Hawaii Residency Programs

What Hawaii Residency Programs does

Hawaii Residency Programs, Inc. (HRP) is a Hawaii nonprofit medical education consortium founded in 1982 in Honolulu, Hawaii. HRP coordinates and administers graduate medical education (GME) across Hawaii, operating 17-19 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs with over 220 trainees and more than 270 total employees including administrative staff and residents/fellows. The consortium model brings together individual residency programs and resources from Hawaii's major healthcare systems to share financial, legal, and educational risks in a cost-efficient manner. The Board of Directors includes representatives from Hawaii Pacific Health, The Queen's Health System, Kuakini Medical Center, and the Dean of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), with HRP and JABSOM remaining separate independent entities that share GME governance duties under the December 2012 UH HRP First Amended Agreement.

HRP offers 11 residency programs including Family Medicine (Oahu and Kauai), General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology (accredited 2026, inaugural class 2027), Primary Care Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry, plus 10 fellowship programs spanning Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, Cardiovascular Disease, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Surgical Critical Care. Clinical training occurs across multiple hospital sites on Oahu and selected neighbor islands, including The Queen's Medical Center (Level 1 Trauma Center), Straub Benioff Medical Center, Kuakini Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children, and Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai. Outreach is conducted through academic channels including ERAS, NRMP, and VSLO visiting student programs.

HRP does not charge residents for training; instead, residents receive salary and benefits as employees. The consortium is funded through federal and state Graduate Medical Education funding, hospital affiliations with member healthcare systems, HRSA grants, and institutional partnerships. HRP's market positioning is differentiated by Hawaii's unique multicultural Pacific Rim patient population, a 42% residency graduate retention rate in Hawaii, a near-100% board pass rate across programs, and over 40 years of operating history addressing physician shortage in the State of Hawaii.

Name

Hawaii Residency Programs

Legal name

Hawaii Residency Programs, Inc.

Website

https://hawaiiresidency.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hawaii Residency Programs (HRP) is a nonprofit medical education consortium founded in 1982 that coordinates 17-19 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs across Hawaii's major healthcare systems, training 220+ physicians who serve the state's diverse populations.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Honolulu

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Graduate Medical Education (GME) Funding: Federal and state funding for graduate medical education through consortium model, with contributions from affiliated healthcare systems including Hawaii Pacific Health and The Queen's Health System

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hawaii Residency Programs (HRP) is a nonprofit medical education consortium that administers ACGME-accredited graduate medical education (GME) in Hawaii. HRP operates 11 residency programs and 10 fellowship programs across specialties such as Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry, with clinical training delivered at major Hawaii hospitals including The Queen's Medical Center, Straub Benioff Medical Center, Kuakini Medical Center, Kapi'olani Medical Center, and Pali Momi Medical Center.

Product overview

Hawaii Residency Programs (HRP) is a consortium organization providing graduate medical education (GME) for medical residents in Hawaii. Founded in 1982, HRP operates 17-19 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs on Oahu with some programs offering clinical rotation experiences on neighbor islands. The organization offers 11 residency programs (Family Medicine on Oahu and Kauai, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Primary Care Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry) and 10 fellowship programs (Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, Cardiovascular Disease, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Surgical Critical Care). HRP employs over 270 individuals including residents/fellows and administrative staff, with training sites at major Hawaii hospitals including Queen's Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, Kuakini Medical Center, Straub Benioff Medical Center, and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Oahu Family Medicine Residency A community-based 7-7-7 residency program sponsored by UH John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) with hospital sponsor Pali Momi Medical Center. Provides training across maternal-child health, geriatric care, substance use disorder treatment, and community outreach for medical school graduates pursuing family medicine training in Hawaii.
• Kauai Family Medicine Residency A rural, academic community-based 4-4-4 residency program training family physicians for rural Hawaii and the Pacific. Residents complete PGY-1 on Oahu and PGY-2/PGY-3 on Kauai at Wilcox Medical Center and other island facilities.
• General Surgery Residency An approved five-year general surgery training program accredited by ACGME, with training at The Queen's Medical Center, Straub Benioff Medical Center, Kuakini Medical Center, and Kapi'olani Medical Center.
• Internal Medicine Residency Categorical and preliminary internal medicine residency training program offering 19 categorical and 3 preliminary positions annually, with emphasis on General Internal Medicine and Ambulatory Care. Includes Clinician-Educator Pathway and Primary Care Pathway options.
• Neurology Residency ACGME-accredited four-year neurology residency program welcoming inaugural class in July 2027. Provides training at The Queen's Medical Center and Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children with 4 positions per cohort.
• Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Stand-alone primary care-focused internal medicine residency program emphasizing ambulatory medicine training with approximately 1/3 inpatient and 2/3 outpatient focus. Includes neighbor island rural health rotations.
• Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Obstetrics and gynecology residency training program preparing residents for comprehensive women's health care across Hawaii and the Pacific.
• Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Orthopaedic surgery residency training program.
• Pathology Residency Pathology residency training program.
• Pediatric Residency Pediatric residency training program at Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children.
• Psychiatry Residency Psychiatry residency training program with subspecialty training in addiction psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry.
• Addiction Medicine Fellowship Fellowship training in addiction medicine.
• Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Fellowship training in addiction psychiatry.
• Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship ACGME-accredited cardiovascular disease fellowship accepting 4 fellows per year at The Queen's Medical Center.
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry.
• Gastroenterology Fellowship Gastroenterology fellowship training program.
• Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Fellowship training in geriatric medicine at Kuakini Medical Center.
• Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship Hematology and medical oncology fellowship training.
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Fellowship training in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
• Sports Medicine Fellowship Fellowship training in sports medicine.
• Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Fellowship training in surgical critical care at The Queen's Medical Center.

Quantifiable outcome

• 42% of residency graduates remain in Hawaii to practice medicine
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2012HRP and UH JABSOM remain separate, independent entities but share duties, responsibilities and risks of GME governance under the UH HRP First Amended Agreement signed December 2012. JABSOM provides academic oversight, research support, and administrative infrastructure for residency programs.
• Hawaii Pacific HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor healthcare system partner providing clinical training sites including Pali Momi Medical Center, Straub Benioff Medical Center, and Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children. Hawaii Pacific Health employs over 270 individuals through HRP.
• The Queen's Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare system partner providing clinical training sites including The Queen's Medical Center (Level 1 Trauma Center), The Queen's Medical Center West Oahu, and Wahiawa General Hospital.
• Kuakini Medical CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeaching hospital with accredited programs in medical residency, surgical residency and geriatric fellowship. Hosts Internal Medicine residents with predominantly geriatric patient population.
• Wilcox Medical CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCritical access hospital on Kaua'i serving as primary training site for the Kauai Family Medicine Residency Program's PGY-2 and PGY-3 years.
• Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care SystemmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVA clinic providing Internal Medicine residents exposure to subspecialty clinics in endocrinology, nephrology, rheumatology, and neurology, plus primary care walk-in clinics.
• Kauai District Health OfficeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernmental health office on Kaua'i collaborating on the rural Kauai Family Medicine Residency program development.
• Ho'ola LahuiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare organization on Kaua'i participating in the rural Family Medicine Residency program network.
• Straub Clinic and HospitalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining site for Internal Medicine residents' critical care rotation. Home to 16-bed mixed specialty ICU and various subspecialty electives.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU): Oregon's only academic health center, operating a broad GME portfolio as a sponsoring institution with rural and community-based training tracks similar to HRP's neighbor-island programs. Comparable in academic-public GME mission.
• Stanford Health Care: Academic medical center operating a broad ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship portfolio anchored by Stanford School of Medicine. Comparable as a major GME sponsoring institution.
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: Major academic medical center and Sponsoring Institution affiliated with Columbia and Weill Cornell, operating a deep multi-specialty GME portfolio across multiple hospital campuses. Highly comparable as a multi-hospital GME consortium-like structure.
• UCSF Health: UCSF Medical Center operates a large ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship portfolio as a sponsoring institution across multiple sites. Comparable scope of multi-specialty GME programs anchored by an academic medical school partnership.
• Mount Sinai Health System: New York-based academic health system operating a large multi-specialty GME portfolio as a sponsoring institution across multiple hospitals. Comparable in multi-hospital GME coordination structure.
• UCLA Health: UCLA's academic medical enterprise operates a deep multi-specialty GME portfolio as a sponsoring institution across multiple hospital sites. Comparable breadth of accredited programs and medical school partnership model.
• Mayo Clinic: One of the largest U.S. academic medical centers operating a multi-specialty GME portfolio across Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Comparable as a major Sponsoring Institution with broad ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs and integrated multi-hospital training sites.
• Mass General Brigham: Large integrated academic health system headquartered in Boston operating one of the largest U.S. GME portfolios as a sponsoring institution. Comparable in scale and breadth of ACGME-accredited programs across multiple hospital sites.
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Large academic medical center in Los Angeles operating an extensive GME portfolio as a sponsoring institution across multiple residency and fellowship specialties. Comparable role as an integrated GME sponsor.

Regional players

• University of Washington Medical Center: Academic medical center operating a multi-specialty GME portfolio across multiple WWAMI-region sites (WA, WY, AK, MT, ID) with rural training tracks. Comparable to HRP in operating distributed/community-based residency training across a Pacific-region geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/UHInternalMed
• Instagraminstagram.com/uhimrp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hawaii-residency-programs

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Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

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