Pediatric Emergency Physicians, Kapiolani Medical Specialists
Kapiolani Medical Center For Women And Children
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
The only pediatric emergency physician group in Hawaii
Front row left to right: Wendy Matsuno MD, Jannet Lee-Jayaram MD, Brunhild Halm MD PhD, Lynette Young MD
Middle row left to right: Loren Yamamoto MD MPH MBA, Travis Hong MD, Andrew Perry MD, Rodney Boychuk MD.
Back row left to right: Francisco Garcia MD, Jonathan Marr MD, Alson Inaba MD, Peter Di Rocco MD MS, Paul Eakin MD
Through Kapi’olani Medical Specialists, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division is responsible for: Patient care (ED staffing), quality improvement, administration, nursing education, medical student and resident education, pre-hospital (EMS) education. Members of this division also provide support staffing services for pediatric transport and hospital sedation.
UH JABSOM/Kapi’olani Medical Center Contributions: PBL tutoring, ward attending, grand rounds, Monday noon conference, resident conferences, student preceptoring, student exams, research, continuing medical education, contribution to educational and life support programs sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Heart Association. The Emergency Medicine Division contributes substantial faculty resources towards medical student and resident education. The Emergency Medicine Division played a major role in publishing the UH JABSOM general pediatrics textbook (700 pages) in 2004: Case Based Pediatrics For Medical Students and Residents.
The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine can best be characterized as a group of independent thinkers who work together to get the job done. Faculty in this division are all board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. The division is responsible for scheduling 24/7 attending physician coverage for the pediatric emergency medicine service, utilizing faculty attendings who care for approximately 24,000 pediatric visits annually. This division collectively has received numerous awards and accomplishments in medical education, academic research and community service.
Alson Inaba, MD
Birthplace: Honolulu
Grew up in: Honolulu (Manoa)
High School: Iolani, 1979
College: Creighton University, 1983 (Biology major/Philosophy minor)
Med School: Tufts University School of Medicine, 1987 (AOA Honor Society)
Residency: Children’s Hospital Oakland (Pediatrics), 1987-1990.
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Oakland (Pediatric Emergency Medicine), 1990-1992.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division Head, Associate Professor of Pediatrics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. He has received numerous teaching awards over the past 20 years. Most recently he was the recipient of the 2011 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and delivered the keynote speech at the White Coat Ceremony for the incoming JABSOM class of 2015. He was the Director of our former Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship program, from which two fellows have graduated (all are currently board certified). He was the Medical Director of the Hawaii Poison Center from 1992 to 2002 and he serves as a toxicology resource in the community. He has over 25 publications in journals and textbooks. He is a certified instructor in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). He has served as the AHA (American Heart Association) National Faculty member for PALS for the State of Hawaii (2002-2007) and also served on the AHA National Program Administration Subcommittee (2005-2008), which oversees all of the PALS, ACLS and BLS courses in the nation and internationally. His Stayin Alive teaching tip for CPR was published in the Fall 2006 issue of Currents by the American Heart Association. Since the release of that publication his CPR teaching methods are currently being used throughout the United States and internationally. His Stayin Alive teaching tip was also recently featured in You Tube clips promoting Hands Only CPR by the AHA (July 2011) and the British Heart Foundation (January 2012). He serves as the Course Director and faculty member for many PALS courses throughout the community. He is a major contributor to and an Associate Editor for Radiology Cases In Pediatric Emergency Medicine, a CD and Web based educational program. He is an Associate Editor for our recently published general pediatrics textbook, Case Based Pediatrics For Medical Students and Residents. He is a charter member of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice Editorial Board. He also serves as the Course Co-Director for the Pediatric Emergency elective for senior medical students and visiting residents. His interests include innovative methods of teaching, pediatric resuscitation and patient satisfaction.
Loren Yamamoto, MD, MPH, MBA
Birthplace: Honolulu
Grew up in: Pearl City, HI
High School: Pearl City HS, 1975
College: University of Hawaii, 1978 (Biology major)
Med School: Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX), University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1983.
Graduate School: MPH, 1981, University of Hawaii School of Public Health. MBA, 1993, University of Hawaii College of Business Administration.
Residency: Kapi’olani-Children’s Medical Center (Pediatrics), 1983-1986.
Fellowship: Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women and Children (Pediatric Emergency Medicine), 1988.
Hobbies: Tennis, fishing, University of Hawaii sports.
Professor of Pediatrics. His main interests are research, publishing and technology/telecommunications. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). He has published over 114 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 90 abstracts, 75 electronic publications, 40 reference and textbook chapters, and 80 national research/educational presentations. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Care, and is a reviewer for other journals. He maintains a pediatrics educational web site which has received awards and national recognition: www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics He is the Chief Editor of Radiology Cases In Pediatric Emergency Medicine, a CD and Web based educational program for which he received the AAP Professional Medical Education Award. He is also the author of a parenting book, and is the Chief Editor for Case Based Pediatrics For Medical Students and Residents, the University of Hawaii's Pediatric textbook. He is the chairman of the AAP/ACEP Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) steering committee and one of two APLS editors. He is formerly a member of AAP’s Pedialink Editorial Board, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine (COPEM), National Conference Planning Group, Committee on CME (COCME), and Committee on Scientific Meetings (COSM). He is currently the Vice-Chief of Staff for Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women And Children and a member of the Medical Executive Committee, the Credentials Committee, and the Quality Council. He has coached youth soccer, youth baseball, youth volleyball, youth tennis, and has coached Hawaii junior tennis teams at National Tournaments in Salt Lake City and at Stanford. He participates in community and media seminars on parenting skills. He has three children: Oldest daughter just graduated from UC Berkeley, Univ. Hawaii, and Boston U; currently a medical student at the Univ. Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. Second daughter just graduated from the University of Washington; currently a law student at the Univ. Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law. Son who is a senior mechanical engineering student the University of Hawaii.
Rodney Boychuk, MD
Birthplace: Willingdon, Alberta, Canada
Grew up in: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
High School: Ross Sheppard High School
College: University of Alberta
Med School: University of Alberta
Internship/Residency: Edmonton Genera Hospital, Canada. Kauikeolani Children’s Hospital, Honolulu. Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg.
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Neonatology).
Hobbies: Restoring historic building and furniture, Newfoundland club.
Community service: Asthma education and assistance with community educational groups. Public Relation activities with KMCWC. RICO case reviewer. Supporter of SIDS Group and Mother’s Milk Bank.
Research interests: Pediatric Emergency Medicine clinical problems, such as asthma.
Special accomplishments: Alpha Omega Alpha, multiple other awards and distinguished honor activities.
Professor of Pediatrics. currently the past Chief of Staff for Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women And Children. His main interests are quality improvement, medical staff affairs, neonatology, resuscitation and outreach education. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He is board certified in pediatrics, neonatology and pediatric emergency medicine. He recently completed his role as Principle Investigator for an Asthma Education grant for emergency departments and community hospitals from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Leahi Foundation, and HMSA Foundation. He has presented research results from this study at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Asian Emergency Medicine Association. He has taught many courses in neonatology, PALS, and APLS. He is highly regarded for his teaching skills and the breadth of his clinical skills which include general pediatrics, neonatology, emergency medicine and critical care. He is an instructor for Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), an Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) course director and an APLS chapter author/contributor. He has numerous publications and abstracts in peer reviewed journals. In the community, he has coached youth soccer and is an educational resource to other health care professionals providing health care to children.
Brunhild Halm, MD, PhD, RDMS
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Grew up in: Germany
High School: Germany
College/Med School: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
Ph.D. Program: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
Residencies: Children’s Hospital in Norderney, Germany (Pediatrics). Seton Hall University, Paterson, NJ (Pediatrics).
Fellowships: Children’s Hospital in Norderney, Germany (Allergy). Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women and Children (Pediatric Emergency Medicine).
Research interests: Biomarkers after radiation exposure, Bedside ultrasound in the pediatric emergency department, Soy and health, Vitamin D status in the population of Hawai’i, Simulation in Healthcare.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine in the U.S. She also completed a pediatric residency and an allergy fellowship with board certifications in Germany. She has taken a leadership role in establishing the JABSOM SimTiki Simulation Center’s successful first year of academic activity and significantly contributed to the design and development of the new BIOMED 555 MS2 and the Pediatric Resident Simulation laboratory programs (www.simtiki.org). She participates in the educational teaching programs of community physicians, residents, nurse practitioners, medical students and paramedics. For the academic year 2007/2008 she received the JABSOM student teaching award for Pediatrics. Given the extensive ultrasound experience from her pediatric training in Germany she is the ultrasound coordinator in the Pediatric Emergency Department and is facilitating the acquisition of emergency bedside ultrasound skills among her colleagues, the pediatric residents and medical students. She is a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS). As an Affiliate Member in the Clinical Program of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (CRCH), she is an active collaborator in clinical studies with several publications in peer-reviewed journals focusing on childhood nutrition and prevention of disease. Recently, she was awarded a grant from the CRCH investigating Biomarkers for Radiation Damage after Computer Tomography in Children.
Lynette Young, MD
Birthplace: Honolulu
Grew up in: Honolulu (Waialae-Kahala)
High School: Kalani HS
College: University of California, Berkeley, BS Chemistry/AB Biochemistry.
Med School: University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1990.
Residency: Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women and Children (Pediatrics), 1990-1993.
Fellowship: Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women and Children (Pediatric Emergency Medicine), 1993-1995.
Hobbies: Raising three children.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She is a University of Hawaii pediatric emergency medicine fellowship program graduate. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. She participates in research projects and the educational teaching programs of community physicians, residents, medical students and paramedics. She has several publications in peer-reviewed journals. She has contributed several case chapters to Radiology Cases In Pediatric Emergency Medicine, a CD and Web based educational program. She has contributed three chapters to Case Based Pediatrics For Medical Students and Residents. She currently is the Chairperson of Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women And Children’s Emergency Physician’s Committee, and she serves as a liaison representative between Kapi’olani Medical Center and the Department of Health's Emergency Medical Services organization.
Francisco Garcia, MD
Birthplace: New Jersey
Grew up in: San Juan, Puerto Rico
High School: San Ignacio de Loyola High School, Puerto Rico
College: Cal Poly Pomona, California
Med School: University of California Irvine
Residency: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Hobbies: Outdoor activities-kayaking, scuba diving, hiking, camping.
Special accomplishments: Happily married with four children
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. He is responsible for quality improvement and peer review activities for the pediatric emergency medicine service. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). His duties are to participate in research projects and the educational teaching programs of community physicians, residents, medical students and paramedics. He has several publications in peer reviewed journals. His interests include transport medicine and academic emergency medicine. He is fluent in Spanish.
Paul Eakin, MD
Birthplace: Greeley, Colorado
Grew up in: Lebanon, Oregon
High School: Lebanon Union High School
College: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Med School: University of Iowa College of Medicine
Residency: Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women and Children (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Childrens’ Medical Center of Dallas (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Hobbies: Enjoy studying Japanese, playing basketball and being involved at New Hope Christian Fellowship
Special accomplishments: Awarded a grant during fellowship to investigate a possible blood marker of CSF shunt malfunction.
Assistant Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division Head and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He has several journal article and textbook chapter publications. He recently passed Level Four of the Japanese Language Proficiency test.
Jonathan Marr, MD
Birthplace: Honolulu
Grew up in: Honolulu
College: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Med School: University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
Residency: Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women and Children (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Childrens’ Medical Center of Dallas (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Hobbies: Digital Photography
Special accomplishments: Alpha Omega Alpha
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He has several journal article publications, textbook publications, and national meeting presentations. He is currently working on EPIC implementation in the Emergency Department and throughout the hospital. One of his interests is information technology and its integration with clinical medicine.
Wendy Matsuno, MD
Birthplace: Honolulu
Grew up in: Honolulu
High School: St. Andrews Priory
College: Loyola Marymount University
Med School: Creighton Univeristy School of Medicine
Residency: UCSF-Fresno Valley Children's Medical Center (Pediatrics) and Kapi’olani Medical Center For Women and Children (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Childrens’ Medical Center of Dallas (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Hobbies: spending time with her kids
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She is board certified in pediatrics and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). She is also board certified in pediatric emergency medicine. She has several journal article publications, textbook publications, and national meeting presentations.
Jannet Lee-Jayaram, MD
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Grew up in: Queens, New York and Orange County, CA
High School: Cypress High School
College: Dartmouth College
Med School: State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook School of Medicine
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Drexel University College of Medicine – St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Hobbies: reading historical and science fiction, finding new restaurants and yelp-ing them, visiting new beaches with husband and dog.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She was working for the University of California at San Diego pediatrics faculty at Rady Children’s Hospital of San Diego as a pediatric emergency medicine faculty member and attending physician. We are most fortunate to have her make the move to Kapi‘olani. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). She is certified as a provider in PALS, ACLS and ATLS. She is also a PALS instructor. She has several journal article publications, textbook publications, and national meeting presentations.
Andrew Perry, MD
Birthplace: Memphis, TN
Grew up in: Memphis, TN
High School: Memphis University School
College: Georgetown University
Med School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine-Texas Children’s Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine-Texas Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Hobbies: raising twins, hiking/backpacking, spicy cooking (Korean, Thai, Mexican, & beyond), and reading history.
Special Accomplishments: While at Texas Children's, he designed a quality improvement program to enhance early recognition and team-based resuscitation of patients with suspected sepsis. This multidisciplinary project, currently in publication for a national journal, was recognized at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting and the 2009 AAP PEM Leadership Conference as a key example of a quality initiative at a U.S. children's hospital.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. He joined the pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) division at Kapiolani in 2010, after completed a fellowship at Baylor and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. He is looking forward to a change of scenery and pace after serving as chief fellow in PEM in the largest children's hospital in the nation. Prior to medical school, he served as a park ranger in the National Park Service in Utah and Montana, working in law enforcement, wilderness emergency medical services and rescue, and even some grizzly bear management. He is board certified in pediatrics and will soon be taking the board certification exam in pediatric emergency medicine. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American College of Emergency Physicians. He is certified as a provider in PALS, ACLS, and ATLS. He has several journal article publications, textbook publications, and national meeting presentations, including work in newborn ED return visit patterns and a clinical trial of a novel infrared venipuncture device. This multidisciplinary project was published in the journal Pediatrics in 2011.
Travis Hong, MD
Grew up in: Wailua, Kauai. Then moved to Honolulu in 7th grade
High School: Punahou
College: University of Pennsylvania
Med School: University of Southern California
Residency: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Asst Prof. Pediatrics, Univ. Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. Board Certified in Pediatrics. Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics.
Peter Di Rocco, MD, MS
Grew up in: Queens New York and Doha Quatar
High School: St. Francis Prep
College: City Colege of New York
Med School: Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Residency: Stony Brook University Medical Center, Tony Brook, NY(Pediatrics)
Master's degree: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Fellowship: Medical College of WIsconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
Asst Prof. Pediatrics, Univ. Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. Board Certified in Pediatrics. Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics.
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