  {"id":195600,"date":"2024-04-15T16:02:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T02:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=195600"},"modified":"2024-04-15T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T02:05:07","slug":"uh-hilo-pharmacy-grads-match-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/15\/uh-hilo-pharmacy-grads-match-program\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo pharmacy grads: 86% match rate in national program"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hilo-pharmacy-2024-match.jpg\" alt=\"12 U H Hilo pharmacy graduates headshots\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hilo-pharmacy-2024-match.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hilo-pharmacy-2024-match-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hilo-pharmacy-2024-match-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twelve students and alumni from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.uhh.hawaii.edu\/\">Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy<\/a> (<abbr>DKICP<\/abbr>) have successfully secured positions in postgraduate residency programs across the country through a rigorous national process. Facilitated by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the annual event, dubbed Match Day, orchestrates the placement of qualified candidates into coveted postgraduate year one (<abbr>PGY1<\/abbr>) or postgraduate year two (<abbr>PGY2<\/abbr>) pharmacy residency programs at various hospitals and healthcare institutions nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are very pleased that 86&#37; of our students matched in this highly competitive process,&rdquo; said <abbr>DKICP<\/abbr> Dean Rae Matsumoto. &ldquo;That\u2019s a high percentage, reflecting the quality of our students and their achievements in academics, service and scholarship over their four-year career here at the <abbr>DKICP<\/abbr> and beyond. On behalf of the faculty and staff, I congratulate them for their incredible efforts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Students and graduates will begin their respective <abbr>PGY1<\/abbr> work this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Residency matches<\/h2>\n<p><strong><abbr>PGY1<\/abbr><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carly Bell&#8212;<abbr title=\"Veterans Affairs\">VA<\/abbr> Sierra Nevada Health Care System, Reno, Nevada<\/li>\n<li>Brennan Buccat&#8212;MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma, Washington<\/li>\n<li>Trang Bui&#8212;Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California<\/li>\n<li>Dyani Chock&#8212;The Queen\u2019s Medical Center, Honolulu, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Sean Domingo&#8212;University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada<\/li>\n<li>Olatunji Gbadebo&#8212;Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>Chase Ibia&#8212;Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Honolulu, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Teva Kealoha Meyer&#8212;The Queen\u2019s Health System, Honolulu, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Jane Lakritz&#8212;Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, California<\/li>\n<li>Skye Pyo&#8212;Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma, Washington <\/li>\n<li>Megan Woolsey&#8212;<abbr>VA<\/abbr> Pacific Islands <abbr>HCS<\/abbr>, Honolulu, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><abbr>PGY2<\/abbr><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2023 <abbr>DKICP<\/abbr> graduate Chrystal Cardoza&#8212;Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve students and alumni from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s pharmacy school secured positions in postgraduate residency programs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[52,50,14],"class_list":["post-195600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-pharmacy","tag-pharmacy","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195600"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195633,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195600\/revisions\/195633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}