Leimomi Kanagusuku, MD

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

Education
Undergraduate: Stanford University, BA - Human Biology, Concentration: Health in Underserved Communities
Post-Baccalaureate: ‘Imi Hoʻōla Post-Baccalaureate Program
Medical School: University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine, MD, Certificates of Distinction: Native Hawaiian Health, Rural Health
Residency Training: University of Hawai’i Family Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: University of Hawai’i Office of Medical Education Fellowship in Medical Education

Clinical & Academic Roles

• Inpatient Team Care Attending (Pali Momi Medical Center)
• Residency Continuity Clinic Preceptor (University Family Medicine at Pali Momi Medical Center)
• Continuing Medical Education Committee Member

Research

• Health disparities
• POCUS (Point-of-care ultrasound)
• Medical education/curriculum

1. Tseng, Chien-Wen, et al. “Patients’ Compliance With Quarantine Requirements for Exposure or Potential Symptoms of COVID-19.” Hawai’i Journal of Health & Social Welfare 80.11 (2021): 276.

• University of Hawai’i Family Medicine Residency Program Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)
• Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program Recipient (2016-2018)
• E.E. Balck Community Service Award (2018)
• Maurice Brodsky Memorial Award (2018)
• Po’okela No’eau Award (2018)
• Aquanimatas No’ono’o Pono Award (2018)
• Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation (2018)
• Aloha Award (2018)

• Dancing – ballet, hula, jazz, modern, hip-hop
• Hiking
• Hawaiian quilting