Message from the Program Director
E Komo Mai – Welcome
Aloha from the University of Hawai鈥榠 Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program. We are a university-based program with clinical training done in community hospitals. As the only civilian Ob/Gyn residency program in the state, our residents rotate at the major medical centers on Oahu that provide care for women. Their training is enhanced by working within different systems and caring for a very diverse population.
Our collegial residents come from medical schools across the country. They are caring, hard-working, and committed to the care they provide their patients. From the very start of residency, they participate fully in our very busy obstetrics, gynecologic, and subspecialty services. Our residency graduates report back that they are confident in their practice or fellowship due to the high volume of cases and wide-ranging clinical experiences during residency.
Mark Hiraoka, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor
Associate Chair of Academic Affairs
Residency Program Director
Our program was founded in 1949, and is sponsored by the University of Hawai鈥榠 John A. Burns School of Medicine (UH-JABSOM) in partnership with multiple health care systems. The OB/GYN Residency Training Program is based at Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women & Children with rotations at Queens Medical Center, Kaiser Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, and Hilo Medical Center. The residency program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Led by Ivica Zalud, MD, PhD, Kosasa Endowed Chair, the department is committed to education. Residents benefit from the over $8.3 million in philanthropy raised over the past 5 years. Endowed chairs and professorships help fund research, visiting professorships, resident education and Native Hawaiian women鈥檚 health.
We are committed to providing quality healthcare to all the women of our island community and beyond. We are dedicated to evidence-based lifelong learning and becoming technically proficient physicians in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. We will stay abreast of, and when possible, directly participate in, current research in our field with the ultimate goal of providing superior care for our patients. We strive to maintain an environment that encourages camaraderie and good rapport among the entire healthcare team. As colleagues, we will support each other professionally and personally and build lifelong friendships.
Along with the many changes being required of training programs is the opportunity for innovation and creativity in discovering and refining new teaching and assessment techniques and utilizing new venues for learning. We are embracing these opportunities while recognizing that the core strength of our program is the synergy resulting from a diverse yet cohesive group of dedicated residents and faculty sharing a path of life-long learning.
Women’s Health
- As physicians, we wish to be competent, compassionate, and responsible practitioners making evidence-based decisions. We strive to stay at the forefront of technology in our field while remembering the importance of a holistic approach to each patient.
Education
- We aim for an educational environment which honors and respects the significant contributions our diverse faculty and teaching staff have to offer while fostering an opportunity for open intellectual discussion. We will be enthusiastic, motivated, and self-directed learners while striving to be inspirational, available, and up-to-date educators.
Research
- We will foster intellectual curiosity as we strive for a respected research program that is clinically based, self-directed and faculty mentored.
Team Spirit
- We build camaraderie by maintaining an excellent rapport between residents, faculty, administration, and support staff. We will be supportive and respectful of our fellow residents in a collaborative and sharing culture.
Balance
- While realizing the importance of immersing ourselves in these four years of postgraduate training we acknowledge the importance of being well rounded and having a life separate from the program. We are dedicated to being active participants in our community, dependable, balanced, and supportive family members, and self-aware, spiritually centered, and self-improving individuals.
Core Faculty & Staff
There are 57 clinical faculty members active in the Department’s education and research programs. Residents learn from and are supervised by University of Hawai鈥榠 faculty spanning the breadth of the specialty; 21 general Obstetrician/Gynecologists, 4 gynecologic oncologists, 7 maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists, 3 urogynecologists, 3 reproductive endocrinologists, and 5 family planning subspecialists trained in the Ryan program, and one Ph.D. Andrologist/Embryologist.