Affiliations & Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Queen’s Medical Center
Straub Clinic & Hospital
Kapiolani Women and Children’s Medical Center
Shriner’s Hospital
Kaiser Medical Center

Society Memberships

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Hawaii Plastic Surgery Society
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery

Offices Held

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Emerging Trends committee

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, active member
Board of Directors
Membership Commissioner
Residents and Fellows subcommittee, Co-Chair 2006-2009
Finance and Investments Committee 2006-2012, Chair 2012-Present
Practice Relations Committee
Program Committee
Future Leaders Committee
Webinar Subcommittee, Chair                                                   
Medical Students Committee, Chair                        
Publications Committee

Assistant Chief, Department of Surgery, Queen’s Medical Center, June 1998-present
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Queen’s Medical Center, 1993-1998
Chief, Department of Plastic Surgery, Shriners Hospital, Honolulu Unit, October 1993-present
Chairman, Peer Review Committee, Queen’s Medical Center, 1994-1998 Chief, Straub Burn Unit 1988-1990
Member, Medical Advisory Committee, State of Hawaii, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, 1988-present
Chairman, Laser Committee, Queen’s Medical Center, 2005-present

Muller-Jones Surgical Society

Jurkiewicz Plastic Surgery Society

Hawaii Plastic Surgery Society
Scientific Program Chairman, 1987-1989
Secretary-Treasurer, 1994-1996

Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons

American College of Surgeons
Nominating committee of the Board of Governors, 2006
Chairman of Nominating Committee 2007
Hawaii Committee on Applicants 1997-present
Hawaii Chapter, Counselor, 1995-1997
Hawaii Chapter, Secretary-Treasurer, 1997-1999
Hawaii Chapter, President, 2001 – 2003
Hawaii Chapter, Governor 2002-2007

Reviewer for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Journal 2009-present

Reviewer for Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2011-present

Pan Pacific Surgical Association
Plastic Surgery program co-chairman for 1996 Congress
Endoscopy Symposium coordinator, 1996
Board of Trustees, 1996-present
Plastic Surgery Program Co-Chairman for 2000 Congress
Plastic Surgery Program Co-Chairman for 2002 Congress
Plastic Surgery Program Chairman for 2004 Congress

American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery

Honors and Awards

July 1982 - June 1983, awarded the American Cancer Society Regular Clinical Fellowship. This one year fellowship involved clinical research with Harold Wanebo, M.D. at the University of Virginia and dealt with tumors of the chest wall and reconstruction following extirpative surgery.

1996 Hawaii representative to the American College of Surgeons Young Surgeon Representatives Meeting in Chicago, April 21-22

Best Doctors in America: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

America's Top Surgeons by Consumer's Research Council of America

America's Top Surgeons by Consumer's Research Council for Plastic Surgery

Voted one of the Best Plastic Surgeons in Hawaii by Honolulu Magazine 2006-2008-2010-2012

Honolulu Staradvertiser People’s Choice award: Best Cosmetic Surgeon 2011

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