Practice Areas
Interventional Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease
Personal History
Dr. Hawk was born and raised in Atlanta, GA, and he attended the accelerated combined seven-year B.S./M.D. program at the University of South Florida Honors College and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, FL. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at USF, where he served as Chief Resident, followed by his Cardiovascular Diseases fellowship at USF, where he also served as Chief Fellow. During his cardiology fellowship, he received multiple honors, including Fellow of the Year and Teaching Fellow of the Year.
Dr. Hawk subsequently completed advanced fellowship training in Interventional Cardiology at USF, followed by an additional advanced fellowship with dedicated specialized training in Structural Heart Disease and Complex and High-Risk Interventional Procedures (CHIP) at USF/Tampa General Hospital. His advanced CHIP training includes complex and high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, and mechanical circulatory support-assisted PCI. His structural heart training includes transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair (TEER), patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defect (ASD) closures, and left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO).
Dr. Hawk has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications, including multiple publications in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), and has presented his research at multiple national cardiovascular conferences.
Dr. Hawk joined Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants in 2026. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Adult Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Interventional Cardiology. His clinical interests include coronary artery disease, complex and high-risk coronary interventions, coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), and structural heart disease.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Hawk enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, playing golf, and traveling.
Undergraduate
University of South Florida Honors College
Medical School
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Residency
University of South Florida, Internal Medicine (Chief Resident)
Fellowship
University of South Florida, Cardiovascular Diseases (Chief Fellow); Interventional Cardiology; Structural Heart Disease and Complex and High-Risk Interventional Procedures, USF/Tampa General Hospital
