{"id":216078,"date":"2025-05-15T16:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=216078"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:18:28","slug":"fukui-chief-of-clinical-breast-oncology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/15\/fukui-chief-of-clinical-breast-oncology\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukui named chief of clinical breast oncology at 东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Jami Fukui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jami Fukui, a researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> for the past eight years, has been appointed chief of clinical breast oncology for the center\u2019s newly launched Ka ʻUmeke<\/span> Lama<\/a> academic oncology and workforce development program. The initiative is designed to cultivate the next generation of homegrown oncologists and expand equitable cancer care throughout Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Related 东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: Ka ʻUmeke<\/span> Lama to transform cancer care in Hawaiʻi<\/span>, Pacific<\/a>, December 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

In this new role, Fukui will lead the development of clinical oncology programs and oversee clinical trials to help establish new standards of care for managing breast cancer. All clinical and research efforts related to breast cancer at the 东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center will now be consolidated under her leadership to improve patient care and outcomes.<\/p>\n

“Hawaiʻi<\/span> has one of the highest incidences of breast cancer cases in the U.S.<\/abbr>,” Fukui said. “It\u2019s a privilege to learn from my patients and our community. They guide my research to find ways of overcoming health disparities in cancer treatment, and help to focus our collective efforts to find better ways to care for those diagnosed with breast cancer in Hawaiʻi<\/span> and the Pacific.”<\/p>\n

Prevention, earlier detection, better treatment<\/h2>\n

Fukui has focused her research on various aspects of cancer care, with an emphasis on reducing health disparities. She served as principal investigator for a project that engaged community health educators to support Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cancer patients in rural communities.<\/p>\n

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“Dr. Fukui\u2019s genuine compassion and a wealth of experience enables her to marry science and the social-emotional aspects of patient care,” said Naoto Ueno, director of the 东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center. “Her oversight will further advance groundbreaking research that translates into prevention, earlier detection and better treatment or management of the disease, especially for Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Filipinos, who have a higher prevalence of certain types of cancer. Dr. Fukui is an inspiration to up-and-coming oncologists who will be able to care for those in their own communities.”<\/p>\n

Fukui is also an associate professor at the 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a>. She earned her medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, now at Rutgers University, and completed her residency and fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She is also a member of the National Cancer Institute\u2019s Breast Cancer Steering Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jami Fukui\u2019s new role will focus on training local oncologists and advancing equitable cancer care across Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[218,598,31,169,9],"class_list":["post-216078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-cancer","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-uh-cancer-center","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\/216078","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=216078"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216085,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216078\/revisions\/216085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}