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About Jason Hawksworth, MD
Jason Hawksworth, MD is a noted pioneer in minimally invasive robotic hepatobiliary and transplant surgery. Dr. Hawksworth is the Surgical Director of Adult Liver Transplantation, Chief of Hepatobiliary Surgery, and the Director of Robotic Liver Surgery Program in the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is an Associate Professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Hawksworth is known for unique and innovative minimally invasive robotic surgeries to...
Expertise
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation
- Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
- Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
- Intestinal Transplant
- Kidney Transplantation
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplantation
- Living Donor Transplantation
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Multivisceral Transplantation
- Organ Transplant, Pediatric
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Sarcoma
- Small Bowel Resection
- Small Bowel Transplant, Pediatric
- Surgical Oncology
Education
- Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital
- Internship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery at CUIMC
- Chief of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Director of Robotic Liver Surgery Program, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Surgical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital
- Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Internship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- 2018 Affiliate Faculty Teaching Award, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, General Surgery Residency Training Program
- 2017 Dean's Impact Award, Uniformed Services University of the Health Services, for academic and clinical excellence
- 2015 Combat Medical Badge, for providing surgical care in combat, Afghanistan
- 2013 Young Investigator Travel Grant, International Society of Bowel Transplant, Oxford UK
- 2011 Young Investigator's Award, American Transplant Congress
- 2011 Fellow of the Year, Georgetown University Hospital
- 2010 General Lewis A. Mologne Award, for graduating National Consortium Region military resident with "highest overall excellence and professional medical expertise"
- 2010 Bailey K. Ashford Basic Science and Clinical Research Awards, finalist
- 2008 Diane S. Malcolm Research Award, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- 2008 Young Investigator's Award, American Transplant Congress
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery at CUIMC
- Chief of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Director of Robotic Liver Surgery Program, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Surgical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation
In the News
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NYP Articles & Features
NewYork-Presbyterian’s First Fully Robotic Living Donor Kidney Transplant Marks a Surgical Milestone
Health Matters•April 30, 2026One Living Donation Saves Three Lives: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Performs the First Domino Split-Liver Transplant in Adults in the United States
Health Matters•August 20, 2025