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
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

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, active member
Board of Directors
Residents and Fellows subcommittee, Co-Chair 2006 - Present
Finance and Investments Committee 2006-Present
Practice Relations Committee 2004-Present
Program Committee 2006-Present
Future Leaders Committee 2006 - 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
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
Nominating committee of the Board of Governors, 2006
Chairman of Nominating Committee 2007

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

America's Top Surgeons 2004-2005 by Consumer's Research Council of America

America's Top Surgeons 2004-2005 by Consumer's Research Council for Plastic Surgery

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

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