Faculty

Deborah Hawkins, ACNP-BC, RN

Deborah Hawkins is the lead Nurse Practitioner in the Head and Neck Cancer Clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her undergraduate from The University of Arizona and Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt. She is board certified in acute care and has worked with oncology patients in her current role since 2010. 

Outside of her clinical responsibilities, Ms. Hawkins has been piloting a survivorship clinic for head and neck cancer patients for long term management of toxicities from chemotherapy and radiation. She takes an active role in clinical operations and patient experience committees. Her current areas of interest include supportive care regimens in patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiation and maintaining quality standards across multiple network sites. 

Deborah Hawkins is a preceptor for the oncology rotation for nurse practitioners. She also enjoys gardening and breeding labradoodles.

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Deborah Hawkins, ACNP-BC, RN discloses no relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients during the past 24 months.