‘Ahahui ‘o nā Kauka, Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians

09/16/2023

09/05/2023

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Equity in a Post-COVID Era: Pathways for Advocacy, Leadership, and Research, featuring the perspectives and expertise of Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander physicians. Among the presenters are Kauka Hui president Marcus Kāwika Iwane and secretary Māhealani Lum. If you are or can be in California's Bay Area on Sept 22, register now!

Friday, September 22 from 9am-4:30pm PT Alumni House, UC Berkeley This one-day conference focuses on Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) health equity and physician leadership post-COVID. AANHPI leaders came to the forefront during the pandemic, but what does the future hold for...

08/29/2023

Providers, please sign up to kokua here >>>

There are no words to describe the devastation, heartbreak, and loss our community is currently facing. If you have been affected by the wildfires on Maui, DOH has set up a website and call center to assist you with accessing non-emergency health services to meet your and your family's needs.

Call 833-833-3431 or 808-586-4468 or visit health.hawaii.gov/mauiwildfires

If you are a health care provider (MD, PA, APRN, NP, RN or Behavioral Health Practitioner) interested in helping, please visit the Volunteer Medical Services section on the site.

08/23/2023

Dr. Ben Young has done so much to increase the numbers of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander physicians

Benjamin Young wanted to encourage others like him to go into medicine — young people filled with both ambition and self-doubt.

08/18/2023

Important, consolidated info here. Clinician volunteer sign-up form is here, too.

To all, maka'ala. There have been COVID outbreaks reported in at least two of the shelters.

There are no words to describe the devastation, heartbreak, and loss our community is currently facing. If you have been affected by the wildfires on Maui, DOH has set up a website and call center to assist you with accessing non-emergency health services to meet your and your family's needs.

Call 833-833-3431 or 808-586-4468 or visit health.hawaii.gov/mauiwildfires

If you are a health care provider (MD, PA, APRN, NP, RN or Behavioral Health Practitioner) interested in helping, please visit the Volunteer Medical Services section on the site.

08/18/2023

If you are on West Maui and are returning to your home, please be careful on how you clean up any ash from the fires

08/15/2023

Ashley Mainani Lee, Native Hawaiian MS3 and former Ka Lama Kukui President was in Maui for her longitudinal clerkships when the devastating fires affected Lahaina. She has been with her preceptors daily at the different shelters providing medical care. Kauka of all specialties are stepping up to staff these areas, sometimes even after their long clinic days. One pediatrician said this has been the first time they touched an adult patient in 20 years. In addition to wound care, there are a lot of routine needs being fulfilled as people left without their medications. All of the kauka are yearning to get out to Lahaina where their patients are, but there are still some limitations in place.

Ashley's Maui ʻohana is from Keʻanae and Kahului. Although her relatives are mostly in town and on the east side, her cousin Casey was living in Lahaina. There, he lost his home and left with just his car, laptop and the clothes he had on. She says she's grateful to be there to help and seeing the community come together gives hope to the resilient survivors.

He ʻaʻaliʻi kū makani mai au; ʻaʻohe makani nāna e kūlaʻi, I am a wind-resisting ʻaʻaliʻi plant; no gust can push me over (ʻŌlelo Noʻeau #507)

Pictures are: medical tent at Maui Memorial, and medical area at Maui High School

08/14/2023

A public statement from our president, Dr. Marcus Kawika Iwane https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/latest-news/statement-maui-wildfires-resources-helping-affected/

All kauka seeking opportunities to volunteer in a clinical capacity: this information has been published in the membership bulletin, and will be updated as necessary. If you do not already receive it, please e-mail [email protected] for this information.

06/16/2023

Congratulations to these six 2023 graduates of the Imi Ho'ola post-baccalaureate program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2023-06-15/cohort-of-aspiring-doctors-receives-full-ride-scholarship-to-jabsom

Since 1973, the ʻImi Hoʻōla program has helped college graduates from Hawaiʻi and the Pacific overcome academic and economic barriers to medical school. Another cohort of aspiring doctors graduated from the program Wednesday.

05/04/2023

Lots of events - continuing education and 9 graduating haumana from JABSOM - Join us! - https://mailchi.mp/ac88c7ffa2c9/kauka-newsletter-2023-0504

03/06/2023

03/05/2023

Noa Emmett Auwae Aluli graduated in the first four-year class at the medical school at University of Hawai'i, one of just 5 Hawaiians in that Class of 1975. Drs. Nathan Wong, Solomon Naluai, William Ahuna and Richard Lee-Ching celebrated the life and legacy of their classmate yesterday.
www.noaemmettaluli.org

02/02/2023

PRIDoC 2022 was transformational! Mahalo for capturing these for all of us to remember.

This is "PRiDOC PROMO EXTERNAL" by SPIRO Creative on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

01/06/2023

We've lost so many pioneering kauka recently: Noa Emmett Aluli, Clayton Chong, R. Wayne Fukino & Bill Thomas.
https://kawaiola.news/i-ola-lkahi/the-skies-are-darkened/

The skies are darkened by the recent passing of six ʻŌiwi health professionals.

12/29/2022

He Huliau - A Season of Change and Renewal https://mailchi.mp/d8c4c4d8b6f8/kauka-newsletter-2022-1228

12/16/2022

Hali'a Aloha, Wayne Fukino - https://mailchi.mp/b35795b1c3a3/kauka-newsletter-2022-1216

12/06/2022

Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli ~ Ha'awe ma ke kua, laulau ma ke alo. One who works hard for the community while caring for families. Dr. Aluli received this award from the Molokai community in 2017.
https://youtu.be/gqfCuYm-HQc

MOLOKA’I KULĀIA 2017- DR. ALULI

12/06/2022

"The health of the land, is the health of our people, is the health of our nation."
https://vimeo.com/778313392/bd8ab1b49d

This is "Noa Emmett Aluli - Kaho`olawe" by Hyperspective on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

12/04/2022

The 'ohana of Noa Emmett Aluli has requested an online memorial. Please consider adding your photo, video, words to this global bulletin board. Feel free to share and cross post.

https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/k6sfeFza

Kudoboard is an online replacement for the greeting card that you pass around and sign!

12/02/2022

12/01/2022

Hali'a Aloha - https://mailchi.mp/35eab650b6b8/kauka-newsletter-2022-1130

11/19/2022

Our current president, Dr. Marcus Kāwika Iwane, shares his thoughts with Mehana on the importance of the many social, cultural and economic determinants of health and health care. Check this out!

In this week's episode, Mehana flies solo and interviews Dr. Marcus Iwane, chief of Kīpukaoha (West Oʻahu Medical Office at Kapolei). Dr. Iwane shares with u...

09/17/2022

Ke ʻŌlino Nei Mālamalama: HCBE in the future

09/15/2022

Welcome to our first presentation of Week 3 – E Ola ka Lāhui: Culture Based Education. Tonight's presentation is called "HCBE: Moʻokūʻauhau of a Movement.

Community advocates and educators discuss the history of the movement for Hawaiian Culture-Based Education (HCBE), its successes, and its impacts today.

Panelists: Kalehua Krug, Walter Kahumoku III, Nāmaka Rawlins, and Kimo Alama Keaulana
Moderator: Manuwai Peters

Learn more on hawaiianhistorymonth.org.

09/10/2022

Join us for two spectacular Hawaiian Health presentations: “I Ulu nō ka Lālā i ke Kumu” & “He Noi‘ina Ma‘i.”

Presentation 1: "I Ulu nō ka Lālā i ke Kumu: Child-Rearing Traditions Recalled by Native Hawaiian Kūpuna."

A must-see presentation for all mākua! Hawaiian pediatrician Carol Hi‘ilani Titcomb shares her findings from years of interviewing kūpuna about how they were raised and how they raised their own families.

Presentation 2: "He Noi‘ina Ma‘i: A Medical Pedigree of the Hawaiian Monarchy from Historical Hawaiian Language Accounts"

Hawaiian language and archive graduate students, Leikuluwaimaka Meleiseā and Kalā Domingo present the medical conditions of our ali‘i as uncovered in Hawaiian language resources.

Learn more at hawaiianhistorymonth.org.

09/09/2022

Updates, events, and opportunities! - https://mailchi.mp/eec1973b7db4/kauka-newsletter-2022-0908

09/08/2022

Join us for "He Lālā Ulu: Maoli Traditions of Pregnancy and Childbirth Can Influence the Development of a Srong Lāhui."

Presented by Ka‘iulani Odom, Puni Jackson and Wahinehula Kaʻeo. Kaʻiulani Odom & Puni Jackson are with Ka Lāhui o ka Pō at Kōkua Kalihi Valley health center; Wahinehula Ka‘eo is co-founder of Kalauokekahuli on Maui. They will bring Haumea to the discussion of traditions of hāpai (pregnancy) and hānau (birth).

Learn more at hawaiianhistorymonth.org.

09/05/2022

Hali'a Aloha Dr. Bill Thomas. Molokai has lost a great friend and health care champion. - Read more here >>> https://mailchi.mp/1d82d6577ed8/kauka-newsletter-2022-0904

08/27/2022

The John A. Burns School of Medicine welcomed its six inaugural medical students to the Kauaʻi Medical Training Track program.

08/15/2022

August 18, 11 AM HST

Join the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine for a free webinar on August 18, 2022 from 5-6:30pm ET. A panel of experts will discuss the current state of the science of monkeypox, the disease epidemiology as we understand it today, available and emergent preventio...

08/06/2022

Join us at our Annual Membership Meeting on September 3! - https://mailchi.mp/c400972c735e/kauka-newsletter-2022-0806aff

Ahahui o nā Kauka Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians Championing superior health care for Native Hawaiians We believe physician leadership has a critical role in raising the health status of our people.  Hui p! 

07/22/2022

Honoring the memory of Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell who revived La Hoihoi Ea to assure a thriving lahui. Featuring Noa Emmett Aluli, JoAnn Tsark and Hardy Spoehr!

07/14/2022

Preparing for ho'ike tomorrow night when each of the six member organizations will share cultural song, dance and more. PRIDoC 2022

07/12/2022

More than 40 strong is our delegation at PRIDoC 2022 , including Papa Ola Lokahi , Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence (NHCOE), , and many more

07/11/2022

One of the largest Kauka Hui delegations at PRIDoC 2022

07/10/2022

The Council is meeting in advance of PRIDoC 2022 Delegates from each member organization and kako'o. Here: Dr's. Noa Emmett Aluli, Martina Leialoha Kamaka, Dee-Ann Leialoha Carpenter and kako'o Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie.

07/07/2022

One of four people who have experienced COVID-19 have symptoms of Long COVID. What are the symptoms? What should be anticipated? Where is Long COVID care available? Hawai'i physicians Jordan Lee and Dominic Chow answer your questions about Long COVID.

07/06/2022

Kauka Jordan Kalenakai Lee and Dominic Chow, both with The Queen's Medical Center, answer questions about Long COVID. Moderated by Mary Oneha, PhD, CEO of Waimanalo Health Center.

What do you need to know about long Covid? How can you protect yourself and your ʻohana? Join Dr.Jordan Kalenakai Lee & Dr.Dominic Chow to answer these questions and more!

Register: bit.ly/KaukaLongCOVID

07/02/2022

We look forward to meeting Dr. Olds!

Molokai Gains a New Doctor

Dr. Randi Olds. Photo courtesy of Jeanette Oshiro.

“’Doctor’ was never in my life plan,” said Dr. Randi Olds, MD, who has moved to Molokai from Kauai to serve the island’s rural community at the Molokai General Hospital Outpatient Clinic.

Her ‘life plan’ changed, however, when she attended community college in Las Vegas after graduating from Kamehameha Schools, initially majoring in business.

“I always liked chemistry,” she said. “My organic chemistry teacher mentored me and asked me if I ever thought about going into medicine. ‘Like a nurse?’” she asked. “’No, a doctor,’” he told her. “It was the first time I ever thought about it.”

As the first person in her family to go to college, having someone believe in her, push her to do to well and put her in touch with clinicians and doctors made a big difference for Olds, and her professor eventually swayed her to pursue the profession.

She worked restaurant jobs to put herself through her undergraduate studies and went on to attend medical school at University of Hawaii.

“I never thought, coming from a small town on Kauai, I’d ever be a doctor,” Olds said. The only doctors she knew growing up were pediatricians and family doctors, so she chose a path to become a primary care provider.

She completed her residency on Oahu in internal medicine, an area of primary care that focuses on in-depth adult care for complex, high risk illnesses and those with multiple medical problems, Olds said.

Though she loves children, she found during her training rotations she “didn’t have the heart” to see children sick and in pain every day, so she treats patients over the age of 18.

She was offered a job at Queen’s Medical Center following her residency but didn’t want to settle on Oahu.

“I’m more of a country girl,” she laughed. “Honolulu doesn’t need one more doctor. Our med school preaches medical shortage on outer islands but there’s not a lot of support out here. I’ve always been passionate about that.”

Instead, she took a position at Kauai’s Community Health Center, which she said she enjoyed.

But a move to Molokai combines her rural roots with her desire to make a difference.

“My family would always travel to Molokai for rodeos,” she said, describing her dad as a “full on cowboy.”

“My family grew up on Hawaiian Homes on Kauai. I grew up on a ranch with horses and cows, hunting every weekend.” She added that already being familiar with Queen’s on Oahu, having the support of Queen’s Health Systems at Molokai General Hospital made it a perfect fit.

She started practicing on Molokai at the end of April.

“A lot of patients are like, ‘Oh my gosh, thank you so much for being here,’ but then they ask, ‘Are you just a visiting doctor?’ Don’t worry, I’m not going to leave,” she laughed.

“I plan on staying here… This is really where the need is,” Olds added, referencing Molokai’s largely Native Hawaiian population.

“Maybe I’m making a difference.”

https://themolokaidispatch.com/molokai-gains-a-new-doctor/

06/27/2022

Attn: medical students

https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/46f27c58-fc98-4dce-9651-78ab04e225b6