The office of Mayor Harry Kim announced the John A. Burns School of Medicine will place its first faculty member on the Big Island.
The office of Mayor Harry Kim announced the John A. Burns School of Medicine will place its first faculty member on the Big Island.
Health leaders hope to offset the physician shortage.
Dr. Kareem Khozain will be posted at Bay Clinic by the medical school’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Hilo Medical Center will become an OB-GYN residency training site.
Resident-physicians training for their specialty often settle in the community of their residency program.
On Friday, leaders from the medical school, the state Department of Health, the county and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation will speak during an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center.