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Hawaii's Best: 2014 People's Choice Awards
Hawaii's Best: 2014 People's Choice Awards
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“Thank you for choosing me
‘Hawaii’s Best’ for nine years in a row!”
Dr. Okuda is only one of 63 dentists in
the world who has achieved Accredited
Fellow of the AACD in its 30 year history!
★ Featured in The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, New York Times,
Lucky Magazine, MSNBC.COM, NBC’s Life Moments, Dr. Phil and much more.
W
hen it comes to celebrating all that Hawaii has
to offer, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser stands at
the forefront of honoring the Islands’ best.
In this special section, we proudly present this year’s
collection of “Hawaii’s Best” awards — as determined by
you, the people. We thank all 500,000-plus of our loyal
readers and especially those who took the time to vote.
Your participation allows “Hawaii’s Best” to continue to be
a prestigious accolade because the results are determined
by your collective voice. This year we broke another
record for most ballot entries. It is a privilege for individ-
uals, businesses and services to be recognized by their
peers, and it is our pleasure to showcase them as the top
of their class in 2014.
Those listed in this publication should be honored that
our readers find excellence and value in the services you
provide. Whether you are a first-, second- or third-place
finisher, you can take pride in knowing that you are part
of an exclusive group.
Finally, we would be remiss in not extending a hearty
thank you to members of our Honolulu Star-Advertiser
team. As always, they demonstrated the highest degree of
integrity when sorting through the thousands of eligible
entry ballots and tallying up the final numbers.
We hope this year’s compilation of “Hawaii’s Best” will
serve as a great guidebook and keepsake. Congratulations
to all of you!
Sincerely,
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The Queen’s Medical Center’s Employee
of the Year and Physicians of the Year
Recognition Awards represent just a few
examples of excellence among many.
Supporting each honoree is a team of
dedicated professionals of over 4,500
employees and more than 1,200
physicians on staff. It is with pride that
we acknowledge three outstanding
individuals who represent the entire
Queen’s ‘ohana.
Employee of the Year: Hospital-Based Physician of the Year: Community-Based Physician of the Year:
Kara Izumi, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP Christopher Fiack, MD, MPH Clayton Chong, MD, MPH
Kara Izumi became a clinical pharmacist after Christopher Fiack, MD, Director, Pulmonary As Medical Director of the Queen’s Cancer Center,
interning with a great uncle and never looked back. Hypertension Program and Associate Director, Medical Clayton Chong, MD, has a vision to provide
Originally from Puyallup, Washington, Izumi found Intensive Care Unit is the type of doctor you’d want unmatched, complete care for cancer patients, and
that the sunny weather and aloha spirit drew her in your corner. An outstanding physician, he also heads the only concentrated effort in Hawai‘i to
to Hawai‘i. Named Innovative Pharmacist of the believes in Queen’s C.A.R.E. Values (Compassion, Aloha, coordinate care from pre-diagnosis to after treatment
Year by the Hawai‘i Pharmacists Association, Izumi Respect, Excellence). Originally from the Bay Area, support. A Kamehameha Schools graduate, he
is board-certified in Nutrition Support Pharmacy Fiack holds a Master of Public Health and Tropical entered the University of Hawai‘i in 1972, and instead
and in Pharmcotherapy. She ensures the safety and Medicine from Tulane University, and earned his of earning a bachelor’s degree, walked out with a
appropriateness of IV nutrition for each patient and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Vermont. Doctor of Medicine in 1980. As an intern, Chong met
provides education for the pharmacy staff. Izumi He found the ICU setting compelling and specialized a very sick cancer patient from Hilo, his home town.
always comes up with creative ideas for the comfort in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine during his From then on, he resolved to become an oncologist.
and faster recovery of ICU patients. She worked on fellowship at Boston University. Queen’s recruited Fiack Chong did his medical internship and residency at
an initiative to decrease ventilator days and days to start a pulmonary hypertension program—the only UH and his fellowship at University of Texas. In 2008,
spent in the hospital, and her efforts in the Sleep one in Hawai‘i. On a mission to raise awareness about he earned his Master of Public Health at Harvard
Program improved the quality of patients’ sleep pulmonary hypertension (abnormally high blood University. Among many academic and professional
during recovery. She is dependable and always pressure in the lungs), Fiack says that early diagnosis appointments, he also served as a Queen’s Trustee
goes the extra mile to ensure the safety of patients. and treatment can make a big difference. Fiack is and Chief of Oncology. Chong has earned many
Izumi’s knowledge and expertise is highly respected also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the honors and grants, and his work is published widely.
and valued both within and outside of the Queen’s University of Hawai‘i and has been honored with three
Pharmacy Department. Excellence in Teaching awards.
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