{"id":134932,"date":"2021-02-04T10:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=134932"},"modified":"2021-02-04T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:21:16","slug":"doogie-kamealoha-cancer-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/04\/doogie-kamealoha-cancer-center\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center gets a starring role in new Disney+ series"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> will have a leading role in the new Disney+ original series, Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.<\/abbr><\/em>, a reboot of the beloved 90s dramedy Doogie Howser M.D.<\/abbr><\/em> The series, shot and set in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, has transformed part of the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center into a fictional hospital set. The show began filming on February 1, with a blessing held in Waim\u0101nalo, one of several island locations where filming for the show will occur.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re so pleased that the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center and its team are working on this series, showcasing how collaboration of community and production can work together to the benefit of economic recovery, while creating a medical series, which will deliver a new perspective for viewers that embraces our island home,” said Mike McCartney, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism director. <\/p>\n

Excitement has been building for Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.<\/em>, created and written by Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>-born Kourtney Kang and set to release later this year on Disney+. The new Doogie series will star Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Lahela “Doogie” Kamealoha, the teenage child prodigy doctor; Kathleen Rose Perkins, as Dr. Clara Hannon, the Doogie character\u2019s spit-fire Irish mother who is an M.D.<\/abbr> and chief of staff at the hospital; and Jason Scott Lee as Benny Kamealoha, her Hawaiian father. Lee\u2019s character in the show gives up a financial career on the continent to simplify his life and to spend more time at home in the islands with his three kids.<\/p>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½Cancer Center Director Randall Holcombe<\/strong> added, “UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center is excited to be participating in the reboot of the Doogie Howser<\/em> series, reimagined as Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.<\/em> This is a collaborative effort between John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) and the Cancer Center that will help to bolster economic activity for the state, while also highlighting Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s culture and people.”<\/p>\n

In addition to filming within the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center set, filming will also take place in the center\u2019s finished space, exterior spaces and other areas within the Kakaʻako<\/span> campus shared by the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center and JABSOM<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Read the full news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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