Emergency Division
Loren Yamamoto, MD

Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children: Through Kapi’olani Medical Specialists, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division is responsible for: Patient care (ED staffing), quality improvement, administration, nursing education, medical student and resident education, pre-hospital (EMS) education. Members of this division also provide support staffing services for pediatric transport and hospital sedation.

UH JABSOM/Kapi’olani Medical Center Contributions: PBL tutoring, ward attending, grand rounds, Monday noon conference, resident conferences, student preceptoring, student exams, research, continuing medical education, contribution to educational and life support programs sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Heart Association. The Emergency Medicine Division contributes substantial faculty resources towards medical student and resident education. The Emergency Medicine Division played a major role in publishing the UH JABSOM general pediatrics textbook (700 pages) in 2004: Case Based Pediatrics for Medical Students and Residents.

The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine can best be characterized as a group of independent thinkers who work together to get the job done. Faculty in this division are all board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, except for Dr. Jonathan Marr who recently completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and will be taking the pediatric emergency medicine board certification examination soon. The division is responsible for scheduling 24/7 attending physician coverage for the pediatric emergency medicine service, utilizing faculty attendings who care for approximately 18,000 pediatric visits annually. This division collectively has received numerous awards and accomplishments in medical education, academic research and community service.