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Surgery

University Tower, Queen's Medical Center
1356 Lusitana Street, 6th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: (808) 586-2920
Fax: (808) 536-1140

Faculty

• L. M. F. Wong, MD (Interim Chair)--transplant surgery
• A. H. S. Cheung, MD--transplant surgery
• M. B. Ghows, MD--anesthesiology
• P. Halford, MD--general surgery
• T. J. Kane III, MD--orthopaedic surgery
• W. M. L. Limm, MD--transplant surgery
• S. Lozanoff, PhD--anatomy
• J. Machi, MD, PhD--general surgery
• J. J. McNamara, MD--cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
• G. O. McPheeters, MD--general surgery
• M. M. Mugiishi, MD--general surgery
• R. H. Oishi, MD--general surgery
• F. D. Parsa, MD--plastic surgery
• E. C. Pohlson, MD--pediatric surgery
• A. B. Richardson, MD--orthopaedic surgery
• S. J. Steinemann, MD--general surgery/surgical intensive care
• J. H. Wong, MD--surgical oncology
• L. L. Wong, MD--transplant surgery
• S. M. Yandow, MD--adult and pediatric orthopaedic surgery
• M. Yu, MD--surgical intensive care

Degree Offered: MD

The Academic Program

Surgery (SURG) is the branch of medicine that deals with the use of manual or instrumental operations to treat disease, injury, or deformity.

The department provides instruction and training to medical students and residents in surgery and the subspecialties and involves research, etiology, diagnosis, pre- and post-operative care, and surgical techniques. It directs surgical and orthopaedic residency programs, as well as a surgical intensive-care fellowship program. It conducts and participates in continuing medical education programs for physicians and other health professionals. The program utilizes a large and varied faculty of general and specialty surgeons, as well as numerous local hospitals, giving students ample exposure to surgical disease and therapy.

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