Faculty

Core Faculty

The core faculty are those that work within the DFMCH at the University of Hawaiʻi 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

Allen Hixon, MD, MA
DFMCH Professor &
Department Chair

Email: hixon@hawaii.edu 

LEE BUENCONSEJO-LUM

Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD, FAAFP
JABSOM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & DFMCH Professor
Email: lbuencon@hawaii.edu 

ROBERT CARLISLE

Robert Carlisle, MD, MPH
DFMCH Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Quality
Email: rtcarl@hawaii.edu

KANA CARTER

Kana Carter, DO
DFMCH Assistant Professor
Email: kmaeji@hawaii.edu

STEVEN HANKINS

Steven Hankins, MD, MPH, MTS
DFMCH Assistant Professor
Email: hankins@hawaii.edu 

LEIMOMI KANAGUSUKU

Leimomi Kanagusuku, MD
DFMCH Assistant Professor & Associate Program Director of Family Medicine Residency Program
Email: leimomik@hawaii.edu 

CYNTHIA KIM
DFMCH Director of
Behavioral Health
DAMON LEE

Damon Lee, MD
DFMCH Assistant Professor, MS3 Clerkship Director, & JABSOM Center for Clinical Skills Director
Email: damonlee@hawaii.edu 

CHRISTINA MARZO

Christina Marzo, MD, FAAFP
DFMCH Assistant Professor & MS3 Assistant Clerkship Director
Email: cmarzo@hawaii.edu 

CAMLYN MASUDA
DFMCH Assistant Specialist, Assistant Professor at the
UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye
College of Pharmacy, &
Certified Diabetes Educator
ANDREW NICHOLS

Andrew Nichols, MD
DFMCH Professor, Director of the UH Sports Medicine Fellowship, & Division Chief of Sports Medicine
Email: nicholsa@hawaii.edu 

NEAL PALAFOX

Neal A. Palafox, MD, MPH
DFMCH Professor, Professor of the Population Sciences in the Pacific Program at the UH Cancer Center
Email: npalafox@hawaii.edu 

THOMAS QUATTLEBAUM
DFMCH Assistant Professor & Family Medicine Residency Associate Program Director
TERESA SCHIFF-ELFALAN

Teresa Schiff-Elfalan, MD
DFMCH Assistant Professor, HOME Project Medical Director, JABSOM Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Social Justice, & Underserved Care, and JABSOM/AAMC Diversity Officer
Email: schiff@hawaii.edu 

KOMAL SOIN

Komal Soin, MD, MPH, FAAFP
DFMCH Associate Professor & Director of Maternal Child Health and Women's Health
Email: ksoin@hawaii.edu 

PATTY TRAN

Patty Tran, DO
DFMCH Assistant Professor
Email: tranpa@hawaii.edu

CHIEN-WEN TSENG

Chien-Wen Tseng, MD, MS, MPH
DFMCH Professor, Director of Research, & Hawaiʻi Medical
Service Association Endowed
Chair in Health Services and
Quality Research

Email: cwtseng@hawaii.edu 

SEIJI YAMADA

Seiji Yamada, MD, MPH
DFMCH Professor & Director of Medical Student Education
Email: seiji@hawaii.edu 

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.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Aaron Suzuka, MD
Adriann Bruce, MD
Albert Kiyotaka Yazawa, MD
Amanda Haley, MD
Amy Guyton, MD
Ana Nguyen, MD
Andrea Bernhard, MD
Andrew Jun, MD
Angelica Agapito, MD
Anjali Ohri, MD
Anna Mulder, MD
Anna-Lia Quinio, MD
Annie Wang, MD
Arcelita Imasa, MD
Arie Ganz, MD
Bao Pham, MD
Benjamin Gozun III, MD
Bien Lazatin, MD
Bradlee Sako, MD
Bradley Glenn, MD
Bradley Lee, MD
Calvin Chin, MD
Camlyn Masuda, PharmD
Catherine Tsang, MD
Cecilia Wang, MD
Cedric Strong, MD
Celina Hayashi, MD
Charles Kim, MD
Chelsea Walker-Tagawa, MD
Cherisse Kawamura, MD
Christina Lee, MD
Christina Adams, MD
Christine Chan, MD
Christopher Lynch, MD
Christopher Regala, MD
Christopher Tortora, MD
Christy Jun, MD
Corilyn Pang, MD
Craig Thomas, MD
Craig Shikuma, MD
Cynthia Horton, MD
Cynthia Kim, LCSW
Damien Chong-Hanssen, MD
Daniel Belcher, MD
Daniel Choi, MD
Darryl Kan, MD
David Abelson, MD
David Derauf, MD
Dawn Kuriyama, MD
Desmond Foo, MD
Diane Suzuki, MD
Donna Rumbaoa, MD
Douglas Rose, MD
Edy Gomes, MD
Elizabeth Kim, MD
Ellen Stehouwer, DO
Emi Ota, MD
Enrique Carrazana, MD
Eric Yee, MD
Erik Kinoshita, MD
Erin Hunt, MD
Eugenia Kang, MD
Frank Lemes, MD
Gabrielle O'Sullivan, MD
Gale Prentiss, MD
Gerard Livaudais, MD
Graeme Reed, MD
Heather Bejenaru, MD
Helen Kim, MD
Ilya Yepishin, DO
J. Pilar Johnson, MD
January Andaya, MD
Jason Suszko, MD
Jason Viereck, MD
Jeffrey Hirschberg, MD
Jennifer Lo, MD
Jesse Maag, MD
Jessica Ono, MD
Jill Inouye, MD
Jimmy Chen, MD
John Janikowski, MD
John Meisel, MD
Johnnie Yates, MD
Jonathan Aki, DO
Jonathan Sladky, MD
Jordan Arakawa, MD
Joseph Mariano, MD
Joshua Evans, MD
Judye Scheidt, MD
Julie Chang, MD

Justin Young, MD
Kalamaokaaina Niheu, MD
Kambria Beck Holder, MD
Karen Sept, DO
Karla Noel, MD
Kathleen Kearns, MD
Kathy Manzoku-Kanja, MD
Katsuya Andrew Iizuka, MD
Kevin Hara, MD
Kevin McDermott, DO
Kohei Hasebe, MD
Lane Thaut, DO
Larisa Raastad, MD
Laura Chang, MD
Laura Devilbiss, MD
Liana Kobayashi, DO
Lianne Stephanos, RD
Lois Gregg, MD
Lorenzo Albala, MD
Lucio Pascua, MD
Lynda Marie Dolan, MD
Malcolm MacDonald, MD
Maria Rodriguez, MD
Maria Yonahara, MD
Masahisa Amano, MD
Matthew Mitschele, MD
Maura Tresch, MD
Megan Bradham, MD
Meghann Martelly, MD
Melanie Arakaki, MD
Melissa Gosland, MD
Melissa Robey, MD
Michael Chun, DPM
Michael Yamazaki, MD
Monica Cheung Katz, MD
Nancy Smiley, MD
Nash Witten, MD
Natalie Kong, MD
Natalie Parsa, MD
Natalie Relles, MD
Nathan Higa, DPM
Nathan Tan, MD
Neil Chawla, MD
Netley D'Souza, MD
Nicholas Anderson, MD
Nicole Apoliona, MD
Nicole Lum, DO
Nina Baker, MD
Olivia Kapono, MD
Owen Nishikawa, MD
Pantea Shoja, MD
Patricia Borman, MD
Pia Francisco-Natanauan, MD
Rachel Coel, MD
Rachel Randall, PharmD
Rainier Dennis Bautista, MD
Rajesh Reddy, MD
Ralene Wiberg, MD
Randall Nitta, MD
Randall Suzuka, MD
Ravi Reddy, MD
Reinnia Cabal-Amisola, MD
Richard Kline, DO
Richard Podolny, MD
Richard Shinn, DO
Robert Kagawa, MD
Ruben Frescas, MD
Sachin Gandhi, MD
Samir Patel, MD
Sandi Uchida, MD
Sara Davis, MD
Seabrook Mow, MD
Sian Yik Lim, MD
Stacy Kanayama-Trivedi, MD
Steven Rhee, DO
Stuart Lerner, MD
Svetlana Shchedrina, MD
Theresa Wee, MD
Timothy Hiura, MD
Travis Glenn, MD
Trudy Hong, MD
Tyler McMurry, DO
Vanessa Agsalda-Rosenbush, MD
Vishal Goyal, MD
Vivian Kyono, MD
Vona Diener, MD
Yoichi Soma, MD
Yoonhwan Roh, MD
Yupeng Liu, MD
Yusuke Kobayashi, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Byron Izuka, MD
Mark Knox, MD
Robert Durkin, MD

Clinical Professor

Andrew Nichols, MD
Jinichi Tokeshi, MD
Kore Liow, MD

Affiliate Faculty

Jan Prins, PhD
Janet Berreman, MD
John Shepherd, PhD