April Hawkes, MS, PA-C, is a physician assistant with vast experience working in general surgery, orthopedics and emergency surgical services.
April graduated from UNM with a degree in biology and chemistry with honors. During her undergrad she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratories and Los Angeles Children’s Hospital researching leukemia. She is an active volunteer in the community at the Agora Crisis Center at UNM and the Alamo Indian Reservation Health Clinic providing care to the underserved.
April graduated from USF with a medical masters degree of science with physician assistant studies. She served as a delegate in the House of Representatives during her masters degree with the AAPA and was actively involved with bylaws regarding PAs.
She has clinical experience working in orthopedics and emergency surgical services with significant first-assist experience with high risk surgeries as well as specialty surgeries.
April is a member of the New Mexico Academy of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants and currently serves on the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy.