Surgery
University Tower, Queen’s Medical Center
1356 Lusitana Street, 6th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: (808) 586-2920
Fax: (808) 536-1140
Faculty
J. J. McNamara, MD (Chair)—cardiovascular and thoracic 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, MD—general surgery
J. Machi, PhD—craniofacial biology
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
J. H. Wong, MD—surgical oncology
L. L. Wong, MD—transplant surgery
L. M. F. Wong, MD—transplant surgery
M. Yu, MD—surgical intensive care
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.
Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology
Le‘ahi Hospital
3675 Kilauea Avenue, 3rd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96816
Tel: (808) 732-1477
Fax: (808) 732-1483
E-mail: sandrac@hawaii.edu
Web: medworld.biomed.hawaii.edu/tropmed/Tropmed1.htm
Faculty
*K. Yamaga, PhD (Interim Chair)--immunological mechanisms of
diseases
*S. P. Chang, PhD--immunology, molecular biology, molecular approaches
to vaccine development
*A. R. Diwan, PhD--medical virology: chemotherapy, vaccines
*G. S. N. Hui, PhD--parasitology, immunology, cell biology
K. J. Kramer, PhD--parasitology, epidemiology, leptospirosis, HIV
serodiagnosis
*L. Tam, PhD--malaria and pox antigens, HIV serodiagnosis
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
R. D. Allen, PhD--ultrastructure and cell biology
M. E. Melish, MD--staphylococcal infection and
toxins, clinical infectious disease, Kawasaki syndrome
F. D. Pien, MD--clinical microbiology, diagnostic
bacteriology and parasitology, efficacy of antimicrobial agents
R. C. Rudoy, MD--clinical aspects of viral and
bacterial diseases
*Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered: MS in biomedical science
(tropical medicine), PhD in biomedical science (tropical medicine)
The Academic Program
Tropical medicine (TRMD) is the study of diseases that
occur in the tropics. These are essentially the same diseases, with a
few exceptions, that occur in other regions of the world. Some may be
more common in the tropics than elsewhere; hence, they are referred to
as “tropical diseases.” The Department of Tropical Medicine and
Medical Microbiology is devoted to the study of infectious diseases,
with emphasis on those that occur in Hawai‘i and other tropical
regions, especially Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin.
Epidemiological and ecological investigations of specific diseases are
conducted at least partially in the field. Studies on the infectious
organisms themselves (culture, characterization, and molecular biology)
and the diseases they cause (immunology, pathogenesis, diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment) are mostly laboratory-based. An important
aspect of the department’s research effort is the development of
vaccines for the prevention of important tropical diseases (e.g.,
malaria).
The department is loosely arranged around four
subdisciplines of medical microbiology: bacteriology, immunology,
parasitology, and virology. However, there is a great deal of
interaction and collaboration among the subdisciplines. Graduate
students in tropical medicine may specialize in one of these fields, but
all are expected to develop a basic knowledge of all aspects of
infectious disease microbiology. The program offers students the
opportunity to acquire a variety of experiences in a wide range of
biological sciences (cell biology, biochemistry, epidemiology, molecular
biology, biostatistics, etc.), as well as in their specific field of
interest, along with vigorous training in scientific methodology. Such a
program provides students with the background to take advantage of
numerous professional options in the biological sciences. In this
respect, the tropical medicine program provides learning opportunities
in a range of biological disciplines available in few university
departments. |