Biography
Mel Hawkins graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry with his DDS degree in 1973 and returned for his formal training in Dental Anesthesiology at the same University from 1975-1976.
He is the Founding Director of the Intravenous Sedation, Continuing Education Program at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and was the Founding Director of the Intravenous Sedation Program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry.
He has over 30 years of private practice experience in Toronto, Canada, with special emphasis on pain control and patient management and various local anesthesia requirements for the dental patient.
In addition to lecturing throughout the United States and Europe for over 20 years, Dr. Hawkins is Board certified as a Diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiologists and is a Fellow of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Hawkins holds fellowships with the International College of Dentists and with the Pierre Fouchard International Academy. He has served on the Continuing Education Committee for the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology.
Additionally, Dr. Hawkins is internationally recognized as an author, lecturer, and clinician on topics concerning sedation and pain-free management of the dental patient.
CURRENT FELLOWSHIPS:
1. Fellow: American Dental Society of Anesthesiology: FADSA
2. Diplomate: American Society of Dental Anesthesiology: DASDA
3. Fellow: International College of Dentistry: FICD
4. Fellow: Pierre Fouchard Society International: FPFS
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT INFORMATION
Dentist’s Consultant
Consultant Scientific Advisor/Consultant for dentist inquiries for two (2) competing local anesthetic manufacturing companies in the USA:
- Septodont Inc., Lancaster, PA, and
- Carestream Dental, Rochester, NY
No shares, stocks or ownership. No marketing or sales involvement. Not employed by either. Reimbursed quarterly.
RECOGNIZED BY:
Dentistry Today – Top 100 Clinician in Dentistry; and
A Leader in Continuing Dental Education – 14 consecutive years, 2005 to present.