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‘Aiea-raised Pediatrician Provides Care For Community’s Keiki For 3 Years
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to become a doctor, especial- ly since my parents couldn’t afford to pay for me to go to college,” Nino describes. “However, with the help of scholarships and part-time jobs, I was able to support myself through college while managing to complete the challenging requirements.”
time in medical school and needed dialysis, where Nino would accompany him every evening.
through some of my most difficult days, and I knew at that moment I couldn’t imag- ine doing anything other than pediatrics,” Nino recalls.
that specializes in children, a pediatrician — a lesson that would solidify her career path.
Thankfully, Nino’s father along with her mother were able to attend her medical school white coat ceremony — and also standing in sup- port was her former teacher Honjo and his wife.
Now in her third year at Hawai‘i Pediatrics and with two daughters, ages 2 and 5, Nino is “incredibly humbled and grateful to be able to give back to the community that has shaped me into who I am today,” she concludes.
“I realized that pediatrics would allow me to combine my desire to work with chil- dren with the love of science I was starting to develop,” Nino explains.
In addition to financial difficulties, Nino’s family challenges continued as she pursued her pediatric career. Her father was experiencing kidney failure during her
Two years after the cer- emony, her father passed away.
As she advanced in grades through ‘Aiea Intermediate and ‘Aiea High schools, she developed leadership and communication skills with the guidance of “teachers, advisers and counselors who paved the foundation that I have built my career upon,” Nino states.
“My patients and their families helped me get
To learn more about Hawai‘i Pediatrics, visit ha- waiipediatrics.com.
Dr. Mary Rose Nino (middle) with her former sixth grade teacher, John Honjo (right) and his wife Myra at Nino’s medical school graduation in 2016. PHOTOS COURTESY MARY ROSE NINO
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After graduating from ‘Aiea High School, she at- tended University of San Francisco and later returned home to go to University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine, where she completed both her med- ical education and her resi- dency in pediatrics, earning board certification by the American Board of Pediat- rics in General Pediatrics.
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Dr. Mary Rose Nino celebrates three years at Hawai‘i Pediatrics. Here, she’s pictured with daughters Lyla and Emma.
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