{"id":2645,"date":"2018-08-16T16:13:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T02:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2020-02-14T02:41:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:41:44","slug":"department-of-ob-gyn-womens-health-striving-to-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/department-of-ob-gyn-womens-health-striving-to-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of OB-GYN &#038; Women&#8217;s Health: Striving to &#8220;Make a Difference&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2645\" class=\"elementor elementor-2645\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17a21cf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17a21cf7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-65b8ec1a\" data-id=\"65b8ec1a\" 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-171d35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"171d35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Department of OB-GYN &amp; Women's Health: Striving to \"Make a Difference\"<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19696ef elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"19696ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-46f67bb elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/author\/hi-vizibility-marketing\/\">\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=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/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-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity Health Partners of Hawaii\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<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a474e5f elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/16\/\">\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>August 16, 2018<\/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-3623bf0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3623bf0f\" 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=\"800\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5261-copy.jpg?fit=800%2C517&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2651\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5261-copy.jpg?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5261-copy.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5261-copy.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5261-copy.jpg?resize=768%2C496&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\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-7065234c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7065234c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-274b234c\" data-id=\"274b234c\" 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-2c7ba739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2c7ba739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\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-4b1a2176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b1a2176\" 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>August 16, 2018 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Pictured above: Dean Jerris Hedges; Dr. Dena Towner; Dr. Ivica Zalud; Dr. Santosh Sharma; Dr. Angela Pratt.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><strong>By Vina Cristobal, UHP Hawaii Communications\/Marketing Coordinator\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Sentimental stories were shared at the unveiling of the new donor wall at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women\u2019s Health (OB-GYN) on August 15. Department chair Dr. Ivica Zalud was joined by fellow OB-GYN physicians and donors Dr. Angela Pratt; Dr. Dena Towner; and Dr. Thomas \u201cTom\u201d Kosasa, as well as former Emeritus Professor Dr. Santosh Sharma; JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges; and William \u201cBill\u201d McCorriston, son of the late OB-GYN doctor Dr. Colin McCorriston.<\/p><p>Etched on the wall, in orange, read: \u201cMaking a Difference,\u201d with a television screen displaying milestones of the Department of OB-GYN. The adjacent four panels \u2013 which incorporated four of the plants in the medical school\u2019s M\u0101la L\u0101\u02bbau Lapa\u02bbau (Medicinal\u00a0Plant\u00a0Garden) \u2013\u00a0 focused on JABSOM&#8217;s history, the department of OB-GYN, and University Health Partners of Hawaii, the faculty practice of the medical school and the UH Health Sciences.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_1902-copy.jpg?resize=800%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_1902-copy.jpg?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_1902-copy.jpg?resize=150%2C68&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_1902-copy.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_1902-copy.jpg?resize=768%2C347&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p><p>Dr. Zalud then invited the group in the conference room to reflect on the donors\u2019 investments.<\/p><p>\u201cPhilanthropy is a real hallmark that we have done something exceptional,\u201d Dr. Zalud said. \u201cThis is not a gift, this is an investment, this is your trust. You are doing something and you want to see what happens, and it\u2019s how we inspire our students and residents to be the best physicians. And you\u2019re helping [to develop] OB-GYN\u2019s memory with all this data here. We\u2019re creating this little testament so that when people come here, and they want to come and take a look at some of these pictures and see sights about our doctors. Other people can look and be inspired. And how we can continue that? It\u2019s a lifelong journey.\u201d<\/p><p>This is among the many innovations that the department has made in the past year. In July 2017, Dr. Kosasa awarded three Kosasa Endowed Professorships to Dr. Michael Carney (Gynecological Oncology), Dr. Men-Jean Lee (Maternal Fetal Medicine), and Dr. Keith Terada (vice chair of the Department of OB-GYN). These gifts accumulated to a total $6 million into the Department of OB-GYN.<\/p><p>In the same month, Dr. Pratt created the \u201cAngela Pratt Endowment,\u201d a contribution that would help to further faculty, student and resident training on neighbor islands and research in Native Hawaiian Women\u2019s Health.<\/p><p>Dr. Zalud was named Physician of the Year by the Hawaii Medical Association in October 2017.<\/p><p>The department, in partnership with the Department of Family Medicine, opened a clinic in the Pali Momi Outpatient Center in Aiea in February 2018.<\/p><p>This September, the department will extend its practice to Hawai\u02bbI Island, with Dr. Emilie Stickley being the first female OB-GYN from the department to practice in Hilo.<\/p><p>\u201cOne of the things that is hardest to do with state funds is to support some of the innovation and research that\u2019s focused on the needs of people of Hawaii,\u201d Dean Hedges stated. \u201cAnd through donations, such as all of you have made, we\u2019ve been able to create that opportunity and it\u2019s wonderful,\u201d Dean Hedges stated. \u201cYou\u2019ve clearly made a difference on how care is delivered here, but also those who are trained in the system, to take that information and go on and not only make Hawaii a healthier place, but other parts of the US where they may end up practicing. But what has transformed this department has been, in large part, contributions of research, specialized educational elements that have developed, that we just couldn\u2019t do without those funds. So thank you all for your generosity and your vision. Just know that your contributions will make a significant change.\u201d<\/p><p>The doctors that have made investments into the department means more than a name on the wall.<\/p><p>For Dr. Pratt, her act of giving was inspired by the late Dr. Colin McCorriston, who she looked up to as a mentor. She recalled of a time when she witnessed Dr. McCorriston\u2019s generosity during her years as a JABSOM student.<\/p><p>\u201cOne day, it was three of us students in the cafeteria and we\u2019re all counting our quarters,\u201d Dr. Pratt said. \u201cAnd he came up and he\u2019s getting his lunch, and we\u2019re picking and choosing what we\u2019re going to eat. He came behind us and told the cashier, \u2018I got these three.\u2019 And I never forgot that. When I stand in the cafeteria and I see students in front of me, and I\u2019m thinking, \u201cSomeone did that for me, and I\u2019m going to pay it forward.\u201d He probably didn\u2019t even give it a second thought. For him, it was just buying kids some lunch. But when I\u2019m in the cafeteria and I see these students, and I start to do that, and I tell them as they\u2019re leaving, \u2018Remember to do it back someday.\u2019<\/p><p>&#8220;We do this because we want others to be perhaps passionate about it and follow suit, and to do the steps we do to make our community a better place. [Dr. McCorriston] taught me a lot, and I\u2019m very grateful. So you know, you just get so empowered by that, the extensions of yourself, because you are trying to teach them your field and be kind to them, and want them to be the best that they can be. And they grow up very grateful and give it back to you in ways you could never possibly imagine. It\u2019s beautiful.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cImua (go forward with strength),\u201d Dr. Zalud said. \u201c[This department is about] K\u016blia i ka nu&#8217;u, striving to the highest.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIt shows,\u201d Bill McCorriston responded.<\/p><p>Dr. Zalud hopes that these investments will \u201cinspire\u201d not only other OB-GYN doctors to give, but that other departments will also donate and eventually develop internal giving programs of their own.<\/p><p>\u201cAny investment is valued, small or big,\u201d he said.<\/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-4ef0a853 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ef0a853\" 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-dd25aae\" data-id=\"dd25aae\" 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-2feb7802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2feb7802\" 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>August 16, 2018 &#8212; Donors and doctors of UHP OB\/GYN reflect on the department&#8217;s philanthropic efforts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21740,"featured_media":2651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-2645","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\/2018\/08\/IMG_5261-copy.jpg?fit=840%2C543&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645","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=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12902,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions\/12902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}