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The Department Today

The current faculty, thirty full-time faculty members, include sixteen general Obstetrician/Gynecologists, two Gynecologic Oncologists, two Reproductive Endocrinologists, six Perinatologists, one Geneticist, two Urogynecologist, and one Ph.D. Andrologist/Embryologist.

The Department has seven adjunct faculty with primary appointments in other medical school departments. There are 57 clinical faculty who are active participants in the Department’s education and research programs. Dr. Kenneth Ward, the current Department Chair is presently recruiting nine additional fulltime faculty. The OB/GYN Residency Training Program is based at KMCWC with rotations at QMC and Kaiser Medical Center. The residency program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Grant Funding Success

Federal and local grants have been awarded to the Department of OB/GYN and Women’s Health faculty members for Research Projects in the areas of:

• Preterm Labor
• Ovarian Cancer
• Menopausal Symptoms
• Post-partum Depression
• Smoking Cessation
• Diabetes in pregnancy
• Infertility

KENNETH WARD, M.D.

Dr. Kenneth Ward was recruited to serve as Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health and given a specific charge to expand women’s health research at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Dr. Ward is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Medical Genetics, and Clinical Molecular Genetics.JABSOM recruited Dr. Ward from the University of Utah where he directed a large and well-funded Perinatal Genetics Research Laboratory as well as a clinical DNA Diagnostic Laboratory. Dr. Ward has spent his career creating bench-to bedside links.

The NIH, March of Dimes, AHA, HHMI, CDC, Shriner’s Research Foundation, Berlex Foundation, and other granting agencies have continuously funded Dr. Ward’s research since 1988. Dr. Ward has received numerous awards and has published over 100 original manuscripts and almost 200 research abstracts. Using molecular genetic tools, he has identified genes that contribute to many diseases,including preeclampsia, IUGR, placental infarction, multiple exostosis, and congenital heart defects. Dr. Ward was a key faculty member at the University of Utah when the OB/GYN Department rose from 50th to 5th in NIH funding rank. The University of Utah School of Medicine had a strong commitment to mentoring. Dr. Ward is continuing this priority in Hawai`i.

DEPARTMENT GOALS

Research

• Build a program with a molecular medicine and human diversity focus.
• Achieve NIH funding above 50th percentile for OB/GYN Departments within six years and in “Top Ten” within ten years.
• Make at least one major discovery that impacts the practice of OB/GYN nationwide over the next ten years.
• Support and perform outcomes research with the goal of improving the quality of health care and lowering the costs and risks of OB/GYN care for patients in Hawai`i.
• Enhance the resident’s research experience and implement a research paper requirement.
• Develop post-doctoral fellow and graduate student training opportunities.

Education

• Improve medical student preclinical and clinical experience as measured by improved evaluations by the students and improved National Board scores.
• Implement residency work hour rules and rebalance the educational content with the service component of the residency.
• Increase the commitment to train outstanding physicians and increase median resident in-service examination scores to greater than the 70th percentile.
• Develop successful continuing medical education programs.

Clinical

• Promote excellence and make measurable improvements in the quality of care as defined by faculty, hospital, and ACOG standards.
• Work with the UH affiliated hospitals to improve the availability and quality of OB/GYN and Women’s Health subspecialty care.
• Collaborate to improve clinical genetics services in Hawai`i.
• Enhance reputation of the faculty in the community.

Administrative/Other

• Transition to a full time faculty and implement a faculty practice plan.
• Enhance faculty mentoring and evaluation.
• Develop a successful bioscience company affiliated with the Department.
• Work with the JABSOM Dean’s office and other Departments to develop a “University Hospital”.
• Create a comprehensive Women’s Center.
• Obtain funding from several Endowed Chairs to support the above goals.