliary endoscopy and established a multi modality treatment center for the non- operative management of gallstones.
In July of 1994, Dr. Hawes re-connected with Peter Cotton and moved to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston to form a new Digestive Disease Center. This center is designed to facilitate the integration of GI medicine, surgery and radiology into an integrated unit to promote patient care, research, and technology development to treat patients with digestive diseases. During his tenure at MUSC, the institution became recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in EUS, ERCP and therapeutic endoscopy.
Dr Hawes served on several committees and the governing board of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). Dr. Hawes went on to serve as president of the ASGE in 2005-2006. Dr Hawes feels strongly that advances in therapeutic endoscopy will be dependent on close collaboration between therapeutic endoscopists and minimally invasive surgeons. Immediately following his ASGE presidency, he joined with David Rattner from Massachusetts General Hospital and immediate past president of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) to form the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR) committee. This goal of this joint ASGE/SAGES committee is to responsibly develop a new paradigm in minimally invasive surgery called NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery).
Dr Hawes has published over 250 peer reviewed articles and written numerous book chapters. He has lectured and performed live demonstration in over 30 countries throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. In 2006, MUSC awarded Dr Hawes the Peter B. Cotton Endowed Chair for Endoscopic Innovation. Dr. Hawes is a co-editor of the most widely read textbook on EUS and has partnered with 2 very good friends, Paul Fockens and Shyam Varadarajulu to produce the 2nd edition in 2010.
In July of 1994, Dr. Hawes re-connected with Peter Cotton and moved to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston to form a new Digestive Disease Center. This center is designed to facilitate the integration of GI medicine, surgery and radiology into an integrated unit to promote patient care, research, and technology development to treat patients with digestive diseases. During his tenure at MUSC, the institution became recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in EUS, ERCP and therapeutic endoscopy.
Dr Hawes served on several committees and the governing board of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). Dr. Hawes went on to serve as president of the ASGE in 2005-2006. Dr Hawes feels strongly that advances in therapeutic endoscopy will be dependent on close collaboration between therapeutic endoscopists and minimally invasive surgeons. Immediately following his ASGE presidency, he joined with David Rattner from Massachusetts General Hospital and immediate past president of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) to form the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR) committee. This goal of this joint ASGE/SAGES committee is to responsibly develop a new paradigm in minimally invasive surgery called NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery).
Dr Hawes has published over 250 peer reviewed articles and written numerous book chapters. He has lectured and performed live demonstration in over 30 countries throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. In 2006, MUSC awarded Dr Hawes the Peter B. Cotton Endowed Chair for Endoscopic Innovation. Dr. Hawes is a co-editor of the most widely read textbook on EUS and has partnered with 2 very good friends, Paul Fockens and Shyam Varadarajulu to produce the 2nd edition in 2010.
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