  {"id":212365,"date":"2025-03-18T12:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=212365"},"modified":"2025-03-18T12:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:12:47","slug":"professorship-for-obgyn-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/18\/professorship-for-obgyn-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Professorship for advanced gynecological surgery established at <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_212371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212371\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-janbsom-obgyn-professorship.png\" alt=\"group photo with big check\" width=\"674\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-janbsom-obgyn-professorship.png 674w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-janbsom-obgyn-professorship-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-janbsom-obgyn-professorship-130x73.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> and University Health Partners of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> representatives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (<abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>) endowment for a professorship dedicated to advancing benign gynecological surgery will enhance the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women\u2019s Health (<abbr>OBGYN<\/abbr>). The <abbr>OBGYN<\/abbr> department now holds the largest endowment among all <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> departments.<\/p>\n<p>Benign gynecological conditions, such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis and ovarian cysts, affect many women and can cause significant pain and stress. The Advanced <abbr>GYN<\/abbr> Surgery Professorship will support a faculty member who will elevate training for <abbr>OBGYN<\/abbr> residents in areas like chronic pelvic pain, fibroids and endometriosis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our department has long been recognized for excellence in gynecologic oncology and urogynecology, yet there has been a significant gap in dedicated expertise for advanced and complex benign gynecologic surgery,&rdquo; said Ivica Zalud, <abbr>OBGYN<\/abbr> department chair. &ldquo;The need for highly specialized faculty\u2014at the full professor level, with fellowship training, board certification, and national recognition\u2014is critical in ensuring that our learners receive the highest standard of clinical training in surgical care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This endowment is a step towards filling a major void in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s health care system,&rdquo; said <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> Dean Sam Shomaker. &ldquo;Having a nationally recognized expert in this area, right in our backyard, will improve clinical care and give <abbr>OBGYN<\/abbr> residents the training they need to help <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s women as they go into practice in our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/news-events\/news\/2025\/03\/obgyn-dept-creates-advanced-gyn-surgery-professorship.html\">Read more at <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new endowment will fund a professorship in benign gynecological surgery to enhance resident training.<\/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":[165,31,1466,1286,9],"class_list":["post-212365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-health","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-obstetrics-and-gynecology","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212365","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=212365"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212387,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212365\/revisions\/212387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}