Barry Shibuya, MD

Dr. Barry Shibuya graduated from the University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine in 1996, and completed his internship and internal medicine residency at the University of Hawaii Integrated Medical Residency Program in 1999. He also served as Chief Medical Resident at Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu, HI in 2000. Dr. Shibuya then completed his rheumatology fellowship at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in 2002.

Dr. Shibuya was in private practice from 2002 till 2018, in Fremont, CA, before he moved back to Hawaii, and is now the director of rheumatology services for TeleMed2, an online multispecialty group. He also teaches at the John A Burns School of Medicine and volunteers with local non-profit organizations, like the Arthritis Foundation, National Kidney Foundation, The Alliance for Gout Awareness and was the 2019 recipient of the Northern California Lupus Foundation’s Purple Ribbon award for outstanding commitment to research and patient education.

Dr. Shibuya is the immediate past President of the Northern California Rheumatology Society (NCRS) from 2006, till 2018, and helped Dr. Kristine Uramoto form the Hawaii Rheumatology Society in 2019. In his free time, Dr. Shibuya likes to spend time with family, listen to music, sing karaoke, travel, cook and speak to community groups on various integrated health related topics focusing on creating healthier lifestyle habits through his “S.E.N.S.E”-ible approach: Stress management, Exercise, Nutrition, Sleep and social Engagements.