As a surgeon at Shriners Children’s Hawai‘i, Dr. Craig M. Ono enjoys caring for wonderful children and their families throughout Hawai‘i and the south and western Pacific Islands. He and his team provide the highest quality of care for a broad range of musculoskeletal problems.

Dr. Ono earned his medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School and completed his internship and orthopedic surgery residency at Tripler Army Medical Center. After completing his pediatric orthopedics fellowship at the Shriners Children’s Hawai‘i, he travelled between Hawai‘i, South Korea, Washington and Macedonia as an active duty member of the United States Army. He returned to Shriners Children’s in 2000 and felt fortunate to have the opportunity to have two parallel careers as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and as an officer in the United States Army Reserve.

Dr. Ono was attracted to orthopedic surgery first because of the physical nature of the practice. He stayed because of the patients, families, practice partners and mentors. Today, he aims to help develop the next generations of physicians and surgeons, both as a teacher at UH John A. Burns School of Medicine and Tripler Army Medical Center. He is part of a team that is academically rigorous with cutting-edge research and presentations for continuing medical education courses.