
Our Mission
Providing Local and Global Healthcare Leadership for Turning Technology into Teaching.
Our Vision
SimTiki is the technology enabled learning simulation center of the John A Burns School of Medicine. SimTiki supports excellence in simulation based education for healthcare students and professionals through teaching and operation of an academic simulation center. We pursue alliances locally, nationally, and in the Asia Pacific region. SimTiki promotes improvement in Teaching, Educational Research, and Training for Patient Care Best Practices.

Tiki
The word tiki first appears in New Zealand Māori as the first man, created by Tāne.The Hawaiian word for tiki is kiʻi. In Hawaiian traditions the first man was Kumuhonua. He was made by Kāne, or by Kāne, Kū, and Lono. His body was made by mixing red earth with saliva. He was made in the shape of Kāne, who carried the earth from which the man was made from the four corners of the world. Ki’i represents a human, both in form and as a reflection of the human condition and experience in many Pacific island cultures. Simulators can also represent many human dimensions. Like a tiki, a simulator embodies the intent, purpose, and spirit of the user.
Faculty & Adjunct Faculty

Benjamin Berg, MD CHSE
Director of Simulation
bwberg@hawaii.edu

Jannet Lee-Jayaram, MD, CHSE
Associate Director of Simulation
jannet98@hawaii.edu

Yoko Akamine, MD, CHSE
Osaka City General Hospital
yokoakamine@gmail.com

Yuka Eto, MD, CHSE
Tokyo Women’s Medical University
yukaeto@hawaii.edu

Christina Higa, PhD
Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center
christina@uhtasi.org

Yasuhiro Mandai, MD, PhD
Jikei U. School of Medicine
720mandai@gmail.com

Yuki Moritoki, MD, PhD, CHSE
Akita University Hospital
ymoritoki@hos.akita-u.ac.jp

Sayaka Oikawa MD, MHPE
Akita University Graduate School of Medicine
oikawa.sayaka@doc.med.akita-u.ac.jp

Machiko S. Yagi PhD, MSN, CHSE
Jichi Medical University
machikoy@hawaii.edu

Paul E Phrampus MD
University of Pittsburgh (WISER)
phrampuspe@upmc.edu

Gen Ouchi, MD, CHSE
University of Ryukyus
genouchi@gmail.com

Eri Sato, MD, CHSE
Nerima Kenikukai Hospital, Tokyo
sixtones0306@gmail.com
Staff

Kris Hara, MEd, RRT, CHSOS-A
Simulation Operations Director
harakm@hawaii.edu

Eileen Maeda, MBA
Business Operations Manager
ebeamis@hawaii.edu

Cami Mikami
Admin/Fiscal Assistant
mikamic@hawaii.edu

Michael von Platen
Systems Integrator
platen@hawaii.edu
SimTiki Simulation Fellows

Kyung Hye Park, MD PhD
kyunghp@hawaii.edu

Toshihiro Hatakeyama, MD PhD
thatake@hawaii.edu

Hiroshi Yonekura , MD PhD
SimTiki International Scholars

Sekyung Lee, MD PhD
leesek@hawaii.edu

Youngwon Jeon MD
jeon4@hawaii.edu

Eunran Kim, MD PhD
eunkim@hawaii.edu

Yoo-Sang Yoon, MD
ysyoon@hawaii.edu

Eunsuk Yun, RN PhD
eunsuky@hawaii.edu

Jinseung Kim, MD PhD
jinseung@hawaii.edu

Sungyeon Hwang, MD PhD
sungyh@hawaii.edu