Meet

The Team

Meet The Team

Physician, Author, Singer, Actor, Professor, Healthy Lifestyle Evangelist

Mel Ona
M.D., M.S., M.P.H, M.A.

M.D., F.A.C.G., F.A.C.P.

Fernando Ona
M.D., F.A.C.G., F.A.C.P.

R.N.

Maryson Cabudoy
R.N.

Endoscopy Technician/Medical Assistant

Mary Alejado

Medical Assistant

Nona Lacbayan

Medical Assistant

Victoria Kim

Our team offers individualized care to support YOU.  We listen to your needs, evaluate your condition and make the best plan, catered to your specific needs. Coupled with our leading-edge technology, our patients experience superior medical care.  Don’t take our word for it though, take our patients. 

Mel Ona, M.D., M.S., M.P.H, M.A. earned his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine & completed his Internal Medicine residency at NYU Langone Brooklyn (formerly Lutheran Medical Center) where he served as a PGY-3 Chief Resident. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (affiliate: Mount Sinai Hospital) where he also served as Chief GI Fellow. He received advanced endoscopy training at the renowned Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has three Masters degrees, authored several books, published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals, & is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Fernando Ona, M.D., F.A.C.G., F.A.C.P. completed his Internal Medicine residency at Boston VA Medical Center & Gastroenterology Fellowship at both the Boston VAMC & the Mallory Institute-Thorndike Laboratory/Harvard Medical Services of Boston City Hospital. He completed a Hepatology Fellowship at the Tufts-New England Medical Center under Dr. Marshall Kaplan. After GI training, he was Chief of Gastroenterology & Director of GI Fellowship Training Program at St. Mary’s Hospital in NY. He was also a full time faculty member of the University of Rochester School of Medicine & served as Associate Professor of Medicine. After 25 years of service, he transferred to Hawaii & served as Chief of GI at the VA Pacific Island Health Care System. He also served as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Maryson Cabudoy, R.N. Maryson graduated with her BSN from Biola University in Southern California & has nearly 30 years of nursing experience in GI, Recovery, & Intensive Care. She also successfully managed an outpatient endoscopy center in Oahu for over a decade. Maryson is a strong advocate for colon cancer prevention. Her brother was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 40 & is a cancer survivor because of Maryson’s knowledge & expertise. She plans to implement a colonoscopy screening program for patients who lack insurance/access to health care.