Core Faculty
The core faculty are those that work within the DFMCH at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. They are responsible for the bulk of the teaching, precepting, and curriculum development for the residency, Medical Student Teaching and Sports Medicine fellowship programs.
Allen Hixon, MD, MA
Department Chair
Thomas Quattlebaum, MD
Family Medicine Residency Program Director
Robert Carlisle, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Family Medicine Residency Associate Program Director
Andrew Nichols, MD
Sports Medicine Fellowship Program Director
Cynthia Kim, LCSW
Director of Behavioral Health
DFMCH Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD
Allen Hixon, MD, MA
Andrew Nichols, MD
Neal A. Palafox, MD, MPH
Chien-Wen Tseng, MD, MS, MPH
Kelley Withy, MD, MS, PhD
Seiji Yamada, MD, MPH
DFMCH Associate Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Robert Carlisle, MD, MPH
Jill Omori, MD
Komal Soin, MD, MPH
DFMCH Assistant Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Steven Hankins, MD, MPH, MTS
Leimomi Kanagusuku, MD
Damon Lee, MD
Kana Maeji, DO
Thomas Quattlebaum, MD
Teresa Schiff-Elfalan, MD
Patty Tran, DO
Clinical Faculty
The clinical faculty have clinical appointments with the DFMCH and all volunteer their time to work with our residents and medical students. The clinical faculty responsible for residency teaching includes over 100 community physicians, many of whom are active medical staff members at various hospitals and preceptors/supervisors at the various rotation sites (Tripler Army Medical Center, Hilo Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, and private offices). Faculty responsible for medical student teaching include a wide variety of talented family physicians throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Basin.
Adjunct Associate Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Janet Berreman, MD
Jan Prins, PhD (Sports Medicine)
Assistant Clinical Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Angelica Agapito, MD
Vanessa Agsalda-Rosenbush, MD
Nicole Apoliona, MD
Melanie Arakaki, MD
Nina Baker, MD
Heather Bejenaru, MD
Daniel Belcher, MD
Patricia Borman, MD
Megan Bradham, MD
Adriann Bruce, MD
Reinnia Cabal-Amisola, MD
Christine Chan, MD
Julie Chang, MD
Kapono Chong-Hanssen, MD
Michael Chun, MD
Rachel Coel, MD (Sports Medicine)
Luis Cruz, MD (Sports Medicine)
David Derauf, MD
Laura Devilbiss, MD
Lynda Dolan, MD
Joshua Evans, MD
Robin Faumuina, MD, MPH
Desmond Foo, MD
Pia Francisco-Natanauan, MD
Sachin Gandhi, MD
Melissa Gosland, MD
Benjamin Gozun, MD
Amanda Haley, MD (Sports Medicine)
Nathan Higa, DPM
Timothy Hiura, MD
Trudy Hong, MD
Katsuya Iizuka, MD
Jill Inouye, MD
Byron Izuka, MD
Andrew Jun, MD
Christy Jun, MD
Robert Kagawa, MD (Sports Medicine)
Darryl Kan, MD (Sports Medicine)
Stacy Kanayama-Trivedi, MD
Eugenia Kang, MD
Olivia Kapono, MD
Charles Kim, MD
Elizabeth Kim, MD
Helen Kim, MD
Yusuke Kobayashi, MD
Natalie Kong, MD
Dawn Kuriyama, MD
Bien Lazatin, MD
Christina Lee, MD
Frank Lemes, MD
Vincent Leon, MD, MPH
Sian Yik Lim, MD
Gerard Livaudais, MD
Nicole Lum, DO
Christopher Lynch, MD (Sports Medicine)
Jesse Maag, MD
Malcolm MacDonald, MD
Kathy Manzoku-Kanja, MD
Christina Marzo, MD
Ana Nguyen, MD, MPH
Owen Nishikawa, MD
Randall Nitta, MD
Paz Nuanez, MD
Anjali Ohri, MD
Jessica Ono, MD
Emi Ota, MD
Corilyn Pang, MD
Natalie Parsa, MD
Lucio Pascua, MD
Samir Patel, MD
Bao Pham, MD
Richard Podolny, MD
Gale Prentiss, MD (Sports Medicine)
Ravi Reddy, MD
Graeme Reed, MD
Christopher Regala, MD
Natalie Relles, MD
Steven Rhee, DO
Yoonhwan Roh, DO
David Samsami, MD
Karen Sept, DO
Craig Shikuma, MD
Richard Shinn, DO
Marc Shlacter, MD
Jonathan Sladky, MD (Sports Medicine)
Yoichi Soma, MD
Ellen Stehouwer, MD
Guy Sugino, MD
Christopher Sutherland, DO
Randall Suzuka, MD
Diane Suzuki, MD
Craig Thomas, MD
Christopher Tortora, MD
Sandi Uchida, MD
Jason Viereck, MD, PhD
Annie Wang, MD
Cecilia Wang, MD, FACS
Kim Wischman, MD
Nash Witten, MD
Michael Yamazaki, MD
Johnnie Yates, MD
Albert Yazawa, MD
Eric Yee, MD
Maria Yonahara, MD
Justin Young, MD
Associate Clinical Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Andre Durand, MD, MPH
Robert Durkin, MD (Sports Medicine)
Associate Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Assistant Specialist(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Clinical Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Kore Liow, MD
Jinichi Tokeshi, MD
Clinical Supervisor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
David Abelson, MD
Masahisa Amano, MD
January Andaya, MD
Jordan Arakawa, MD
Rainier Bautista, MD
Kambria Beck Holder, MD
Andrea Bernhard, MD
Enrique Carrazana, MD
Laura Chang, MD
Daniel Choi, MD
Vona Diener, MD
Netley D’Souza, MD, FAAFP
Arie Ganz, MD
Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH
Kevin Hara, MD
Kohei Hasebe, MD
Celina Hayashi, MD
Jeffrey Hirschberg, MD
Erik Kinoshita, MD
Richard Kline, DO
Vivian Kyono, MD
Bradley Lee, MD
Stuart Lerner, MD
Matthew Mitschele, MD
Anna-Lia Quinio, MD
Donna Rumbaoa, MD
Bradlee Sako, MD
Pantea Shoja, MD
Cecilia Pearl Si, MD
Nancy Smiley, MD
Lianne Stephanos, MS, RD, LD, CDE
Cedric Strong, MD
Emily Sumner, MD
Jason Suszko, MD
Sriharsha Vajjala, MD
Vimala Vajjala, MD
Tanya von Detten, MD
Theresa Wee, MD
Erin Yabuki, RDMS, RVT
Brooke Yorita, MD
Clinical Teaching Assistant(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Chelsea Tagawa, MD
Catherine Tsang, MD
Professor(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Lecturer(s)
Listed alphabetically,
Non-DFMCH Faculty
JABSOM faculty from the Departments of Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Surgery also serve as supervisors for required residency rotations.
Monica Cheung Katz, MD (Geriatrics)
Robert Durkin, MD (Pediatrics and Surgery)
Nicole Lum, DO (Geriatrics)
Seabrook Mow, MD (Geriatrics)
Lucio Pascua, MD (Pediatrics)
Alberto Santos-Ocampo, MD (Internal Medicine)
Ilya Yepishin (Geriatrics)