Program Director's Message: Kudos! | Hawaii Residency Program

Congratulations to our residents, Associate Program Directors & faculty for their numerous recognitions at the November 12th HPMG Research and Innovation Symposium!

Best Research Poster:

Bending the Curve on Melanoma: Early Detection and Mortality Through Automated Population-Based Screening by our very own Jonathan Cho, MD & faculty members, Stacey Honda, MD, PhD; Theresa Devere, MD; and Karen Ching, MD, PharmD.

Resident Jonathan Cho and faculty members, Drs. Stacey Honda, Theresa Devere & Karen Ching, accept their award. — Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Stacey Honda, MD, PhD; Theresa Devere, MD; Jonathan Cho, MD; Research Symposium Chairperson, Brian Lee, MD; Associate Medical Director, Knowledge Management, Grant Okawa, MD.

Best "Now" Innovation:

Still Not Your Grandma's Residency: Toolkit to Train Tomorrow's Healers by our Associate Program Directors, Loni Belyea, MD, MBA & Jennifer Katada, MD.

APDs Katada and Belyea receive award — Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Loni Belyea, MD, MBA; Jennifer Katada, MD; Associate Medical Director, Primary Care, Samir Patel, MD.

Best "Near" Innovation:

Remote Glucose Monitoring by faculty members Kelly Kawaoka, MD, MPH & Jennifer Loh, MD

Drs. Kawaoka and Loh receive Innovation Gallery award — Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Kelly Kawaoka, MD, MPH; Assistant Associate Medical Director, Medical Education, Jennifer Loh, MD; Associate Medical Director, Primary Care, Samir Patel, MD.

Best Implementation of the Grand Rounds Strategy in 2017:

"A New Direction for Type 2 Diabetes" by Residents Jonathan Cho, MD; Matthew Chan, MD; Hisami Oba, MD; William Bae, MD & Matthew Yee, MD.

IM Residents win 2017 Best Implementation of a Grand Rounds Strategy award — Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Jonathan Cho, MD; Matthew Chan, MD; Hisami Oba, MD; William Bae, MD; Matthew Yee, MD; Mitch Motooka, MD; Assistant Associate Medical Director, Medical Education, Jennifer Loh, MD.

Best Implementation of the Grand Rounds Strategy in 2018:

"Ravaged Joints: A Rheumatologist's Recommendations for Arthritis" by faculty member David Finger, MD.

Faculty David Finger, MD wins Grand Rounds award — Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; David Finger, MD; Assistant Associate Medical Director, Medical Education, Jennifer Loh, MD.

Residents pose at PDD_Candid — Residents pose for a quick candid at the Research and Innovation Symposium. Don't they look great?

Happy Holidays to all of you.