The Maui News

Seven Maui County physicians have graduated from the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH announced.

The class of 2022 included 69 new doctors, including “16 that identify as being of Filipinx or mixed Filipinx descent,” four Native Hawaiians and 10 with Neighbor Island roots, according to a news release Sunday.

The Maui graduates included:

• Dr. Dillon Tacdol, who will specialize in internal medicine at UH. Tacdol is from Wailuku and graduated from Kamehameha Schools-Maui.

• Dr. Kara Termulo, who will specialize in obstetrics-gynecology at Kaiser Permanente-San Francisco. Termulo is from Wailuku and graduated from Seabury Hall.

• Dr. Kellen Bean, who will specialize in internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente-Hawaii. Bean is from Waiehu and graduated from Baldwin High School.

• Dr. Nanea Cavaco, who will specialize in pediatrics at UH. Cavaco is from Paukukalo and graduated from Kamehameha Schools-Maui.

• Dr. Sidra Parveen, who will specialize in psychiatry at Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School. Parveen is from Kahului and graduated from Baldwin High School.

• Dr. Amandalin Rock, who will specialize in emergency medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Rock is from Haiku and was homeschooled.

One graduate was from Molokai — Dr. Clare-Marie Anderson, who will specialize in obstetrics-gynecology at the University of California Irvine Medical Center. Anderson is from Kaunakakai and graduated from Punahou School on Oahu.

Six physicians from the 2022 class participated in the UH Manoa Filgrad Ceremony, “a celebration of Filipinx students’ heritage, identity and community.” (“Filipinx” was coined as a gender-inclusive term but has faced criticism from some who say that “Filipino” is already gender neutral.)

In a separate ceremony, four Native Hawaiian kauka ‘opio, or young physicians, were presented with a ceremonial cloak, or kihei, which represents a significant life achievement. Designs and colors on the kihei tell the life story of each kauka’s life and pathway to medicine.

The graduates will begin their medical careers in July and received advanced training in medical specialties of their choice, according to UH. A total of 64 percent chose primary-care specialties, including internal medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology. Twenty are staying in Hawaii, while another 31 are moving on to California, Oregon and Washington for their post-medical training.