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Graduates 2007


Keri Li
Brown, M.D.
Born/Raised: Honolulu, Hawaii

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska

Honors/Awards:

  • Spring 2003 Honors: Full Clerkship Honors in Cardiology
  • Fall 2002 Full Clerskship Honors in High-Risk Obstetrics, Full Clerkship Honors in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sub-Internship
  • Full Clerkship Honors in Obstetrical Ultrasound, Fall 2002
  • Spring 2002 Clinical Honors in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Honors in Pediatrics, Clinical Honors in Psychiatry
  • Spring 2001 Academic Honors in Case Studies in Medicine, Disadvantaged Minority Scholarship
  • Fall 2001 Academic Honors in Humane Treatment of Patients

Medical Interests: REI

Hobbies: Running, Cooking, Biking, Hiking, Body-boarding, Snow-boarding, Skiing, Surfing, Shopping, Sleeping

Future Plans: Multicare Health System in Kent, Washington


Reina M.A.
Harris, M.D.
Born/Raised: Honolulu, Hawaii

Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii

Honors/Awards:

  • 2007 Outstanding 4th year Resident for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award
  • 2006 Outstanding 3rd year Resident for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award
  • 2005 Outstanding Second Year Resident for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching
  • 2002 Honors in Pharmacology
  • 2001-2002 Hawaii Veterans Memorial Fund Scholarship
  • 1999 Certificate of Completion: “Improving the Health of Native Hawaiians Through Research and An Introduction to Biostatistics”, Phi Beta Kappa

Medical Interests: Family Planning, Adolescent Health

Hobbies: Ballet, Tahitian and Jazz Dancing, Music, Movies, Traveling 

Publications: Nomura, I, Sato, R.L., Ahern, R.M, Snow, .1, Kuwaye, TT, Yamamoto, L.G., Presented the abstract at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and accepted for publication in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, A Randomized Paired Comparison Trial Of Cutaneous Treatments For Acute Jellyfish (Carybdea alata), 1 0/2001

Yamamoto, L.G., Nomura, I, Sato, R.L., Ahern, R.M, Snow, J.L., Kuwaye, T T, Presented the abstract at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and accepted for publication in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Minimum Clinically Sign~/Icant VAS Difference For Simultaneous (Paired) And 2 To 5 Minute Interval Serial Pain Assessments, 1 0/2001

Dodds, R.A., James, IE., Rieman, D., Hwang, S.M, Ahern, R., Connor, JR., Holmes, S.,. Thompson, S., Veber, D., Drake, F.H, Lark, M W., Gowen, M, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Osteoclast Cathepsin K Is Processed Intracellularly Prior To Osteoclast Attachment And Bone Resorption, 11/1998

Ahern, Reina M
, Granger, Douglas A., Seventh Annual Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Poster Session, Penn State University, Detection Of Salivary Prostate Spec~/Ic Antigen By EL ISA , 0 7/1998

Dodds, R.A., Minehart, H., James, I.E., Ahern, R., Farina, C., Gowen, M, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, In Situ Demonstration Of Selective Inhibition Of The Osteoclast v-A TPase Using A Non-Peptide Inhibitor, 08/1997, Volume: 12, Pages: S193

Ahern, R.M, Tan, S. Y, Submitting to Hawaii Medical Journal, Duty To Non-Patient Third Parties: A New Worry For Doctors,,

Ahern, Reina M (author) and Yamamoto, Loren, et al (eds), Submitting to Case Based Pediatrics for Medical Students and Residents: An Online Introductory Pediatrics Textbook, Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii JABSOM (http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/pedtext. html), Chapter VI-21: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Future Plans: Private Practice, Honolulu, Hawaii


Jennifer P.
Holzman, M.D.
Born/Raised: Honolulu, Hawaii

Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii

Honors/Awards:

  • 2007 The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Award
  • Administrative Chief 2006-2007
  • Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
  • First Place Award for Beta Beta Beta Honor Society Poster Presentation

Medical Interests:

Hobbies: Surfing, Swimming, Running, Golf, Reading 

Publications: Dr. Leilani Miller and Jennifer Holzman, Twenty First Annual West Coast Biological Scienced Undergraduate Research Conference. First place poster presentation for Beta Beta Beta Honor Society poster presentation, “Suppressor Analysis of a Transcription Factor Involved in C.elegans Cell Fate Determination, 04/1996

Future Plans: Presbyterian Health Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico


Lily A.
Mallare, M.D., M.S.
Born/Raised: Southern California, Philippines, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Honors/Awards:

  • 1993-1994 Graduate School, California State University, Sacramento: Graduate Equity Fellowship
  • 1994-1995 Albert Delisle Family Scholarship
  • 1995 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, member
  • Fall 1986, Fall 1988, Spring 1989.Undergraduate, University of California, Riverside: Dean’s Honor List

Medical Interests:

Hobbies: Piano, Downhill Skiing, Surfing, Gardening, Cooking, Reading

Publication: Master’s thesis, California State University, Sacramento, Isolating and sequencing afragment from the Golgi alpha-mannosidase II gene homolog in High 5, a ceill line derived from the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni, Lily Mallare,06/1996,  50 pgs

Future Plans: Group practice in Oxnard, California


Robert Bryan
Murphy, M.D.
Born/Raised: Mobile, Alabama

Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee

Honors/Awards:

  • 2007 - The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Outstanding Resident for Special Excellence in Endoscopic Procedures, Dr. Roy Nakayama Award for the resident who maintained their stats and medical records consistently at both KMCWC and Queens Medical Center,
  • 2006 Outstanding 3rd year Resident for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award
  • Administrative Chief 2006-2007
  • Albert Hand Scholar: One of three 3’~ year medical students selected by peers and faculty for their scholarship and clinical and professional potential.
  • NIH Medical Student Research Fellow, Summer 2000: worked with Dr. Mark Ledouxin creating an anatomical model of Orbicularis Oculi premotor neurons.
  • Order of gownsmen (inducted 1987): the academic honor society at the Univ. of the South.

Medical Interests: Like it all

Hobbies: Sports, Games

Publications: LeDoux MS, Zhou Q, Murphy RB, Greene ML, Ryan P. Parasympathetic Innervation of the Meibomian Glands in
Rats. investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Oct 2001, Vol. 42 (Il ):2434-4 1.

Humphreys SC, Hodges SD, Patwardhan AG, Eck JC, Murphy RB, Covington LA. Comparison of posterior and transforaminal approaches to lumbar interbody fusion. Spine, Mar 2001, Vol 26(5): 565-71.

Hodges SD, Humphreys SC, Eck IC, Murphy RB. Intraoperative loosening of Bagby and Kuslich cages during anterior lumbar interbody fusion. J Spinal Disorders, Dec 2000, Vol 1 3(6):535-53 7.

Ray TR. Eck JC, Covington LA. Murphy RB, Williams R, Knudtson I. Use of oral creatine as an ergogenic aid for increased sports performance: perceptions of adolescent athletes. South Med 1, Jun 2001, Vol 94(6):608-6 12.

Murphy RB, Humphreys SC, Fisher DL, Hodges SD, Eck JC. Imaging of the cervical spine and its role in clinical decision making. JSouth OrthopAssoc. 2000 Spring;9(1):24-35.

Future Plans: Private practice with Tullahoma HMA Physician Management, Inc., a multispecialty group of Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Physicians


Vasiliki Tatsis,
M.D., M.S.
Born/Raised: Greece

Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York— Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology- PGY1

Medical School: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Honors/Awards:

  • 2007 Outstanding Overall Resident for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award
  • 2006 Outstanding Overall Resident for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award
  • 1999, 2000, 2002 James Vamvas Scholarship Award
  • 2000 Preventive Medicine Scholarship
  • 1996 Golden Key National Honor Society, College Graduation with Honors, Outstanding Senior Volunteer Coordinator and Team Leader, UCI Family Health Center

Research: Prevalence of Interstitial Cystitis in a Fixed Population of Young Females, Dr. Lowell Parsons, Department of Urology, UCSD, 2002. Medical school independent study project.

Total Body Calcium and Soft Tissue Composition in Elite Female Triathietes, Dr. David Sartoris, Department of Radiology, UCSD, 1999-2000. Abstract presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis in June, 2000, Chicago, IL.

The Role of Weight Gain During Pregnancy and the Development of Gestational Diabetes, Dr. Sally Lederman, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, 1998-1999. Master’s thesis.

Colposcopic Triage by Physicians and Nurse Practitioners for Women with Atypical PAP Smears. Dr. Neal Lonky, Department of Ob/Gyn, Kaiser Permanente, Anaheim, CA, 1996-1997.

Publications: Tatsis V. "Incidence of Periodontal Disease in a Community Health Clinic Caring for medically Underserved Women and Children in Hawaii." Oral Presentation at RCMI (Research Centers in Minority Institutions), International Symposium on Health Disparities, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 12-17, 2006

Medical Interests: Oncology

Hobbies: Shopping, Home Decor

Future Plans: Locums for the upcoming year followed by relocation to Europe


Angel M.
Willey, M.D.
Born/Raised: Amarillo, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Medical Interests: Perinatology

Hobbies: Scuba diving, Running, Aerobics, Reading, Sewing, Shopping, Sleeping

Future Plans: Private Practice, Honolulu, Hawaii