Dr. Hawkes is an Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, CA. As a board-certified medical dermatologist, he provides care for children and adults with a broad range of inflammatory conditions and growths. He has a particular interest in the clinical variants of psoriasis (eg, guttate, inverse, pustular, and erythrodermic psoriasis) and the management of other complex inflammatory conditions, such as psoriatic arthritis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and atopic dermatitis/eczema using novel immune therapies. Dr. Hawkes completed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute-funded research fellowship in translational immunology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and received a master’s degree in Clinical Investigation from Rockefeller University in NYC, where he served as Chief Clinical Scholar and principal investigator of multiple clinical trials and human research protocols. He currently serves on the medical board of the National Psoriasis Foundation and frequently participates in a wide variety of research and medical education initiatives related to inflammatory skin conditions.