{"id":825,"date":"2015-12-07T00:18:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T00:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=825"},"modified":"2020-02-14T00:31:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:31:32","slug":"department-of-internal-medicine-first-combined-multi-disciplinary-medical-treatment-and-research-facility-located-on-a-uh-campus-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/department-of-internal-medicine-first-combined-multi-disciplinary-medical-treatment-and-research-facility-located-on-a-uh-campus-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Internal Medicine: First combined multi-disciplinary medical treatment and research facility located on a UH campus opens"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"825\" class=\"elementor elementor-825\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c46e7ff 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UCERA<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d906a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"72d906a\" 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\/2015\/12\/07\/\">\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>December 7, 2015<\/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-6f85bfe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f85bfe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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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-25a1d1b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25a1d1b6\" 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>December 7, 2015 &#8212; <\/strong><\/p><p>The University of Hawai\u02bbi (UH) Clinics at Kaka\u02bbako, located at an \u02bbewa\/makai section of the campus of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and University of Hawai\u02bbi Cancer Center, is the first multi-purpose combined research and medical care clinic to open on a UH campus.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/gp\/uhmed\/NefpNn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To view the full album from the clinic opening,\u00a0click HERE.<\/a><\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cThe most important goal of our health research is to fight the diseases which strike our citizens disproportionately, especially those diseases which shorten their lives,\u201d said Dr. Jerris Hedges, MD, JABSOM Dean. \u201cThe new clinic has unique features to help in those studies of illnesses including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, HIV and age-related impairment,\u201d said Hedges.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>The new facility, approximately 3,550 square feet, includes a waiting\/reception room, office and charting areas, eight exam rooms, and two procedure rooms. An additional room accommodates a dual energy absorptiometry (DXA) machine. The DXA measures bone density (useful in osteoporosis diagnosis and research) and also can measure the amounts of fat and muscle by regions of the body, helpful in the study of metabolic diseases, including obesity, diabetes and heart disease, and in fitness studies examining how to build muscle and strength. The machine will be employed in studies of frailty in the elderly and bone density changes related to HIV and various therapies.<\/p><p>The Clint Spencer Clinic, operated by the JABSOM Hawai\u02bbi Center for AIDS and directed by Dr. Dominic Chow, was the first to move into the renovated space. Formerly located at 677 Ala Moana, the Clint Spencer Clinic provides primary care as well as consultative care for all of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s HIV-infected population.<\/p><p>A variety of other researchers will also use the clinical research space, including investigators monitoring patients in UH Cancer Center clinical trials, and others collaborating in health research with JABSOM and the Cancer Center, including faculty in the schools of nursing, pharmacy, and social work at UH.<\/p><p>UH Clinics at Kaka\u02bbako is operated by JABSOM, in collaboration with the University Health Partners of Hawai\u02bbi, which is the JABSOM faculty practice plan. Dr. Cecilia Shikuma, Director of the Hawai\u02bbi Center for AIDS, oversees the facility.<\/p><p>The space for the new UH Clinics at Kaka\u02bbako originally housed offices. It and was renovated using $1.8 million in JABSOM building reserve funds. Before occupancy, the new site was blessed during an open house last month, held in connection with December\u2019s launch of the \u201cHawai\u02bbi to Zero\u201d campaign, aimed at eliminating HIV in Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HXuxpjWTAPc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><p><strong>News coverage about the new clinic:<\/strong><br \/><em>Note: UH Med Now cannot guarantee the longterm viability of these external links to media sources, as they are controlled by the media outlets.<\/em><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/30993565\/uh-med-school-opens-first-of-its-kind-clinic-on-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hawaii News Now (Video)<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/khon2.com\/2016\/01\/18\/uh-medical-school-opens-clinics-at-kakaako\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>KHON-2 News\u00a0<\/strong>(Video)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitv.com\/video?clipId=12149986&amp;autoStart=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>KITV-4 News<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/business\/uh-establishes-a-medical-research-and-care-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Requires subscription to view)<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>About the John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/strong><br \/>The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawai\u02bbi honors its unique research environment to excel in science-based efforts to eliminate diseases that disproportionately affect people in Hawai\u02bbi and the Pacific region.\u00a0<em>US News &amp; World Report\u00a0<\/em>ranked JABSOM among the top 20 medical schools in the U.S. for its Primary Care Program in 2016. 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