Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD, MPH
@KekoaMDPhD
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Asst Prof @UCLA / Prostate Cancer / PhD @HopkinsMedicine / MD @MayoClinic / PGY5 @StanfordRadOnc / MPH @HPU / @ObamaFoundation #Leader / ʻŌiwi @KSNews / MyViews
Los Angeles, CA
Joined June 2016
Grateful to share I’ll be joining @UCLA as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in @UCLAFSPH & @dgsomucla. Together we will advocate for & uplift all underserved communities, including Pasifika people. Mahalo to the tremendous leadership who came together to make this possible.
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Grateful for all of the incredible built in cross institutional mentorship as I begin this career journey at this new institution! @UCLA
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I am thoroughly impressed by the @UCLAHealth #RadOnc residents! They are engaged in high-quality research. I am grateful to have the opportunity to collaborate with such remarkable scholars!
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Hulō! Hoʻomaikaʻi to this incredible group of kauka haumana at @uhmedjabsom! The future of Native Hawaiians in the physician workforce is bright! Proud of you @KaeoKekumano! Good luck to all those starting out on their path to medicine! 🤙🏽
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RT @UCLAHealth: We’re proud to keep on raising the standard in medicine. For 36 years straight, UCLA Health has been named to the National….
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RT @JCOOA_ASCO: Exciting news for the oncology community! 🎉We're thrilled to launch the official X page for JCO Oncology Advances! Follow u….
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🎓 Grateful for all the friends and ʻohana who got me through residency. I’ll miss these people so much. But looking forward to new adventures in Los Angeles. 👏🏼Congrats to all the graduating residents and good luck to all the PGY1s and PGY2 rad oncs!
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RT @JAMAOnc: Viewpoint: Prostate cancer screening is shifting toward a more beneficial and less harmful approach by using MRI-targeted stra….
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RT @JamesFanWu: Asian Americans are one of the most heterogenous US racial/ethnic groups more than doubling in population since 2000. Fo….
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RT @JesusJ_MD: 🎓✨ Congratulations to our graduating Radiation Oncology seniors! 🎓✨. It has been an incredible honor to train alongside you-….
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RT @oncodaily: UCLA Launched ILLUSION Trial on 2 mm PTV Margins in CT-Guided SBRT - Amar Kishan. @AmarUKishan @UCLAHealthJCCC @IJROBP . htt….
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RT @StanfordRO_Res: 🎉 Congrats to Dr. @AEwongwoMD who received the @StanfordMed GME Well Being Award! Awarded up top at the 2025 Teaching E….
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RT @TrudyWuMD: Caring for patients with cholangiocarcinoma is deeply personal. Thank you @curecc for sharing my story! @UCLAHealth https:/….
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At the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, we are inspired by people who channel their personal experiences into meaningful change for others. Dr. Trudy Wu is one of those people. As a radiation oncolog...
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RT @UCLAHealthJCCC: Congratulations to @UCLAHealth radiation oncologist @mattfarrellmd on being named the inaugural Hope Fellow of the new….
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Dr. Matthew Farrell, assistant professor of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named the inaugural Hope Fellow of the newly established Institute for the...
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RT @MSteinbergMD: UCLA Radiation Oncology's @mattfarrellmd has been named the inaugural Hope Fellow of the newly established Institute for….
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Dr. Matthew Farrell, assistant professor of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named the inaugural Hope Fellow of the newly established Institute for the...
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RT @TrudyWuMD: Interesting. @DoctorNoMD and I will be dropping a new @AtTheBeam episode soon to share our experience. Overall, we found the….
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RT @RadOncDoc_Niema: The #radonc oral boards results are in:. 7️⃣7️⃣% of first time test takers passed - the lowest ⬇️ it’s been in since 2….
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RT @JAMAOnc: Postoperative stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate cancer was well-tolerated with similar urinary and bowel patient-rep….
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RT @UCLAHealthJCCC: A new study led by @AmarUKishan & published in @JAMAOnc shows that post-surgery radiation for prostate cancer can be sa….
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Researchers found that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose radiation delivered in just five sessions, is as safe as conventional treatment, with similar side effects and a...
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RT @S_W_R_O: May 29, 2025 ➡️ Part 2 of our Indigenous Oncology Webinar in partnership with @caro_acro_ca . Part 1 was very well received, a….
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RT @LiuMichaelON: Recent NIH grant terminations have resulted in deep uncertainty among researchers🧑🔬& academic institutions🏫. In @JAMA_cu….
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