Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

President and Founder

"In the seemingly ordinariness of daily living is the power of transformation. Individual transformation arises out of awareness, and a willingness to change to become a better person right where we are. We each have personal responsibility and collective responsibility to make positive changes here and now."

Background

Work Experience‍

NOKS Private Nephrology Practice                                                     12/16-Present
Queens Medical Center West: Per diem hospitalist.                        03/15-10/16
VA Pacific Islands: Staff nephrologist                                               08/07-10/16
VA Pacific Islands: Acting Associate Chief of Staff/Education      02/12-4/14
Tripler Army Medical Center Hospitalist                                            08/07-08/10
Queen Emma Clinic: Staff nephrologist.                                            08/08-09/10
New York University: Hospitalist attending                                       11/06-06/07

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Academic Affiliation

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, 09/09-present
John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)

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Post-Graduate Education

Institution                                        Dates             Degree/Certificate
University of Hawaii, JABSOM      6/10-5/11       Fellowship in Medical Education
VA Leadership Dev. Institute         6/09-5/10       LDI certificate of completion
SUNY Brooklyn Medical Center   7/06-6/07   Kidney Transplant Fellowship UCLA Medical Center                     7/04-6/06   Nephrology Fellowship
UCLA Medical Center                     7/03-6/04   Chief Residency
UCLA Medical Center.                    7/01-6/03   Medical Residency
UCLA Medical Center                     6/00-6/01 Medical Internship

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Education

Institution                                        Dates             Degree
University of Hawaii, JABSOM      8/96-5/00       M.D.
University of Hawaii at Manoa      8/91-5/96       B.A. Magna Cum Laude
Baldwin High School, Maui            6/88-5/91       H.S. Diploma

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Grants, Research, Publications and Scientific Presentations

VA Office of Rural Health/Office of Academic Affiliations, Rural Health Training Initiative Grant. Awarded 3 year grant ($250,000/year) to fund health care trainee travel to rural VA Pacific Islands clinics. Awarded 9/2012.

Tedla F, Hayashi R, Macfarlane SI, Salifu, MO. Hypertension after renal transplant.
J Clinical Hypertension 9(7); 538-545. July 2007

Hayashi R, Cho Y, Shah T, Peng A, Huang E, Bunnapradist S. Risk factors for polyomavirus nephropathy in renal transplant recipients- an analysis of the UNOS database. World Transplant Congress. Boston, MA, July 22-27 2006.
-Oral presentation

Hayashi R, Cho Y, Shah T, Peng A, Huang E, Bunnapradist S. Impact of clinical polyomavirus disease in renal transplant graft survival. World Transplant Congress. Boston, MA, July 22-27 2006.
-Poster presentation
-Received American Society of Transplantation Young Investigator Award

Hayashi R, Huang E, Nissenson A.Vascular Access for hemodialysis. Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2 (9): 504-513, September 2006

Huang E, Cho YW, Shah T, Peng A, Hayashi R, Bunnapradist S. Alemtuzumab induction in kidney transplantation. Clinical Transplants. 2005; 343-354

Research study coordinator Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Department of Kidney Transplantation. ‍

Principal investigator Suphamai Bunnapradist, M.D.
October 2005-June 2006
Coordinated three projects.
1. Novartis CERL080AUS02- Prospective study looking at Myfortec in patients with gastrointestinal intolerance with mycophenolate mofetil.
2. Novartis RAD001AUS09- Prospective study looking at the safety and efficacy of RAD study drug in kidney transplant recipients.
3. Novartis CERL080A2409 – Prospective open label, multicenter, randomized study of the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Myfortec with Simulect, corticosteroids and two different levels of tacrolimus in de novo renal transplant recipients.

Pham PT, Pham PC, Danovitch GM, Gritsch A, Singer J, Wallace D, Hayashi R, Wilkinson A. Predictors and Risk Factors for Recurrent Scleroderma renal Crisis in the Kidney Allograft: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Am J Transplantation 5(10): 2565-9, October 2005

Inhibition of Apoptosis in Colon Tumors Induced in the Rat by 2-Amino-3methylimidazo [4, 5-f]quinolone. Cancer Research 56, 4307-4310, October 1996
Presented at the American Association for Cancer Researchers Annual Meeting,
Washington DC, April 1996

Evidence for ras Gene Mutations in 2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinolone-Induced
Colonic Aberrant Crypts in the Rat. Molecular Carcinogenesis 12, 187-192, 1995
Presented at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences
Symposium, April 1995
Award for best undergraduate presentation
Presented at the University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture Research
Symposium
Award for best overall presentation

Howard Hughes Biomedical Research Fellow, University of Hawaii Department of Environmental Biochemistry 1994-1995

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Academic Presentations

JABSOM MSI Renal Subunit, The Approach to Kidney Disease. January 13, 2016

VA Pacific Islands Medical Noon Conference, Update in Kidney Transplant. August 26, 2015

JABSOM MSI Renal Subunit, The Approach to Kidney Disease. January 21, 2015

American College of Physicians (ACP) Hawaii Chapter meeting, 2014 Update in Nephrology. January 11, 2014

JABSOM MSI Renal Subunit, The Approach to Kidney Disease. January 15, 2014

JABSOM MSI Renal Subunit, The Approach to Kidney Disease. January 9, 2013

JABSOM Education Day Medical Noon Conference, Resistant Hypertension, April 3, 2012

JABSOM Education Day Medical Noon Conference, Acid-Base Disorders. November 3, 2009

Tripler Army Medical Center Internal Medicine Noon Conference, Potassium Disorders. June 6, 2009

UCLA, Department of Medicine Morbidity and Mortality Teaching Conference, Medical Errors. May 27, 2004

UCLA, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Clinical Pathological Conference. October 29, 2003

UCLA, Department of Medicine Morbidity and Mortality Teaching Conference, The Evidence Based Use of Cardiac Monitors. July 24, 2003

UCLA, Department of Medicine Noon Conference, Glomerulonephritis, April 18, 2003

University of Hawaii School of Medicine Biomedical Symposium, The Health Care System of Rural Maui, Hawaii, April 1998

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Committee Memberships/Work Related Service  

‍VA PIHCS Peer review committee- 2/12 – 4/14

American Heart Association certified ACLS Instructor for VA PIHCS- teach 3 ACLS renewal classes/year for VA PIHC staff 9/12- present

VA PIHCS Physician Utilization Management Advisor (PUMA) 10/10 – 4/14

Tripler Army Medical Center, Graduate Medication Education
Committee, 02/12 – 4/14

VA PIHCS Missed Opportunities Reduction Process Action Team, 02/12-4/14

VA PIHCS Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, 7/10 - present

UCLA Morbidity and Mortality Committee, 2002-2004

UCLA Medical Center Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2003-2004

UCLA Medical Center Quality Insurance Committee, 2003-2004

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Honors/Awards

Awarded JABSOM Internal Medicine Outpatient Teaching award as selected by internal medicine housestaff for the 2015-2016 academic year

Awarded the JASBOM Internal Medicine Outpatient Teaching award as selected by the internal medicine housestaff for the 2014-2015 academic year

Awarded the JASBOM Internal Medicine Teaching Award and the Outpatient Teacher of the Year award as selected by the internal medicine housestaff for the 2009-2010 academic year

Awarded the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Leonard excellence in teaching award for 2008-2009 academic year

Awarded Fellow’s teaching award by the UCLA Internal Medicine Housestaff for the 2005-2006 academic year

Selected chief resident in internal medicine at UCLA Medical Center for the 2003-2004 academic year

Po’okela Noe’au Award, chosen by the University of Hawaii School Of Medicine Class of 2000 as most ideal graduating physician.

Medical School “Honors” grade- Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry

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Professional Affiliations

American Society of Nephrology

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Certifications/Licensure

Basic Life Support (expires 6/17)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (expires 10/17)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support instructor (expires 10/17)- Instructor ID# 10110054931

Hawaii Medical License #14540 (expires 1/31/18)

American board of internal medicine (ABIM) certification in nephrology (expires 2026)

ABIM certification in internal medicine (expires 2023)

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Background

Audrey E. Kitagawa, JD, is the President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, the President of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, the former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations.

She is a United Nations Representative for the United Religions Initiative, and Chair Emerita of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, A Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. She has been enstooled into the royal family as the Nekoso Hemaa, (i.e. Queen Mother of Development), of Ajiyamanti in Ghana, West Africa, and has a school which she helped to build named after her in her African name, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School.

She wrote the chapter, Crossing World Views, The Power of Perspective in the Hawaii Japanese American Experience, which was published in a book about multiculturalism, communication and Asian women entitled, Learning In The Light. Her chapter, Globalization As The Fuel For Religious And Ethnic Conflict has been published in the book, Globalization And Identity, Cultural Diversity, Religion and Citizenship. Her article, The Role Of Identity In The Rise And Decline of Buddhism In Hawaii, The 50th State Of The United States Of America, has been published in Sambodhi, a Buddhist Journal. She published articles in World Affairs The Journal Of International Issues, entitled, The Power of Om: Transformation of Consciousness, and Practical Spirituality. She wrote the chapter, The US In Foreign Affairs: Source of Global Security, Or Source of Global Fear? in the book, America & The World The Double Bind. She is currently writing a chapter on Space Ethics for a legal, academic book on Space Law.

She has been listed in Who's Who Of American Law, Who's Who Of American Women, Who's Who In America, Who's Who In The World, and Prominent People of Hawaii. She is the recipient of the Medal “Pride of Eurasia” and a Diploma from the Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University for her outstanding contribution to the development of spiritual culture and education in Eurasia. She is the recipient of the Spirit of the UN Award which is given to outstanding individuals who have demonstrated the vision and spirit of the United Nations as expressed through the UN Charter, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She was conferred an Honorary Interfaith Minister degree by the New Seminary.

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