Gregg T. Kokame, MD, MMM, FASRS
Chief of Ophthalmology and Clinical Professor
University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine
321 N. Kuakini Street
Suite 307
Honolulu, HI 96817
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Professional Affiliations
Academic Appointments- Chief of Ophthalmology and Clinical Professor, University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine
Education and Training
- Retinal fellowship
- University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami Florida
Biography
Dr. Kokame received his M.D. from the UCLA School of Medicine with honors in Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed ophthalmology residency at the Jules Stein Eye Institute/UCLA, and vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, rate the #1 ophthalmology program in the United States for the past 20 years. He is Chief of Ophthalmology and Clinical Professor at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine. He is founder and director of The Hawaii Macula and Retina Institute and The Retina Center at Pali Momi affiliated with Hawaii Pacific Health since 1993 with over 60 national or international clinical trials. He was the first to do the bionic eye surgery in the Asia Pacific region in March of 2015, and the first to do gene therapy for any medical disease in Hawaii in 2021. He received his business degree in organizational development (Master of Medical Management) from the USC Marshall School of Business. His sabattical was at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London in 2000 with Professors Alan Bird and Zdenek Gregor.
Dr. Kokame is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Honor Award - 1999, Secretariat Award - 2008, Senior Achievement Award – 2014), Macula Society (Gass Medal 2021), Retina Society, and American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) (Honor Award – 2001; Senior Honor Award – 2003). He was admitted to the prestigious American Ophthalmological Society in 2015 after acceptance of his thesis on treatment and multimodality diagnostic testing polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
Dr. Kokame’s chief research interests are macular hole surgery, management of surgical complications of cataract surgery, exudative macular degeneration, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, new pharmacologic development in retinal diseases, and the newest imaging techniques for macular disease. He has published over 100 papers, delivered over 200 lectures throughout the USA, Asia, Europe and the Middle East with over 100 invited lectures.