UH Med Now - Surgery

Tourists come to Hawai’i for the sun, surf, and sand. This week, in addition to a tropical vacation, more than 200 visitors got a dose of how Hawai’i teaches and practices medicine as the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) held their annual conference in Honolulu. Maybe it was the pent-up urge to travel, or […]

“Two weeks into our mission, our city was hit by Russian cruise missiles.” JABSOM Assistant Professor of Surgery Dr. Andy Oishi (JABSOM MD 1990) thrives under intense pressure. In his 26-year career as a physician at Kuakini Medical Center and Queen’s Medical Center, he’s known to take his gift of healing to war-torn countries and […]

Neurosurgeon Dr. Thomas Noh is no stranger to the fast-paced, high-stakes environment involved in complex cranial and spinal surgery. He spent over 20 years as a competitive video gamer and wants to fuse his fascination with technology to potentially improve the outlook and care of patients in his field. Dr. Noh, a clinical assistant professor […]

Macular degeneration is the most common cause of vision loss in Hawai’i and in the United States. The macula provides us with the ability to read and see in great detail. Degeneration or scarring of the macula results in loss of reading vision, driving vision and facial recognition. Macular degeneration is the leading cause of […]

Before he became a first-year resident at Hawai’i Pacific Health recently, Kevin Benavente, DO, worked with surgeon Paul Szotek, MD, of the Indiana Hernia Center in suburban Indianapolis. This doctor took the unconventional step of requiring his patients to use a smartphone app called Klara to communicate with him. It is one of many designed […]

Seeing eye-to-eye: JABSOM 2012 grad is lead ophthalmologist and oculoplastics surgeon at Aina Haina Eye Center Dr. Amelia Fong (JABSOM MD 2012) is not only an ophthalmologist who diagnoses and treats various eye diseases but is also an oculoplastic surgeon, performing surgeries of the face, eye socket, and eyelid areas. Upon  joining the Aina Haina […]