Dr. Hawn Receives Award for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

November 15, 2023

Dr. Mary Hawn

Dr. Mary Hawn is the recipient of the 2024 MedStar Georgetown Distinguished Achievement Award in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR). Dr. Hawn will accept the award at the annual AWR Conference on June 7 and 8 in Tyson’s Corner, VA.

The recipient is selected by consensus from the Chair of the conference, Dr. Parag Bhanot, the three co-directors, and the rest of the faculty who have accepted their invitations. Selection is based primarily on the contributions the individual has made to advance the field of AWR and hernia surgery.

Previous honorees include:

2023: Scott Roth, MD

2022: John P. Fischer, MD

2021: Jeffrey E. Janis, MD

2019: Michael J. Rosen, MD

2018: J. Jeekel, MD, PhD

2017: Oscar M. Ramirez, MD

2016: Charles E. Butler, MD

2015: Brent D. Matthews, MD

2014: B. Todd Heniford, MD

2013: Adrian E. Park, MD

2012: Guy R. Voeller, MD

2011: Jean Bernard Flament, MD

Hawn is Chair of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University. Her clinical area of specialty is minimally invasive foregut surgery.

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