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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, & Associate Program Director of Family Medicine Residency Program
Email: rtcarl@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

Cynthia Kim, LCSW
DFMCH Director of
Behavioral Health
Email: kimcl@hawaii.edu

DAMON LEE

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

KANA MAEJI

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

CAMLYN MASUDA

Camlyn Masuda, PharmD
DFMCH Assistant Specialist, Assistant Professor at the
UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye
College of Pharmacy, &
Certified Diabetes Educator
Email: camlynm@hawaii.edu

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

Thomas Quattlebaum, MD
DFMCH Assistant Professor & Family Medicine Residency Associate Program Director
Email: tquattle@hawaii.edu

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.

Adjunct Associate Professor(s)
Janet Berreman, MD
Jan Prins, PhD (Sports Medicine)

Assistant Clinical Professor(s)
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)
Andre Durand, MD, MPH
Robert Durkin, MD (Sports Medicine)