Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Program

Internal Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 16, 2026

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Program

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Program is a residency program specializing in Internal Medicine, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, directed by Jennifer Katada, MD and coordinated by Kristine Mai. The program accepts applications through January 1, 2027 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at kphiresidency@kp.org or (808) 432-5676. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is a community-based, integrated-health-system internal medicine program built around a deliberately ambulatory-heavy curriculum, with protected continuity clinic time, panel management, and a single longitudinal preceptor relationship designed to mirror independent primary care practice from day one. Training occurs almost entirely within Kaiser's own Oahu hospitals and clinics, with electives extending to neighbor-island rural and urgent care sites, Native Hawaiian health, HIV/gender-affirming care, and houseless medicine, reflecting a mission-driven, community-embedded identity tied explicitly to Hawaii's population. Research exists as a supported but non-central activity—case reports, ACP posters, an in-house Research Day, and access to the KP Center for Health Research—useful for scholarly activity requirements rather than a marker of physician-scientist training. Graduates disperse into primary care, hospital medicine, and subspecialty fellowship in roughly even measure, and the program explicitly screens for candidates whose stated interest is ambulatory primary care and system-integrated, team-based practice rather than subspecialty-first ambition.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on longitudinal primary care, community/underserved service (e.g., houseless outreach, indigenous or rural health), and a preference for an integrated, team-based system over a high-acuity tertiary referral center will find this program's identity a close match.

Research intensity

Low - available through assigned mentors and a resident research day, but not positioned as central to the program's mission.

Career orientation

Mixed - Primary Care, Community Practice, Fellowship

Important

The program states it looks for candidates whose profile reflects specific professional/personal values (e.g., flexibility, cultural humility, service commitment) and alignment with Kaiser Permanente's mission of accessible, cost-effective, quality care, and it strongly encourages applicants to use their personal statement to explain interest in this specific program; a letter from the internal medicine department chair is highly recommended among the three required letters.

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Internal Medicine

Deadline 01/01/2027

85 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

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VISA POLICY

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GRADUATION CUT OFF

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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