The 2025 nominees for the Dr. James Bush Award for Excellence in Telehealth were truly outstanding. Over the coming months, the Wyoming Telehealth Network will be highlighting these nominees, to recognize and celebrate their achievements and contributions towards the advancements of telehealth services in Wyoming.
Stephen Hawkins, MD
Dr. Stephen Hawkins is a pediatric pulmonologist and sleep specialist at the Children’s Hospital Colorado, and a faculty member at the University of Colorado School of Medicine – Anschutz Campus. He completed his medical education at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, and then moved to Colorado to complete an internship, residency training, and two fellowships at the University of Colorado (Children’s Hospital Colorado) Program.
Dr. Hawkins is broadly interested in improving sleep outcomes among children and teenagers. He actively engages with his patients and their families, and works with them find the best information, develop a sound treatment plan, and work through that plan together.
Dr. Hawkins was nominated for our 2025 Excellence in Telehealth award by a parent of a patient who described Dr. Hawkins as an empathetic and active listener. Though they initiated treatment before the Covid-19 pandemic, once the shutdown began, Dr. Hawkins quickly adapted to the use of telehealth. Beyond delivering 1-on-1 care via telehealth, Dr. Hawkins remotely coordinated care plans, consulted with other providers (often during the appointments to include the parent’s perspectives), and importantly, was able to deliver the same personable and compassionate standard of care expected of any visit to the doctor’s office. “Dr. Hawkins is in this profession to help kids . . . He is a champion for not only telehealth, but every child and family that get the honor to meet him!”.
Thank you for your commitment to telehealth excellence, Dr. Hawkins!
