Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 6, 1 Iune 2008 — New medical board [ARTICLE]

New medical board

The members of 'Ahahui o nā Kauka, the Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians, have elected Dr. Nathan A.K. Wong of Honolulu to serve as the president of the board of directors. Wong is a family physician in practice at the Waipi'o Clinic of Kaiser Pennanente. He replaces outgoing president Dr. DeeAnn Carpenter. Wong was raised in Honolulu and graduated from 'Iolani School and Cornell University. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Wong was accepted to UH Mānoa's lohn A. Burns School of Medicine. One of only four Hawaiians in the class, he graduated in 1975. Wong has also served as medical officer in the Hawai'i Army Nahonal Guard, from whieh he recently retired. Serving as physician/crewmember, Wong sailed on Hōkūle'a in 1980, 1987, 1992 and 1995, and serves on the board of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Other 2008 officers are Dr. William R. Ahuna (vice president), Dr. I. Kūhiō Asam (secretary), and Dr. Gayland Yee of Maui (treasurer) . Two newmembersjoin theboard in 2008: Drs. Miriam Chang of Hau'ula and Miehele K. Shimizu of Kahuku. □