EDUCATION
Post Doctoral Medical Education
Residency Plastic Surgery Residency (1st & 2nd years)
Oklahoma Health Science Center
Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery 1978-1980
Stanford University Medical Center
Department of General Surgery
(2nd & 3rd years of General Surgery) 1975-1977 Internship General Surgical (1st year General Surgery Residency)
Tripler General Hospital
Honolulu, Hawaii 1971-1972 Medical MD Medical College of Virginia
• Research-Medical Student participation in medical education 1970-1971 • Voting Member of Admission Committee Medical College of Virginia 1969-1971 • Position at graduation: Highest Honor Graduate 1967-1971 Premedical University of Michigan
B.A. (Psychology) 1959-1963
Research Assistant, Metabolic Research Laboratory (J. Conn, M.D.) University of Michigan Medical Center: (Biochemical extraction of Aldosterone) 1962-1963
Research Assistant at Mental Heal Research Institute (Study of psychomotor drugs) 1961-1962
HONORS
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Fraternity 1969-1971 - President, Brown-Sequard Chapter 1970-1971
Sigma Zeta Scientific Honorary Society 1971 Alpha Sigma Chi Medical Leadership 1971 Honorary A.D. Williams Scholarship 1970 International Studies (Six Months at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England) 1970-1971 H.H. Ware Award (Highest Honor Graduate, Medical College of Virginia) 1971 MEDICAL LICENSURE State of Hawaii, #2660 State of Texas, #E1737 BOARD CERTIFICATION American Board of Plastic Surgery, November 15, 1985 American Board of Addiction Medicine, April 2009 MEDICAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS Past President, Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons American College of Surgeons (FACS) American Medical Association – Lifetime Member American Society of Plastic Surgeons American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc. American Society of Addiction Medicine Hawaii Medical Association Hawaii Plastic Surgery Society Maui County Medical Society Pan-Pacific Surgical Association FACULTY APPOINTMENTS Visiting Professor in Surgery, University of Oklahoma PUBLICATIONS Plastic Surgery Practice Advisor, Editorial Advisory Board, 2005 Zafirlukast (Accolate): A New Treatment for Capsular Contracture, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2002;22:329-336 Using the Contour Profile for Breast Augmentation, Issues & Answers, Mentor, Fall 1996, pp: 4-5 Report of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons’ Committee on Physicians’ Health, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, February 1993, pp: 373-374 Liposuction of the Lumbar Roll Area, Aesthetic Surgery, Comparing Notes, Fall 1994, pp: 22 Use of Reston Foam in Liposuction, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1993 17:49-51 Liposuction of the Upper Back, Lipoplasty Society Newsletter, Lipoplasty Society of North America, Summer 1992, 9:18-19 Suction-Assisted Lipectomy of the Upper Arm: A Four Cannula Technique. In: Miller SH, et al, Yearbook of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Mosby Year Book, Inc. Chicago, 1992, pp: 171-3 Two Arcane Areas in Liposuction: the Banana and the Sensuous Triangle. In: Swanson NA, et al, The Yearbook of Dermatologic Surgery, Mosby Year Book, Inc. Chicago, pp: 185-6 Two Arcane Areas in Liposuction: the Banana and the Sensuous Triangle, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 15:175-180, 1991 Suction-Assisted Lipectomy of the Upper Arm: A Four Cannula Technique, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 14:271-274, 1990 Remember the Twist Lipoplasty Society Newsletter, Lipoplasty Society North America, Fall 1990, p. 17 A Modest Proposal, Journal of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England, October 1970 PATENT # 6951869 Use of Leukotrine Receptor on Antagonist for Treatment of Scaring AWARDS AND TITLES Hawaii Medical Association Physician of the Year 2000, 2000-2001 Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons, President 1998-1999 Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons, Vice President 1995-1996 American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 1994 - Walter Scott Brown Award – Best Video Tape “Benelli Mastopexy”
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Presidential Citation Award 1992-1993 American Medical Association, Physician’s Recognition Award 1981-2011 HOSPITAL AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS ASAPS Aesthetic Fellowship, Co-Program Director, Sponsored by the University of Southern California and Maui Memorial Medical Center, 2000-2003 Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Chairman, Physicians Activity Review Committee 1998-2000 American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Member Ad Hoc Committee, Code of Ethics 1992-1993 Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Chairperson, Ethics Committee 1992 - 1999 Chief, Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, 1992 - 1999 Hawaii Medical Society, Chairman, Committee on Physicians’ Health, 1991 - 2005 Maui Memorial Hospital, Chairman, Committee on Physician’s Health 1991 - 1999 American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Chairperson, Committee on Physicians’ Health 1991-1994 Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Chief, Department of Surgery – 1983 - 1984 Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Member – Department of Surgery, 1980 – Present COMMUNITY SERVICE Helped establish Maui Drug Court, 1998-2001 Medical Director, Clinic for the Homeless, Maui, Hawaii, Instrumental in the formulation of this clinic association with the Salvation Army 1992-1993 NON-PROFIT LEADERSHIP POSITIONS President, Friends of the Maui Drug Court President, Friends of Project Hope President, Hawaii Physician's Health Committee SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS February, 2010 Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Kauai, Hawaii "Tricks and Secrets that have served me in the past 35 years." January, 2010 29th Hawaii Plastic Surgery Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii "Tricks and Secrets that have served me in the past 35 years." November, 2009 Third Annual Conference "Disruptive Physician and Criminal Justice System Meets Addiction Medicine", presenter and organizer, Queens Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii May, 2009 "Asian Rhinoplasty, a 4-Area Technique" presented at ASAPS annual meeting November, 2008 Second Annual Conference "Disruptive Physician", Queens Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii May, 2008 "Non-Caucasian Rhinoplasty" presented at ASAPS annual meeting November, 2007 First Annual Conference Disruptive Physician, program director and presenter, Queens Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii October, 2007 "Benelli Masoplexy" presented at ASPS annual meeting September, 2006 "Benelli Masoplexy" presented at ASPS annual meeting The Impaired Physician and the Hawaii Medical Association January 2006
Committee on Physician Health - Kapiolani Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii “Healing the Wounded Healer”
The Impaired Physician and the Hawaii Medical Association November 2005 Committee on Physician Health – Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii “Healing the Wounded Healer”
American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting September 2005, Chicago, Illinois “Simultaneous Areolar Mastopexy and Breast Augmentation” American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons April 2004, Vancouver, Washington “Non-Caucasian Rhinoplasty”
American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting October 2003, San Diego, California “Benelli Mastopexy”
American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting October 2002 “Benelli Mastopexy”
American Society Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons April 2002 “Benelli Mastopexy” American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting May 2001, New York City, New York “SAMBA Breast Augmentation”
Medical College of Virginia April 2001, Richmond, Virginia “Non-Caucasian Rhinoplasty”
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting February 2001, Kauai, Hawaii “Non-Caucasian Rhinoplasty”
The Plastic Surgery Company Meeting May 2000, Orlando, Florida “Use of Human Growth Hormone in the Plastic Surgery Practice” Rocky Mountain Plastic Surgery Society February 2000, Kauai, Hawaii “The Plastic Surgery Company” “Benelli Mastopexy”
American Society of Plastic Surgeons October 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana “Simultaneous Areolar Mastopexy / Breast Augmentation” “Circumareolar Mastopexy” Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons January 1999, Wailea, Hawaii “Live Surgery Telecast: External Ultrasonic Liposuction” American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons October 1998, Boston, Massachusetts “Benelli Mastopexy”
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons September 1997, San Francisco, California “Circumareolar Mastopexy” Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons January 1997, Whistler, Canada “Transaxillary Partially Sub-pectoral Endoscopic Assisted Breast Augmentation, Utilizing the Contour Profile Implant” American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons November 1996, Dallas, Texas “Circumareolar Mastopexy”
Canadian Society For Aesthetic (Cosmetic) Plastic Surgery September 1996, Quebec City, Canada “Endoscopic Breast Augmentation” “Modified Benelli Mastopexy – How to do it and How to Avoid Complications” Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 34th Annual Meeting January 1996, Whistler, Canada “Transaxillary Partially Sub-Pectoral Endoscopic Assisted Breast Augmentation”
International Doctors In Alcoholics Anonymous August 1995, New Jersey “Impaired Physician vs. Organized Medicine”
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery July 1995 International Symposium on Endoscopic Plastic Surgery, Newport Beach, California “Transaxillary Partially Sub-Pectoral Endoscopic Assisted Breast Augmentation Utilizing the Contour Profile Implant” University of Hawaii Medical School (3rd & 4th year students) May 1995, Honolulu, Hawaii Impairment and Recovery in the Medical Community Maui Medical Society May 1995, Maui, Hawaii “Impairment and Recovery in the Medical Community” Hawaii Academy of Family Physicians February 1995, Honolulu, Hawaii “Impairment and Recovery in the Family Practice Community” Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons January 1995 33rd Annual Meeting, Lanai, Hawaii “Modified Benelli Mastopexy”
Wilcox Memorial Hospital November 1994, Kauai, Hawaii “Chemical Dependency and Physicians”
ASPRS Annual Scientific Meeting September 1994, San Diego, California “The Impaired Plastic Surgeon”
Association of Plastic Surgeons Assistants September 1994, San Diego, California “Addiction and Recovery In the Plastic Surgery Community” ASPRS Annual Scientific Meeting September 1994, San Diego, California “Circumareolar Mastopexy”
Lipoplasty Society of North America September 1994 12th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California Panelist “Non-General Anesthesia considerations for Lipoplasty and Body Contouring”
ASPRS Annual Scientific Meeting September 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana “Circumareolar Mastopexy”
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons August 1993, 32nd Annual Meeting, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho “Chipmunk Cheek Syndrome”
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery April 1993 26th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts “Use of Reston Foam in Liposuction” “Liposuction of the Sensuous Triangle” “Liposuction of the Upper Back” “Liposuction of the Upper Arm, A Four Cannula Technique” “Benelli Mastopexy” University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery April 1993, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania “American College of Surgeons Committed on Physicians’ Health” Pacific Institute of Chemical Dependency January 1993, Honolulu, Hawaii “The Impaired Physician”
Kuring-Gai District Medical Association June 1992, Kapalua, Hawaii “Breast Surgery American Style” “Diagnosis and Treatment of the Impaired Physician” County Engineers Society January 1992, Hilo, Hawaii “Cosmetic Surgery in the 1990’s”
Pan Pacific Conference January 1992, Honolulu, Hawaii “Benelli Mastopexy”
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons September 1991, Victoria, British Columbia “Dorsal Lipoplasty”
Lipoplasty Society of North America September 1991, Seattle, Washington “Dorsal Lipoplasty”
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons Meeting July 1991, Beverly Hills, California “Use of Reston Foam in Lipoplasty” “Benelli Mastopexy”
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons September 1990, Kauai, Hawaii “The Double Bubble Effect After Breast Augmentation” “The Benelli Mastopexy” “The Sensuous Triangle In Liposuction” “Treatment of Baldness by the Brandy Hairlift Technique” Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic Surgeons March 1990, Wailea, Hawaii “Correction of Glabellar Frown Lines”
Maui Community College Nursing Students November 1989, Maui Memorial Hospital, Wailuku, Hawaii “Treatment of Acute Flame and Scald Burns” Lipoplasty Society of North America October 1989, 7th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California “Liposuction of the Upper Arm, the Banana, and the Sensuous Triangle”
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons September 1989, 28th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington “Treatment of Glabellar Frown Lines with muscle Graft and Corrugator Obliteration”
Wilcox Hospital April 1989, Kauai, Hawaii “Liposuction of the Upper Arm, A Four Cannula Technique” “Treatment of Acute Burns”
ASPRSN Western District Annual Meeting March 1989, Keynote Address, Lahaina, Hawaii “The Plastic Surgery Nurse of the Nineties”
University of San Francisco Medical Center February 1989, Attending Residents, San Francisco, California “Transaxillary Breast Augmentation with Meme Implants” Lipoplasty Society of North America Symposium October 1988, Toronto, Canada “Interlipo Lipoplasty”
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons September 1989, 27th Annual Meeting, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho “Breast Augmentation Maui Style, A Transaxillary Approach to Meme Implants” “Interlipo Lipoplasty”
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons September 1987, 26th Annual Meeting, Bleneden Beach, Oregon “Marketing the Plastic Surgical Practice” “Surgery with Knitting Needles” “Suction-Assisted Lipectomy Review of 400 Patients” The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons September 1986, 25th Annual Meeting, Alberta, Canada “Treatment of Lamb’s Nipple Deformity” “Body Sculpturing and Cosmetic Surgery”
Hawaii Association of County Officials June 1986, 17th Annual Meeting, Kahului, Hawaii “Body Sculpturing and Cosmetic Surgery”
Maui County Fire Department and Paramedics May 1986, Wailuku, Hawaii “Treatment of Acute Flame and Scald Burns” West Hawaii Medical Society May 1986 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii “Treatment of Acute Burns”
West Hawaii Medical Society March 1986 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii “Liposuction” The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons September 1985 24th Annual Meeting Kailua-Kona, Hawaii “Axillary Breast Augmentation Using Meme-Type Implants” Wilcox Hospital July 1985 Kauai, Hawaii “Liposuction”
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