- Chairman, Department of Radiology
- Chief, Vascular Interventional Radiology
 

Education
• University of California, San Diego - La Jolla CA - B.A. (1990)
• University of Southern California - Los Angeles CA - M.D. (1994)

Internships
• University of California, Los Angeles - Sepulveda and Olive View Medical Centers - Los Angeles CA (1994-1995)

Residencies
• LAC-USC Medical Center - Los Angeles CA - Diagnostic Radiology (1995-1999)

Fellowships
• University of Southern California - Los Angeles CA - Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Board Certifications
• American Board of Radiology (1999)
• Certificate of Added Qualifications in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2001)
• Medical Board of California Physician and Surgeon Certificate (1995)
• DEA Controlled Substance Registration Certificate

Personal Biography
• Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Centinela Hospital Medical Center
• Chief of Vascular / Interventional Radiology at Centinela Hospital Medical Center
• Assistant Medical Director of Radiology at Centinela Hospital Medical Center
• Director of the Centinela Vascular Institute
• Director of the Minimally Invasive Therapies at Centinela Hospital Medical Center
• Treasurer / Secretary of the Los Angeles Graduate Radiological Society

Hospital Affiliations
- Centinela Hospital - Inglewood CA
- Chairman of the Department of Radiology
- Senior Member of the Medical Staff on 2003

Clinical Interests
• Uterine Fibroid Embolization
• Minimally Invasive Treatments in Gynecology
• Minimally Invasive Treatments of Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women

Biography

Dr. Dawson is a native of Southern California. He attended the University of California at San Diego graduating with High Honors in Molecular Biology, and receiving a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Attending the University of Southern California School of Medicine, he graduated with honors in 1994. After a year of internship at UCLA, he received his training at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Medical Center in Diagnostic Radiology. Completing the four-year residency, he then received an additional year of fellowship training. The fellowship was an intensive program dedicated to Vascular Interventional Radiology techniques. In 1999 he received his Board Certification from the American Board of Radiology and in 2001 was granted a Certificate of Added Qualification in Interventional Radiology.

Dr. Dawson is a senior staff member at Centinela Hospital Medical Center. He is Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Chief of Vascular Interventional Radiology. He is the Director of the Centinela Vascular Institute and and the Minimally Invasive Therapies Center at Centinela.

Dr. Dawson gives many educational and community talks each year, lecturing to the community and other physicians about the new frontiers of minimally invasive medical techniques.