{"id":1645,"date":"2017-05-18T10:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T20:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2020-02-14T01:42:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T11:42:44","slug":"department-of-ob-gyn-khozaim-becomes-first-uhp-doctor-on-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/department-of-ob-gyn-khozaim-becomes-first-uhp-doctor-on-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of OB-GYN: Khozaim becomes first UHP doctor on Hilo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1645\" class=\"elementor elementor-1645\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c503041 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c503041\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/18\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>May 18, 2017<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f0300b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49f0300b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/34600321156_94bbfafeee_z.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1646\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/34600321156_94bbfafeee_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/34600321156_94bbfafeee_z.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/34600321156_94bbfafeee_z.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ab86235 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ab86235\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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data-id=\"7144879b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>May 17, 2017 &#8212;<\/strong> On May 12, the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women\u2019s Health (OB-GYN)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiitribune-herald.com\/news\/local-news\/medical-training-program-expands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated its new collaboration with the Hilo Bay Clinic and Hilo Medical Center on Hawai\u02bbi Island.<\/a> Starting in 2018, the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) OB-GYN residency program will be hosting its first clinical rotation on the Big Island. Through this collaboration, third-year residents will have the opportunity to take care of patients in an underserved community.<\/p><p>Dr. Kareem Khozaim (pictured above, with lei) is the first UHP doctor who will contribute to the department of OB-GYN\u2019s latest efforts on Hilo.<\/p><p>As an OB-GYN generalist, Dr. Khozaim focuses on taking care of women from adolescence to their elderly lives. He currently serves an assistant clinical professor at JABSOM and was recently signed on as a physician for University Health Partners of Hawai\u02bbi (UHP), the medical school&#8217;s\u00a0faculty practice. He is an alumnus of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his residency at Indiana University in July 2014.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-1650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OB-Khozaim.jpg?resize=405%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OB-Khozaim.jpg?w=988&amp;ssl=1 988w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OB-Khozaim.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OB-Khozaim.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OB-Khozaim.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OB-Khozaim.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><em>Dr. Kareem Khozaim.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>As an individual who was raised in a family of strong female physicians, Dr. Khozaim recognized the struggles that women face, both on a socioeconomic and personal level.<\/p><p>\u201cOn a global level, women have gotten the short end of the stick in almost every way,\u201d he said. \u201cA woman&#8217;s medical health is intimately intertwined with her socioeconomic status, and as an OB-GYN I hope to significantly affect both. A strategy as simple as helping a woman manage her fertility can have profound effects on an entire family&#8217;s socioeconomic status.\u201d<\/p><p>This perspective in improving global health led to his work in Kenya during his medical school and residency training. During that time, he focused on providing cervical cancer screening for women with HIV. After his residency, he was employed at the Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago, American Samoa.<\/p><p>\u201cI loved it there [in American Samoa],\u201d Dr. Khozaim said. \u201cFrom a physician perspective, I was able to see and do many things that probably I probably wouldn&#8217;t see or do in the mainland too much.\u201d<\/p><p>Aside from being exposed to uncommon conditions and procedures, one of his main projects at the LBJ Tropical Medical Center was establishing and developing minimally invasive gynecologic surgery services.<\/p><p>The Hilo Bay Clinic provides services to underserved communities on the Big Island, which is what drew Dr. Khozaim to work for JABSOM and UHP. He hopes to inspire newly-trained physicians to provide services on Hilo or in other areas in need of medical services.\u00a0The agreement with both the medical school and the faculty practice will hopefully allow him to continue his work in American Samoa once a year to maintain his relationship with the LBJ Tropical Medical Center and the community at large.<\/p><p>\u201cI am very excited about UH and UHP partnering with Hilo Bay Clinic,\u201d he said. \u201cA UH presence in the Big Island seems long overdue and I think everyone is optimistic about the positive impact UH can have on Hilo, and the Big Island in general \u2026 This community definitely deserves our attention.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7585dae1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7585dae1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ae2c255\" data-id=\"4ae2c255\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6964057f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6964057f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/news-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;&lt;   &nbsp;Return To News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 17, 2017 &#8212; Dr. Kareem Khozaim becomes the first UHP OB\/GYN in Hilo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21740,"featured_media":1646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-department-of-ob-gyn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/34600321156_94bbfafeee_z.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21740"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12848,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions\/12848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}