{"id":92466,"date":"2019-03-13T08:05:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=92466"},"modified":"2023-05-10T10:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:14:30","slug":"lihue-roots-inspire-future-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/13\/lihue-roots-inspire-future-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u012bhu\u02bbe roots inspire future doctor"},"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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_19511\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2UXro8fgOU8?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Lihue roots inspire future doctor\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92526\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-headshot-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Young\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-headshot-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-headshot-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-headshot.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elisabeth Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The journey from her home in <span aria-label=\"Lihue\">L&#299;hu&#699;e<\/span> to national recognition for her work at University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (<abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>) is rooted in the love <strong>Elisabeth Young<\/strong> has for her <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> community.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> senior, who will graduate this May, says she was always curious about people and science. &ldquo;In medicine, you\u2019re always a student,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I think there are many ways to care for others and care for the community. For me, medicine was a tangible way to do that.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Young received national recognition from two medical organizations. She was the winner of the 2017&#8211;2018 Excellence in Public Health Award from the <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> Public Health Service for her work in promoting health and safety in the community. In 2018, she also was selected by the American Medical Association to attend its first Foundation Leadership Development Institute in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The aspiring doctor credits her humble upbringing in <span aria-label=\"Lihue\">L&#299;hu&#699;e<\/span> for inspiring her. &ldquo;Growing up on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> in a community that is so caring, where people reach out if you need anything, I feel like medicine is an extension of that in the way that I would want to spend my work, in a way that was meaningful for my soul,&rdquo; Young said.<\/p>\n<h2>Commitment to public health, a career in pediatrics<\/h2>\n<p>Young\u2019s early education and experiences at <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> cultivated her commitment for public health and social justice. It gave her a foundation in the social determinants of health and made her curious about how physiology is affected by where people live, work, play and learn. <\/p>\n<p>In her third year at <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>, Young made the difficult decision of taking a one-year leave of absence to expand her education in public health. She attended Harvard University\u2019s <abbr>T.H.<\/abbr> Chan School of Public Health where she earned her master\u2019s degree in public health.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Before graduating from medical school, I wanted tools to understand how populations are affected by health and how we\u2019re able to change the systems in place so that everyone can be healthy,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I think that expanding myself in that way really broadened the way I look at an individual patient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When she returned to <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>, Young thought about what a career in pediatrics would look like. &ldquo;What I care about most is recognizing that every person has an internal worth,&rdquo; Young stated. &ldquo;I&#8217;d like to invest in that so they can pursue what they want at a younger age, and specializing in pediatrics will allow me to be more fulfilled all around.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<h2>Creating good doctors<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92532\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/jabsom-elisabeth-young-homeless-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Young and a patient\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/jabsom-elisabeth-young-homeless-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/jabsom-elisabeth-young-homeless-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/jabsom-elisabeth-young-homeless-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/jabsom-elisabeth-young-homeless.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young with a patient at <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>&#8216;s mobile health clinic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Young volunteers several times a week with the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiihomeproject.org\/\">Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (<abbr>H.O.M.E.<\/abbr>)<\/a> project, spearheaded by <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>. Staffed by medical faculty volunteers and students, the mobile clinic provides free health care to homeless citizens at various locations on <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s where she is gaining valuable experience and where her passion for medicine and for caring for people is apparent. &ldquo;Whatever patient presents themselves to the <abbr>H.O.M.E.<\/abbr> project, you\u2019re there to say that you have worth, and I\u2019m going to give you the same care that all people deserve,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>For Young, <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> was the perfect fit for her medical training. It was not only clinically and academically rigorous, but it also helped her to realize she was capable of pursuing a career in medicine. She added, &ldquo;The type of doctor that <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> wants to put forward are proactive leaders who possess the humility and compassion to meet their patients on a level-playing field.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Returning to her roots<\/h2>\n<p>No matter where she does her next phase of post-graduate training, Young says <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> is where it all started for her and she wants to return to serve in that community. She speaks with a passion and deep appreciation for growing up in a place where people cared about each other so much.<\/p>\n<p>She reflected back to a time when her family\u2019s stove broke and they were cooking outside for awhile because they weren\u2019t able to purchase another one. &ldquo;One day, a Sears truck came by our home and dropped off a new stove. That kind of anonymous generosity, without any expectation of being recognized, is what makes <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> so uncommonly kind and so special,&rdquo; Young shared. &ldquo;It&#8217;s my desire to give back to the community that gave me so much. I want to pour into them as much as they poured into me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Young acknowledged her parents for being her greatest role models. She said, &ldquo; I hope to be as hard working, generous, honest, faithful and joyful as they continue to be. I couldn&#8217;t have done anything without their love.&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Arlene Abiang<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92507\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-4.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Young and family.\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-4.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-jabsom-elisabeth-young-4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elisabeth Young and family, from left, Chris (eldest), Judi (mother), Jed (father), Elisabeth and Micah (youngest).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elisabeth Young, a <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa senior medical student, is an aspiring doctor with the ultimate goal of returning to <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> to serve the community where people cared about each other so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,12],"tags":[165,686,1329,31,241,9,56],"class_list":["post-92466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-video","tag-health","tag-homeless","tag-houseless-outreach-and-medical-education","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-public-health","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92466","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=92466"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177445,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92466\/revisions\/177445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}