'Ike Kupuna (Traditional Native Hawaiian knowledge) and Academic Medicine

Martina Leialoha Kamaka, MD, FAAFP

Martina Leialoha Kamaka, MD, FAAFP, is a Native Hawaiian Family Physician and Professor in the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine.  She hails from Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu where she and her husband raised two wonderful children. She is a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools, the University of Notre Dame and the John A. Burns School of Medicine. She completed her Family Medicine residency in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where her interest in the interaction of culture and health began.  She returned to Hawai‘i to work a family physician.  She later was was given the opportunity to work in academic medicine where she has focused on Native Hawaiian and Indigenous health and health disparities, cultural competency /humility training, and climate change and health.   Her work has garnered her a UH Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award and her teaching team, the LIMELight “Sustained Excellence in Indigenous Health Curriculum Implementation” award in New Zealand in 2019.  She is a Vice Chair of NCAPIP (the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians), a  2024 Climate and Health Equity Fellow and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians where she also just completed two terms as a national DEI commissioner.  In 2014, she was honored to serve as one of the physicians for the worldwide travels of the voyaging canoe, Hōkūle‘a. In addition, she is a founder and active member of the ʻAhahui o nā Kauka (Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians) and the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC).   

Accreditation Statement    

Continuing Education:   

This UCSF continuing education activity was planned and developed to: uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and, include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic  products or agents are discussed or referenced.  

UCSF adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including content planners, reviewers, authors, presenters, moderators, panelists, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.  

Accreditation:  

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.  

This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly 1195, continuing education, and cultural and linguistic competency.  

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)TM.      

Attendees should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The credit maximum above reflects all Osher Center for Integrative Health Grand Rounds sessions in Fiscal Year 2027. Up to 1 credit may be claimed against any individual session. In order to receive credit you must certify your attendance in this session and claim your credits earned in the activity within 6 days of its conclusion.    

California Acupuncturists:  This live activity is approved by the State of California Acupuncture Board for 1 hour of Category 1 CE course credit. (provider number 1377).  

Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement:   

Planners: The planners Shelley Adler, PhD, Selena Chan, DO, and Patty Moran, PhD, have no relationships to disclose.  

Speaker: Martina Kamaka, MD has no relationships to disclose.