About
Our fellowship program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine is a unique one: it is a partnership between Kapi’olani Medical Center (KMCWC), Tripler Army Medicine Center (TAMC) and Hawai’i Residency Programs, Inc (HRP) with sponsorship by University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine (UH JABSOM). This is the only military-civilian partnership within the military graduate medical education system. Fellows consist of both active-duty military and civilian trainees. This ACGME accredited program is approved to train up to six fellows.
Established in 1987 with its first graduates in 1989, the program has trained over 37 military neonatologists and 6 civilian neonatologists.
Our Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship program will train pediatricians (military and civilian) to become neonatologists that successfully balance compassionate family-centered clinical practice with the ever-changing science of neonatology for our most vulnerable patient population.
UH JABSOM: Educate current and future healthcare professionals and leaders while establishing community partnerships, fostering multidisciplinary collaboration, and pursuing alliances unique to Hawai’i and the Asia-Pacific region.
To graduate clinically competent neonatologists who successfully become board-certified in neonatology after completing a rigorous fellowship training program, and continue to pursue knowledge and clinical skills beyond training.
Core Faculty
The core faculty are those that work within the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. They are responsible for the bulk of the teaching, precepting, and curriculum development for the residency, Medical Student Teaching and Sports Medicine fellowship programs.
The other faculty have clinical appointments with our department and all volunteer their time to work with our residents and medical students. The clinical faculty responsible for residency teaching includes over 100 community physicians, many of whom are active medical staff members at Pali Momi Medicial Center and preceptors/supervisors at the various rotation sites (Tripler Army Medical Center, Hilo Medical Center, and private offices). Faculty responsible for medical student teaching include a wide variety of talented family physicians throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Basin.