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Dr. Randal K. Wada
Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Childrenl
[/cs_text][cs_text]Dr. Wada serves as Division Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics in the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. He is also on the Graduate Faculty of the University’s School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene.
Appointments: (808) 983-8551 to schedule.
1319 Punahou Street
Honolulu, HI 96826
Phone: (808) 983-8551
E-mail: randal.wada@kapiolani.org
[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0 0px 45px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_tab_nav type=”three-up” float=”top”][x_tab_nav_item title=”Background” active=”true”][x_tab_nav_item title=”Education” active=”true”][x_tab_nav_item title=”Selected Publications” active=”false”][/x_tab_nav][x_tabs][x_tab active=”true”]Dr. Wada serves as Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, in the Department of Pediatrics, and is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program at Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children. He is founder and Medical Director of the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank, and serves as the Medical Director of the Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry and the Hawaii Cellular Therapy and Transplant Laboratory.
Dr. Wada’s research interests include multi-disciplinary approaches to improving health risk behaviors in survivors of childhood cancer using a trans-theoretical model-based patient management system, and electronic medical record-facilitated strategies for quality improvement. He is a molecular biologist who conducts collaborative research on MYCN oncogene regulation in human neuroblastoma, with an emphasis on promoting minority student involvement in science and technology.[/x_tab][x_tab active=”true”]
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September 1979 – May 1983 |
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Doctor of Medicine |
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July 1983 – June 1986 |
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Pediatric Residency, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Island Hospital |
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July 1986 – June 1988 |
University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Post-doctoral Fellowship Division of Cancer Immunology and Biology, Department of Pediatrics |
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July 1988 – June 1989 |
University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship UCLA Center for Health Sciences |
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July 1988 – June 1989 |
University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship UCLA Center for Health Sciences |
[/x_tab][x_tab active=”false”]Loui WS, Chang L, Kotsubo C, Wada R, Wong L. Bone Marrow Transplant in Hawaii. Hawaii Med J 68:30-32 (2009)
Gawecka J, Geerts D, Koster J, Caliva M, Sulzmaier F, Opok-Ansah J, Wada R, Bachmann A, Ramos J. PEA12 impairs cell migration and correlates with clinical features predicting good prognosis in neuroblastoma. Int J Cancer 131:1556-1568 (2012)
Wada RK, Glaser DW, Bantum EO, Orimoto T, Steffen AD, Elia JL, Albright CL. Hawaii’s multiethnic adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer: How do their health behavior risks compare to state and national samples? Hawaii J Med Public Health 72:380-385 (2013)
Saulnier Sholler G, Gerner EW, Bergendahl G, MacArthur RB, Vander Werff A, Ashikaga T, Bond JP, Ferguson W, Roberts W, Wada RK, Eslin D, Kraveka JM, Kaplan J, Mitchell D, Parikh NS, Neville K, Sender L, Higgins T, Kawakita M, Hiramatsu K, Moriya S, Bachmann AS, A Phase I Trial of DFMO Targeting Polyamine Addiction in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma, PlosONE May 2015[/x_tab][/x_tabs][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]