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John A Burns School of Medicine
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Kapiolani Medical Center
Kapi'olani Medical Center
VA Hospital
VA Hospital
Queens Medical Center
Queen's Medical Center
Aloha and Welcome to the University of Hawaii Department of Psychiatry!

Naleen Andrade, M.D.
Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry

Chair, Board of Trustees The Queen's Health Systems

Director Emeritus, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

President-Elect, American College of Psychiatrists
Over the past 40 years, Department leaders—chairs, faculty, and residents—have augmented modest University resources with their individual and collective innovations and talents, to build nationally recognized programs in education and training, clinical care, and research. Through these programs the Department strives to eliminate health disparities among Indigenous Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Island nations populations, as well as address the public mental health needs of severely mentally ill, rural and remote populations within our Pacific Island home. Culture, addictions, neuropharmacology, and neuroscience research programs established during the last decade are building a framework of rigorous multidisciplinary investigation that will continue to sharpen our clinical and training programs. Hawai‘i creates a unique training and research opportunity for those interested in the cultural aspects of human behavior, psychopathology and psychiatric practice.