The purpose of the JABSOM Executive Committee is to recommend policies to the Dean and to serve as the liaison between the Dean and the faculty by discussing all matters brought before it.
JABSOM Executive Committee Meeting
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Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD
Interim Dean and Professor
Danny Takanishi, MD
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Mariana Gerschenson, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Nancy K. Foster, EdD, MA, CGMA
JABSOM Chief Financial & Associate Dean for Administration and Finance
Derek Wong, MPH, MBA
Interim UHP Chief Executive Officer
Ivy Nip Asano, MD
Admissions
Matthew Campbell
Communications, Media & Government Affairs
Susan Steinemann, MD
Designated Institutional Official (DIO) & Graduate Medical Education
Julie Inouye
Development
Lori Emery
Faculty Affairs
Junji Machi, MD (Interim)
Global Health & International Medicine
Kristen Anderson, MPH, MLIS
Health Sciences Library
Sheri Fong, MD, PhD
JABSOM MD Curriculum Committee Chair
Jill Omori, MD
Medical Education
Lawrence Burgess, MD
Student Affairs
Takashi Matsui, MD, PhD
Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology
Olivier LeSaux, PhD
Cell and Molecular Biology
Danny Takanishi, MD (Interim department chair)
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Pauline Mashima, PhD (Graduate Program Director)
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Allen “Chip” Hixon, MD, MA
Family Medicine and Community Health
Kamal Masaki, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Scott Kuwada, MD (Interim department chair)
Internal Medicine
Karen Thompson, MD (Interim department chair)
Medical Technology
Violet Nxedhlana, PhD (Program Director)
Medical Technology
Joseph “Keawe” Kaholokula, PhD
Native Hawaiian Health
Ivica Zalud, MD, PhD, FACOG, FAIUM
Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health
Karen Thompson, MD
Pathology
Kenneth Nakamura, MD
Pediatrics
Anthony Guerrero, MD
Psychiatry
Eunjung Lim, PhD
Quantitative Health Sciences
Kenric Murayama, MD, MBA, FACS
Surgery
Vivek Nerurkar, PhD, DMLT, MSc
Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Pharmacology
Ralph Shohet, MD
Center for Cardiovascular Research
Kelley Withy, MD, PhD
Hawaiʻi and Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Cecilia Shikuma, MD
Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS
Sue Steinemann, MD, FACS
Hyperbaric Treatment Center
Winona Lee, MD
ʻImi Hoʻōla Post Baccalaureate Program
W. Steve Ward, PhD
Institute for Biogenesis Research
Violet Horvath, PhD
Pacific Disabilities Center
Benjamin W. Berg, MD
SimTiki
Richard McCartin, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
President
Michelle Tallquist, Cell and Molecular Biology
Vice-President
Jane Onoye, Psychiatry
Secretary
D-Dré Wright, MS2
Second Year
Collin Liang, MS4
Fourth Year
Cassandra Matsushige
Graduate Student