{"id":21398,"date":"2013-12-09T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=21398"},"modified":"2020-06-29T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T00:33:40","slug":"medical-school-physician-receives-states-top-award-for-aids-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/12\/09\/medical-school-physician-receives-states-top-award-for-aids-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical school physician receives state\u2019s top award for AIDS work"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Dominic Chow with John A. Burns School of Medicine Dean Jerris Hedges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 10th Annual Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award<\/a> was presented to John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) physician Dominic Chow<\/strong> on World AIDS<\/abbr> Day<\/a>, December 1, at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Department of Health<\/a> said Chow was selected for his tremendous contributions to HIV\/AIDS<\/abbr> prevention and treatment services in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“For over 15 years, Dr. Chow has dedicated himself to taking care of individuals affected by HIV\/AIDS<\/abbr>,” said the Department of Health in a news release.<\/p>\n

Chow is an HIV<\/abbr> expert at the Clint Spencer Clinic<\/a>, operated by the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa medical school. It is a multi-specialty clinic focusing on the care of individuals with HIV<\/abbr> and its complications, which now include diabetes, heart disease, dementia and cancer. The clinic has about 400 patients on Oʻahu<\/span> and the neighbor islands. Some 3,000 people in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> live with HIV\/AIDS<\/abbr>. It is believed about 25 percent of them don’t even know they are carrying the virus.<\/p>\n

“Our HIV<\/abbr> clinic would not exist without Dr. Chow’s hard work,” said Cecilia Shikuma<\/strong>, director of the JABSOM<\/abbr> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Center for AIDS<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chow also is a board member of The Life Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to preventing the spread of HIV<\/abbr> and assisting those who are living with HIV<\/abbr> and AIDS<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

“Dr. Chow is an active participant in the training of medical students and medical residents and has served as a mentor to other students and junior researchers,” said JABSOM<\/abbr> Dean Jerris R. Hedges<\/strong>. “He provides HIV<\/abbr> expertise through the continuing education of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s practicing healthcare providers and is also an outstanding leader in the UH<\/abbr> internal medicine and pediatric residency programs, receiving the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pediatric Residency Program Faculty Teaching Award in 2005.”<\/p>\n

Read the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a> for more on Chow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dominic Chow receives Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award for major contributions to HIV\/AIDS<\/abbr> prevention and treatment services in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[993,31,9],"class_list":["post-21398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-hivaids","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t