Administration and Faculty
The University of Hawai'i Transitional Residency Program's major sponsors are:

UHTRP is directed by the Transitional Year Education Committee (TYEC), members include:

  • The Program Directors of the sponsoring programs or their designee
  • A Transitional Resident representative
  • HRP executive director
  • Key faculty from required rotations and electives

Regular and clinical faculty of the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine clinical departments, community physicians and visiting professors serve as Program faculty members.

Program Director: Samuel J. Evans, MD, FACP, FCCP

Dr. Evans

Intensivist - Aloha Critical Care Associates,LLP
Pulmonologist - UCERA, VA Honolulu
Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit - Kuakini Medical Center,
Transitional Residency Program Director and
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Hawaii, JABSOM.


Deputy Program Director: Mark M. Mugiishi, M.D.

Dr. Mugiishi

 

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgical Education at Kuakini Medical Center


 

 

Program Administrator: Melissa Higgins

Melissa Higgins

 

To contact the administration:
Phone: (808) 586-7477

Email: uhtrans@hawaii.edu