The University of Hawaiʻi Department of Medicine originated with the formation of the University of Hawaiʻi School of Medicine in 1966 at Leahi Hospital under the leadership of the first Chair of Medicine, Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell. Since then, the UH Department of Medicine relocated to the Queen’s Medical Center, the largest teaching hospital in Hawaiʻi. The Department is now comprised of 15 divisions with over 400 faculty members. The Medicine faculty are located at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, The Queen’s Medical Center, Kuakini Medical Center, Straub Medical Center, Spark Matsunaga Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, and in the community’s private medical practices.
