About the Chapter

Congratulations to our 2025 Abstract Competition winners!

Research

First Place (Resident): Kevin Benavente - Impact of a Multidisciplinary Team Model on Discharge Efficiency, Accuracy, and Internal Medicine Resident Perceptions on Discharge Planning

Second Place (Resident): Thanaboon Yinadsawaphan - Patient Characteristics and Atrial Arrhythmia in Pulmonary Arrhythmia in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Third Place (Resident)- Tie: Yusuke Miyatani - Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Metaboloic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Clinical Outcome: A Large Population-Based Propensity Matched Analysis
Toru Nagata - Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes and Increased Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer (EOCRC): Ethnic Disparities from a Large Multi-Institutional Network
First Place (Student): Ho Hyun Lee - Examining a Genomic Test in Predicting Extended Endocrine Benefit and Recurrence Risk in a Diverse Breast Cancer Population.

Second Place (Student)- Tie: Mason Caldell- Characterization of Guam's Physician Workforce: Historical and Current Trends
Christyn Okuno- Green Tea Reduces Risk for Incident Coronary Heart Disease Over Three Decades: The Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program

Case Reports

Top Resident: Joanna Reinhardt - Complex Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Malignant Thymoma: A Diagnostic challenge
Top Student: Lauryn Liao - Cutaneious Plasmacytois Responsive to Dupilumab Treatment
Top Fellow: Aarthi Sridhar - Exploring the Link Between Mid-Life Physical Activity Parkinson's Disease Risk in Japanese-American Men: The Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program

2023 Chapter Excellence Award

We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 54 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria, seventeen Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians.