Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 4, 1 ʻApelila 1988 — 1988 Recruitment for Medical Students Underway [ARTICLE]

1988 Recruitment for Medical Students Underway

Imi Ho'ola Has Good T rack Record Among Hawaiians

Imi Ho'ola, a federally funded program designed to increase the number of disadvantaged students in medicine, has a very proud record of 53 men and women who have become physicians following graduation from the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Of the 53 physicians, the program has produced 16 native Hawaiians as doctors. Nine of the 16 are graduates of The Kamehameha Schools. While there are other Hawaiians who have graduated from the same school, the 16 are those who went through the Imi Ho'ola program. "Those who seek to heal," is the meaning of Imi Ho'ola whieh provides opportunities for men and women who eome from ethnically underrepresented groups in medicine, particularly Hawaiians, Samoans, Filipinos and Micronesians, and want to pursue a career in medicine. Students participate in an intensive one year pre-medical training program whieh concentrates on the basic sciences, mathematics and English. Support services include tutorials, study skills assistance, counseling and assistance in locating financial aid.

The program is currently recruiting students for its next class whieh is scheduled to begin July 25. Call Nanette or Marilyn at 948-7423 for full particulars. Of the 33 currently enrolled students, 19 are Hawaiians and Kamehameha graduates again lead the field with seven. Names of some of the 16 who have graduated and are now in practice appeared in a Ka Wai Ola O OHA story last spring. Their high schools, where they did their residencies and their current status or practice are listed. Naleen N. Andrade — Konawaena High School, psychiatric residency at UH, currently associate professor in psychiatry. Lanee M. Blaisdeli — Punahou School, surgical residency at UH, first year surgery resident. Keith K. Carmack — Kamehameha, family practice residency, Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Blackstone, Va. Currently practicing in North Carolina.

Clayton D.K. Chong — Kamehameha, internal medicine residency, UH. Currently practicing in Texas. Penny J. Chong — Farrington, internal medieine residency, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinez, Calif. She is currently awaiting word on her application for a rheumatology fellowship. Kathleen L. Duarte — Kamehameha, pediatric residency, UH. Currently practicing in Kailua, Oahu. Chiyome L. Fukino — Kamehameha, internal medicine residency, UH. Currently practicing in Honolulu. R. Wayne Fujino — Kamehameha, internal medicine residency, UH. Currently practicing on Kauai.

William H.K. Kama — Waianae High School, family practice residency, Edward W. Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Mieh. He is currently a first year family practice resident. Rhona N. Kamoku — Kamehameha, internal medicine residency, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif. She is in her third year as a medicine resident. Laverne A. Kia — Sacred Hearts Academy, residency in primary care internal medicine, UH. Currently in third year medicine resident.

Lambert K. Lee Loy — Kamehameha, surgical residency, UH. Currently practicing on Kauai. Richard D. Markham — Kailua High School, psychiatric residency, UH. Currently practicing emergency medicine in Florida. Linda B. Nahulu — Kamehameha, psychiatric residency, UH. Currently in first year of psychiatry residency. Phillip B. Reyes — Kamehameha, internal medicine residency, UH. Currently in second year as resident in medicine. Curtis C. Takemoto-Gentile — St. Louis

School, family practice residency, SUNY at Buffalo Affiliated Hospitals, Buffalo, N.Y. Currently in third year as a family practice resident. Gary W. Ahn — Kamehameha, fourth year in medical school. Gerard K. Akaka. — Kamehameha, third year. Glenn P.K. Akiona — Kamehameha, second year.

Richard K. Apau — Kamehameha, second year. Nolan P. Arruda — Maui High School, fourth year. Enoeh K. Brown — Waipahu High School, first year. Dee-Ann L. Carpenter — St. Joseph's High School, second year. Blane K. Chong — Kamehameha, second year. Dougias A. Duvachelle — Kamehameha,

fourth year. Bridgit K. Lee-Stevens — St. Joseph's High School, third year. Veronica J. Lindo — General Equivalency Diploma, second year. Kenneth N. Luke — Kamehameha, fourth year.

Emmett L. McGuire — Pearl City High School, first year. Pamela T. Prescott-Kim — Ventura High School, Calif., fourth year. Jana K. Silva — Punahou, second year. Carol L. Titcomb — Punahou, second year. Donald A. Wallaee, Jr. — Baldwin High School, first year. Lori L. Wilhelm — Maryknoll, first year. Clayton T. Wong — Baldwin High School, second year.