2025-2026 UH Mānoa Catalog [DRAFT]
Department of Medicine
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University Tower, Queen’s Medical Center
1356 Lusitana Street, 7th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: (808) 586-2910
Fax: (877) 720-5711
Web: uhmed.org
Faculty
S. K. Kuwada, MD (Chair)—gastroenterology
O. Abdul-Ghani, MD—cardiology
J. Acoba, MD—hematology, medical oncology
S. Azuma, MD—cardiology
D. Banerjee, MD—cardiology
E. F. Bello, MD—infectious disease
B. Berg, MD—pulmonary critical care
W. Boisvert, PhD—cardiovascular research
S. Brown, MD—neurology
M. Bruno, MD—neurology
S.Cheng, MD—nephrology
C. Chong, MD—general internal medicine, hospitalist
D. Chow, MD—general internal medicine, meds/peds
E. Daoud, MD—critical care
G. Devendra, MD—internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine
S. Gallacher, MD—critical care
E. Ganitano, MD—critical care
J. Go, MD—internal medicine
A. Hernandez, MD—nephrology
A. Hoo, MD—general internal medicine
R. Ikeda, MD—critical care, pulmonary medicine
C. Izutsu—nephrology
J. Kagihara, MD—oncology
F. Kan, MD—internal medicine
M. Kiyokawa, MD—general internal medicine
F. Koehler, MD—general internal medicine
M. Koenig, MD—neurology
J. Kot, MD—critical care
D. Kurohara, MD—internal medicine
H. Kwong, MD—cardiology
N. Leong, MD—internal medicine
K. Lian, MD—hospitalist
T. Maglinao, MD—general internal medicine
B. Matsuda, MD—critical care, pulmonary medicine
F. Mercado, MD—general internal medicine
J. Miles, MD—neurology
N. Morgan, MD—internal medicine
K. Nakagawa, MD—neurology
R. Nakasone, MD—internal medicine, hematology, medical oncology
M. Nogi, MD—internal medicine
T. Reed, MD—internal medicine
C. Rettenmeier, PhD—neuroscience, mri research
T. Seto, MD—cardiology
R. Shimamoto, MD—general internal medicine
R. Shohet, MD—cardiology
V. Stenger, PhD—neuroscience, mri research
K. Sumida, MD—hematology
B. Takase, MD—general internal medicine
M. Tallquist, PhD—cardiovascular medicine
L. Tam, MD—internal medicine
M. Tanoue, MD—cardiology
T. Watai—internal medicine
J. Yess, MD—general internal medicine
* Graduate Faculty
The Academic Program
Internal medicine is the medical discipline that specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of illnesses in adults. The Department of Medicine contributes to the general education of medical students, and provides post-MD and continuing medical education in the discipline of internal medicine and its sub-specialties. Faculty also maintain active, funded research programs in HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), cardiology, diabetes, neurology, respiratory diseases, and other medical conditions, in addition to patient-oriented, community-based, or medical education research. Faculty also provide direct patient care and medical services in hospital and outpatient settings, particularly to the under-served or under-insured. In delivering medical education, conducting research, and providing patient care, the department helps Hawaiʻi meet its health care needs, develop vital work force, and advance our understanding of health disparities in the context of Hawaiʻi’s unique ethnic and environmental diversity.
Education
The department provides education for medical students, interns and residents (post-MD students), faculty, and practitioners. In the first two years of medical student education, departmental faculty hold key leadership and teaching roles in Problem-Based Learning, Colloquia, Basic Science Correlations, Clinical Skills Preceptorship, and many BIOM courses. In these early years, the curriculum integrates humanities, social sciences, and the physical and biological sciences. The curriculum also promotes skills in hypothesis formulation, data acquisition and evaluation, clinical problem-solving, and effective communication with patients, their families, and other members of the health team.
For third year students, the department coordinates required clerkships that provide students supervised, formative experiences in the evaluation and management of patients in hospital and outpatient settings. For fourth year medical students, faculty in internal medicine and internal medicine sub-specialties also offer required and elective learning opportunities that focus on particular aspects of internal medicine. In brief, the department helps the learner achieve graduation objectives and helps assure accreditation of the school by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
Training Programs
The department has two training programs, accredited by the American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), that faculty provide oversight for interns and residents in the UH Internal Medicine Residency Program (UHIMRP) and the UH Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program (UHPCIMRP).
UHIMRP
Each year, nearly 20 post-MD students complete the 3-year Categorical program. Faculty develop and deliver curricula that address fundamental concepts in general medicine and in each of the internal medicine sub-specialties: allergy and immunology, cardiology, critical care medicine, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, hematology, infectious diseases, nephrology, neurology, oncology, pulmonary diseases, and rheumatology. The curricula are delivered at inpatient and outpatient sites that provide opportunities for supervised direct patient care and that embody the practical experiences which the internist must be prepared for, while advancing the resident’s preparation for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Increasing emphasis on medical education and scholarship help assure that residents will learn and teach well beyond their graduation from the residency. Indeed, post-doctoral residents are integral to the education of our medical students.
As part of the departmental commitment to post-graduate training, the department also educates 2 preliminary residents who complete a year of internal medicine before focusing in neurology, dermatology, anesthesiology, radiology, and other specialties. Our faculty supervises rotations for residents in other disciplines, as required by their respective accrediting Boards, including family medicine and psychiatry.
UHPCIMRP
UHPCIMRP is a new and distinct Internal Medicine Primary Care residency training program, recently accredited by ACGME in September of 2023. UHPCIMRP is structured to have a total complement of 12 residents spanning the three years of training, with 4 residents in each post graduate year.
Internal Medicine residencies have traditionally focused on inpatient training, placing a heavy emphasis and the majority of rotations within the hospital setting. As opposed to traditional models of Internal Medicine residency programs, UHPCIMRP approximates about 1/3rd of the training will be inpatient focused, allowing for the overwhelming majority of training time to be situated in outpatient ambulatory settings. This increased time availability will enable residents to focus on primary care subspecialties, additional ambulatory experiences, and more rural health exposure. In addition, this program will have the space to embrace a robust Native Hawaiian curriculum, helping to further elevate these new physicians with culturally- tailored and appropriate care.
The UHPC curriculum emphasizes a multi-specialty ambulatory training experience, focused on diverse exposures to consultative and ambulatory specialties that develop a well-prepared General Internist. Residents will be mandated to participate in 2-week ambulatory specialty experiences, such as Cardiology, Nephrology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal, Addiction Medicine, Geriatrics, Neurology and more. These rotations assure residents the opportunity to gain significant exposure and confidence in managing the most common outpatient problems.
Research
Faculty are principal investigators of and contributors to federally funded research programs. Many ongoing translational and clinical research projects help address racial disparities in prevalence, detection, and management of illnesses. Reflecting the collaboration with basic scientists, several faculty also have adjunct appointments in basic science departments and the UH Cancer Center. Collaborations also exist with medical centers such as the Queen’s Health Systems and Hawaii Pacific Health. Research in bioethics, medical education, public health, community outreach, and community-based participatory research promote teaching and learning approaches, and advance the health literacy of the medical and public communities. The diverse scientific and scholarly activities provide rich learning opportunities for UH Mānoa undergraduates, JABSOM medical students, UHIMRP residents, and practitioners.
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