Jason Solomon Hawksworth, MD| Small Bowel Transplant Surgery, General Surgery | MedStar Health
Specialties: Small Bowel Transplant Surgery, General Surgery, Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Gastrointestinal Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery, Pediatric Liver Transplant Surgery, Pediatric Hepatobiliary And Pancreatic Surgery, Hepatobiliary And Pancreatic Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Languages: English
About me
Dr. Hawksworth, Chief of Robotic Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is an experienced, board-certified transplant and minimally invasive hepatobiliary (liver, gallbladder, bile duct, and pancreas) surgeon with additional expertise in liver, kidney, and intestinal transplant surgery. He ensures each patient receives high-quality, individualized care delivered by a dedicated, compassionate multidisciplinary team of experts. Dr. Hawksworth treats both adult and pediatric patients and sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
He is the only surgeon in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and one of the few in the country who performs robotic surgery to treat benign and malignant liver, pancreas, and bile duct tumors. The benefits of this approach to surgery include a smaller incision, less pain after surgery, shorter hospital stay, and faster recovery and return to work.
A graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, Dr. Hawksworth has served in three combat tours in Afghanistan on a Forward Surgical Team. He earned his medical degree from Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He completed his fellowship in hepatobiliary and multi-organ transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown Hospital.
Dr. Hawksworth is an active researcher focused on hepatobiliary surgery outcomes and intestinal transplantation. He has published more than 40 scientific papers in journals including Annals of Surgery, American Journal of Transplantation, and Transplantation, as well as numerous book chapters.
When he’s not working, Dr. Hawksworth enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, running, and photography.
Patients and practitioners can connect with Dr. Hawksworth on Twitter (@JHawksworthMD), Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Clinical areas of focus
- Biliary Tract Surgery
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Da Vinci
- Da Vinci Pancreatectomy
- Excision Of Choledochal Cyst
- Excision Of Pancreatic Lesions
- Hepatic Lobectomy
- Heterotopic Liver Transplant
- Inferior Vena Cava Tumor
- Intestine Transplant
- Intra Abdominal Cancer
- Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm
- Islet Cell Transplant
- Laparoscopic Ablation Of Liver Lesions Or Tissue
- Laparoscopic Excision Of Choledochal Cyst
- Laparoscopic Liver Resection
- Laparoscopic Pancreatectomy
- Laparoscopic Resection Head Of Pancreas
- Laparoscopic Whipple Procedure
- Liver Surgery
- Liver Transplant
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Multi Organ Transplant
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Of The Extrahepatic Bile Ducts
- Obstructive Jaundice
- Pancreaticobiliary Disease
- Partial Hepatectomy
- Robotic Liver Resection
- Whipple Procedure
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Abscess
- Abdominal Wall Defect
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Bile Duct Mass
- Bile Duct Occlusion
- Biliary Colic
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Biliary Trauma
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Fistula Enterocutaneous
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Stromal Tumors
- Hepatic Cyst
- Hepatoblastoma
- Inferior Vena Cava Tumor
- Intestinal Failure (IF)
- Intestinal Fistula
- Intra Abdominal Cancer
- Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Laceration
- Malignant Carcinoid Tumor Of Colon
- Mesenteric Mass
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Of The Extrahepatic Bile Ducts
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Of The Gallbladder
- Obstructive Jaundice
- Pancreas Cancer
- Pancreaticobiliary Disease
- Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysm
- Perforation Of Bile Duct
- Perforation Of Gallbladder
- Postcholecystectomy Syndrome (PCS)
- Pseudocyst
- Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Spleen Cancer
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Surgery
- Anastomosis Of Bile Duct
- Anastomosis Of Pancreatic Duct
- Bile Duct Biopsy
- Bile Duct Repair
- Biliary Tract Surgery
- Cadaveric Transplant
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholecystenterostomy
- Cholecystogastrostomy
- Choledochoenterostomy
- Choledochoplasty
- Closure Of Biliary Fistula
- Closure Of Enterostomy
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-LIVER)
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-LIVER-PANCREAS)
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-PANCREAS)
- Common Duct Exploration
- Da Vinci
- Da Vinci Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair
- Da Vinci Adrenalectomy
- Da Vinci Cholecystectomy
- Da Vinci Colon Resection
- Da Vinci Hernia Repair
- Da Vinci Hiatal Hernia Repair
- Da Vinci Incisional Hernia Repair
- Da Vinci Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Da Vinci Pancreatectomy
- Da Vinci Ventral Hernia Repair
- Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant
- Duodenal Ulcer Surgery
- Enterectomy
- Enterolysis
- Excision Of Choledochal Cyst
- Excision Of Pancreatic Lesions
- Hepatic Lobectomy
- Hernia Repair
- Heterotopic Liver Transplant
- Inferior Vena Cava Thrombectomy
- Internal Drainage Of Pancreatic Cyst
- Intestine Transplant
- Islet Cell Transplant
- Islet Cell Tumor Resection
- Kidney Transplant
- Laparoscopic Ablation Of Liver Lesions Or Tissue
- Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis
- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
- Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Laparoscopic Bile Duct Exploration
- Laparoscopic Biopsy Of Liver
- Laparoscopic Bowel Resection
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Excision Of Choledochal Cyst
- Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Jejunostomy
- Laparoscopic Liver Resection
- Laparoscopic Lymph Node Biopsy
- Laparoscopic Lysis Of Peritoneal Adhesions
- Laparoscopic Pancreatectomy
- Laparoscopic Recurrent Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Resection Head Of Pancreas
- Laparoscopic Splenectomy
- Laparoscopic Treatment Of Small Bowel Obstruction
- Laparoscopic Umbilical Herniorrhaphy
- Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Whipple Procedure
- Laparoscopy
- Liver Surgery
- Liver Transplant
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Multi Organ Transplant
- Open Biopsy Of Pancreas
- Organ Donation
- Pancreas Transplant
- Pancreatectomy
- Pancreatic Debridement
- Pancreatic Surgery
- Pancreaticojejunostomy
- Partial Hepatectomy
- Proximal Pancreatectomy
- Radical Subtotal Pancreatectomy
- Removal Of Transplanted Or Rejected Kidney
- Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Resection
- Robotic Liver Resection
- Robotic Lymph Node Biopsy
- Robotic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection
- Robotic Splenectomy
- Robotic Surgery For Small Bowel Obstruction
- Robotic Umbilical Herniorrhaphy
- Single Incision Cholecystectomy
- Single Incision Gallbladder Surgery
- Single Site Robotic Surgery
- Stomach Transplant
- Whipple Procedure
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 2nd Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-3700Fax 877-680-8196
Insurance
MedStar Medical Group accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Medical Group, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: POS
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate
- Open HMO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Core Essential (HMO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Open POS II
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Compass (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- FIRST HEALTH
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Tricare Prime
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- OneNet PPO, Inc.
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- First Health PPO
- Tricare Standard
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Tricare Extra (Indemnity)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- MedStar Medicare Choice
- Aetna USAccess (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Fellowship Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2012)
Residency Program: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2010)
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine (2004)
Awards
- Affiliate Faculty Teaching Award, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, General Surgery Residency Training Program, 2018
- Combat Medical Badge, for providing surgical care in combat, 2015
- Young Investigator Travel Grant, International Society of Bowel Transplant, Oxford UK, 2013
- Fellow of the Year, Georgetown University Hospital, 2011
- General Lewis A. Mologne Award, for graduating military resident with overall excellence and professional medical expertise, 2010
- Bailey K. Ashford Basic Science and Clinical Research Awards, finalist, 2010
- Diane S. Malcolm Research Award, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2008
- Young Investigator’s Award, American Transplant Congress 2008 and 2011
- Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, for winning the National Naval Research Competition, 2007
- Army Achievement Medal, for superior score (99th %) on the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination, 2006
- M. Robert Cooper Scholarship for Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2004
- Distinguished Cadet Award, United States Military Academy, 1999
- Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society, United States Military Academy, 1999
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
MyGeorgetownMD - Health Newsletter (Fall 2017) Hope and Health Restored with Lifesaving Liver Transplant
- Elsabbagh AM, Hawksworth J, Khan KM, Kaufman SS, Yazigi NA, Kroemer A, Smith C, Fishbein TM, Matsumoto CS.Long-term survival in visceral transplant recipients in the new era: A single-center experience. Am J Transplant. 2019 Jul;19(7):2077-2091.
- Hawksworth JS, Matsumoto CS. Donor-specific antibody management in intestine transplantation: hope for improving the long-term durability of the intestine allograft? Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2019 Apr;24(2):212-218.
- Hawksworth JS, Desai CS, Khan KM, Kaufman SS, Yazigi N, Girlanda R, Kroemer A, Fishbein TM, Matsumoto CS. Visceral transplantation in patients with intestinal-failure associated liver disease: Evolving indications, graft selection, and outcomes. Am J Transplant. 2018 Jun;18(6):1312-1320.
- Black CK, Termanini KM, Aguirre O, Hawksworth JS, Sosin M. Solid organ transplantation in the 21st century.Ann Transl Med. 2018 Oct;6(20):409.
- Elsabbagh AM, Girlanda R, Hawksworth J, Pichert MD, Williams C, Pozzi A, Kroemer A, Nookala A, Smith C, Matsumoto CS, Fishbein TM. Impact of early reoperation on graft survival after liver transplantation: Univariate and multivariate analysis. Clin Transplant. 2018 Jun;32(6):e13228.
- McFadden JD, Hawksworth JS. Page Kidney: An Unusual Complication of a Renal Transplant Biopsy. Case Rep Urol. 2018 Apr 24;2018:8768549.
- Elsabbagh AM, Hawksworth J, Khan KM, Yazigi N, Matsumoto CS, Fishbein TM. World’s smallest combined en bloc liver-pancreas transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Feb;22(1)
- Elsabbagh AM, Williams C, Girlanda R, Hawksworth J, Kroemer A, Mastumoto CS, Fishbein TM. The impact of intercenter sharing on the outcomes of pediatric split liver transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2017. Dec;31(12).
- Khan KM, Desai CS, Mete M, Desale S, Girlanda R, Hawksworth J, Matsumoto C, Kaufman S, Fishbein T. Developing trends in the intestinal transplant waitlist. Am J Transplant. 2014 Dec;14(12):2830-7
- Desai CS, Girlanda R, Hawksworth J, Fishbein TM. Modified technique for aortic cross-clamping during liver donor procurement. Clin Transplant. 2014 May;28(5):611-5.
- Guerra JF, Zasloff M, Lough D, Abdo J, Hawksworth J, Mastumoto C, Girlanda R, Island E, Shetty K, Kaufman S, Fishbein T. Nucleotide oligomerization domain 2 polymorphisms in patients with intestinal failure. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Feb;28(2):309-13.
- Hawksworth JS, Rosen-Bronson S, Island ER, Girlanda R, Guerra JF, Valdiconza C, Kishiyama K, Christensen KD, Kozlowski S, Kaufman SS, Little C, Shetty K, Laurin J, Satoskar R, Kallakury B, Fishbein TS, Matsumoto CS. Successful Isolated Intestinal Transplantation In Sensitized Recipients With The Use Of Virtual Crossmatching. Am J Transplant. 2012 Dec;12 Suppl 4:S33-42.
- Hawksworth JS, Graybill JC, Brown TS, Gillern SM, Wallace SM, Davis TA, Elster EA, Tadaki DK. Lymphocyte Depletion in Experimental Hemorrhagic Shock in Swine. J Inflammation. 2012 Sep 25;9(1):34.
- Evans KN, Forsberg JA, Potter BK, Hawksworth JS, Brown TS, Andersen R, Dunne JR, Tadaki D, Elster EA Inflammatory Cytokine and Chemokine Expression is Associated with Heterotopic Ossification in High-Energy Penetrating War Injuries. J Orthop Trauma. 2012 May 14. [2012 Nov;26(11):e204-13.
- Hawksworth JS, Graybill JC, Brown TS, Wallace SM, Davis TA, Tadaki DK, Elster EA. Lymphocyte modulation with FTY720 improves hemorrhagic shock survival in Swine. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34224.
- Brown TS, Hawksworth JS, Sheppard FR, Tadaki DK, Elster E. Inflammatory response is associated with critical colonization in combat wounds. Surgical Infections (Larchmont). 2011 Oct;12(5):351-7.
- Cummings LS, Hawksworth JS, Guerra JF, Desai CS, Girlanda R, Matsumoto CS, Fishbein TM, Johnson LB, Melancon JK. Successful ABO incompatible kidney transplant after an isolated intestinal transplant. Transplantation. 2011 May 27;91(10):e73-4.
- Stojadinovic A, Eberhardt J, Brown TS, Hawksworth JS, Gage F, Tadaki DK, Forsberg JA, Davis TA, Potter BK, Dunne JR, Elster EA. Development of a Bayesian model to estimate health care outcomes in the severely wounded. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2010 Aug 16;3:125-35.
- Potter BK, Forsberg JA, Davis TA, Evans KN, Hawksworth JS, Tadaki D, Brown TS, Crane NJ, Burns TC, O'Brien FP, Elster EA. Heterotopic ossification following combat-related trauma. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery of America. 2010 Dec;92 Suppl 2:74-89.
- Hawksworth JS, Fitzgerald D, Speir A, Mukherjee D. Percutaneous in situ oxygenated pump perfusion of a transplanted kidney during abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Vascular. 2010 Nov-Dec;18(6):367-70.
- Sheppard FR, Keiser P, Craft DW, Gage F, Robson M, Brown TS, Petersen K, Sincock S, Kasper M, Hawksworth J, Tadaki D, Davis TA, Stojadinovic A, Elster E. The majority of US combat casualty soft-tissue wounds are not infected or colonized upon arrival or during treatment at a continental US military medical facility. American Journal of Surgery. 2010 Oct;200(4):489-95.
- Elster EA, Hawksworth JS, Chang O, Leeser DB, Ring M, Tadaki DK, Kleiner DE, Brown TS, Mannon RB. Probabilistic (Bayesian) Modeling of Gene Expression In Transplant Glomerulopathy. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 2010 Sep;12(5):653-63.
- Crane NJ, Brown TS, Evans KN, Hawksworth JS, Hussey S, Tadaki DK, Elster, EA. Monitoring the Healing of Combat Wounds Using Raman Spectroscopic Mapping. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2010 Jul-Aug;18(4):409-16.
- Hawksworth JS, Stojadinovic A, Gage F, Tadaki DK, Perdue PW, Forsberg J, Davis TS, Dunne JR, Denobile JW, Brown TS, Elster EA. Inflammatory Biomarkers in Combat Wound Healing. Annals of Surgery. December, 2009. 250(6):1002-7.
- Utz ER, Elster EA, Tadaki DK, Gage F, Perdue PW, Forsberg JA, Stojadinovic A, Hawksworth JS, Brown TS. Metalloproteinase Expression is Associated with Traumatic Wound Failure. Journal of Surgical Research. April, 2010. 159(2):633-9.
- Gage F, Leeser DB, Porterfield NK, Graybill JC, Gillern S, Hawksworth JS, Jindal RM, Thai N, Falta EM, Tadaki DK, Brown TS, Elster EA. Room temperature pulsatile perfusion of renal allografts with Lifor compared with hypothermic machine pump solution. Transplant Proceedings. November, 2009. 41(9):3571-4.
- Hawksworth JS, Elster EA, Fryer D, Sheppard F, Morthole V, Krishnamurthy G, Tomori T, Brown TS, Tadaki DK. Evaluation of lyophilized platelets as an infusible hemostatic agent in experimental non-compressible hemorrhage in swine. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. October, 2009. 7(10):1663-71.
- Dunne JR, Hawksworth JS, Stojadinovic A, Gage F, Tadaki DK, Perdue PW, Forsberg J, Davis T, Denobile JW, Brown TS, Elster EA. Perioperative blood transfusion in combat casualties: a pilot study. The Journal of Trauma. April, 2009. 66(4 Supplement):S150-6.
- Hawksworth JS, Leeser D, Jindal R, Falta E, Tadaki D, Elster EA. “New Directions for Induction Immunosuppression Strategy in Solid Organ Transplantation.” American Journal of Surgery. April, 2009. 197(4):515-24.
- Crane NJ, McHone B, Hawksworth J, Denobile J, Pearl J, Tadaki D, Pinto PA, Levine IW, Elster EA. “Enhanced Surgical Imaging: Laparoscopic Vessel Identification and Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation.” Journal of the American College of Surgeons. June, 2008. 206(6):1159-66.
- Fox CJ, Gillespie DL, O’Donnell SD, Weber MA, Rasmussen TE, Cox MW, Goff JM, Hawksworth JS, Johnson CA, Cryer CM, Galgon RE, Sarac TP, Rich NM. “Delayed Evaluation of Combat-Related Penetrating Neck Trauma." Journal of Vascular Surgery. July, 2006. 44(1):86-93.
- Basnyat B, Gertsch JH, Holck PS, Johnson EW, Luks AM, Donham BP, Fleischman RJ, Gowder DW, Hawksworth JS, et al. “Acetazolamide 125 mg BD is Not Significantly Different from 375 mg BD in the Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness: The Prophylactic Acetazolamide Dosage Comparison for Efficacy (PACE) Trial.” High Altitude Medicine & Biology. Spring, 2006. 7(1):17-27.
- Hawksworth J, Geisinger K, Zagoria R, Kavanagh P, Howerton R, Levine EA, Shen P. “Surgical and Ablative Treatment for Metastatic Adenocarcinoma to the Liver from Unknown Primary Tumor.” American Surgeon. June, 2004. 70(6):512-7.
- Shen P, Hawksworth J, Lovato J, Loggie BW, Geisinger KR, Fleming RA, Levine EA. Cytoreductive Surgery and Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy with Mitomycin C for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Nonappendiceal Colorectal Carcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. February, 2004. 11(2):178-86.
- Hawksworth J, Matsumoto C. Intestinal Transplant Techniques: From Isolated Intestine to Intestine in Continuity with Other Organs. Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Solid Organ Transplantation in Infants and Children, ed. Stephen P. Dunn and Simon Horslen, 2017.
- Hawksworth J, Fishbein TM. Management of Intestinal Failure. Current Surgical Therapy, 13th edition, ed. John L. Cameron and Andrew M. Cameron, in press.
- Radkani P, Hawksworth J, Fishbein T. Biliary System. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 21st edition, in press.