Hawaii Pacific Health

12/24/2025

🏈 The Hawai‘i Bowl is today!

“My biggest inspiration is my father because he's my biggest supporter.”

What inspires you most? For UH kicker Kansei Matsuzawa, it’s representing Hawai‘i and his father’s unwavering support. Kansei’s journey from Japan to Hawai‘i reflects his pride in representing the Warrior spirit.

Cheer on the Warriors in the Hawai‘i Bowl today! 🌺

12/24/2025

From all of us at Hawai‘i Pacific Health, we wish you a joyful holiday season 🎄✨ and a healthy, happy New Year 🎆.

Mahalo for letting us be part of your care in 2025 and here’s to a bright 2026!

12/21/2025

12/19/2025

Hawai‘i Pacific Health and Kamehameha Schools have renewed their partnership to strengthen education, health and well-being for Hawai‘i’s keiki and ʻohana – a collaboration that began in 2019.

Since then, we've worked together to create meaningful opportunities for students and families statewide through initiatives like internships, ʻāina-based learning and community outreach. Over the past six years, this partnership has supported hundreds of students statewide, expanded health education programs and connected families to resources that address social determinants of health.

We're proud of the impact this partnership is making in creating healthier communities across Hawaii.

12/01/2025

Since 1978, the Hawai‘i Pacific Health Women’s 10K & 5K Fun Run has been more than a race — it’s a celebration of health, community and tradition.

This Cyber Monday, take advantage of $15 OFF your entry with code HEALTHIER.

Sign up by 11:59 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, and join us in creating a healthier Hawai‘i.
Race day: Jan. 25, 2026 | Kapi‘olani Park
Register now: HPHWomens10K.org

11/20/2025

Attention Oahu High School Juniors!

Interested in a career in health care? Take the first step by joining us us at an upcoming open house to learn more about our Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Assistant Program.

Applications are now open for the 2026–2027 school year. This tuition-free program for Oahu high school seniors includes classroom and clinical training, plus priority consideration for jobs with Hawaii Pacific Health and community partners after earning national certification.

At the open house, you'll:
✨ Meet the instructors
✨ See skills demonstrations
✨ Explore the curriculum and requirements
✨ Learn how to apply

📅 Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025
⏰ 5:30 p.m. – Information Session | 6 p.m. – Open House
📍 Farrington High School Library

OR

📅 Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025
⏰ 5:30 p.m. – Information Session | 6 p.m. – Open House
📍 Waipahu High School Library

Learn more and apply at HawaiiPacificHealth.org/MedicalAssistantProgram

10/13/2025

We’re proud to sponsor tonight’s UH Rainbow Wahine volleyball “Dig Pink” and Health Care Appreciation Night game. To recognize Hawaii’s health care heroes, UH is offering SUPER discounted tickets to health care workers to attend the game. The match will also be a “Pink Out” in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so wear your pink and get ready to support the Rainbow Wahine as they face UC Santa Barbara. Go Bows!

09/03/2025

Everyday heroes are among us – and two of them are part of the Hawaii Pacific Health ohana! Congratulations to Kyle Ohisa, PA-C, and Dr. Jami Fukui, who have been named as 2025 Hawaii Healthcare Heroes by the Healthcare Association of Hawaii!

What makes these awards truly special? They're nominated by the very people whose lives they've touched – patients and families.

Kyle, a Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group physician assistant with the Neurology team at Pali Momi Medical Center, is honored for the compassion and dedication he shows to patients and their families – providing expert care while listening with heart and ensuring families are always a part of the decision-making process.

“With every visit, he listens intently, shows genuine concern and spends his valuable time and experiences to provide Travis with the best care possible."
– Linda Masuhara, Kyle's nominator and mother of Travis.

As a Hawaii Health Partners breast medical oncologist at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children and associate professor at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Dr. Fukui is celebrated for her tireless commitment to breast cancer patients facing some of life's toughest challenges.

“She is compassionate, patient and always makes me feel that I am not alone in this journey.”
– Lynn Enright, Dr. Fukui's patient and nominator.

Stay tuned for their full stories this October, when they will be honored at the HAH Awards and Scholarship Gala, and featured on Hawaii News Now and in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Mahalo, Kyle and Dr. Fukui, for the exceptional care and compassion you provide to our patients and their families. Your dedication and passion inspire us every day in our mission to create a healthier Hawaii! 🩵

08/29/2025

The 40th cohort of the Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) successfully concluded their journey with Hawaii Pacific Health at the highly anticipated Scientific Presentations held Friday, Aug. 8.

During this culminating event, 11 dedicated scholars showcased the clinical research they conducted over the past eight weeks to an audience of HPH leaders, physicians, principal investigators, SSRP alumni, donors, and proud family members.

Congratulations to the 2025 SSRP Scholars on their outstanding efforts and achievements!

Mahalo to everyone who supported the program and helped make this experience meaningful for our future healthcare leaders.

08/26/2025

📺 Tomorrow morning, Aug. 26, at 5 a.m., tune in to Hawaii News Now - Sunrise for a sneak peek inside the new Straub Benioff Medical Center – Mililani Clinic & Urgent Care! Learn about the services and technology helping us create healthier communities in Central Oahu. 💚

08/22/2025

Back to school also means back to earlier bedtimes, less screen time and taking extra measures to stay healthy. Dr. Benjamin Schnakenberg, Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group family medicine physician with the Straub Benioff Medical Center – Hawaii Kai Clinic, shares simple, practical tips to help keiki and parents stay on track this school year.

Dr. Benjamin Schnakenberg is a physician at Straub Benioff Medical Center’s Hawai‘i Kai clinic and is here to offer parents health tips as their keiki return to school.

08/21/2025

This summer, HPH joined forces with Kaukau 4 Keiki, a summer meal box program that provides children with nutritious meals during summer break, for a multi-day volunteer opportunity to pack meal kits for qualified families who live along the Waianae Coast. Over two weeks, a total of 42 HPH employees and their family members ventured to Kahumana Farms to pack and distribute meal kits.

“Kahumana Farms works with the Department of Education and Hawai‘i Foodbank to feed keiki over the summer break. Each day, meal kits are distributed to more than 500 keiki," said Rexie Ah Chong, HPH Community Partnerships coordinator.

Each meal kit included enough ingredients to prepare up to 14 wholesome meals. That comes out to about 7,000 meals every day, and approximately 63,000 meals at the conclusion of the volunteer activity!

"I signed up for Kaukau 4 Keiki because I wanted to be a part of making sure keiki in Waianae have access to healthy meals during the summer break," shares Sasha Mak, Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group manager of Clinic Operations – Surgical Specialties. "This experience gave me a deeper appreciation for the power of community coming together to care for our most vulnerable and reinforced the importance of supporting our local families."

During each shift, volunteers prepared approximately 500 meal kits, filling them with food that included locally sourced fresh produce. They also helped to distribute the kits to the families who gratefully picked up the meals at Kahumana Farms.

"I wanted to make a positive difference in the lives of the keiki of West Oahu who are facing food insecurity and ensuring they have access to the nutrition they need," said Char Prieto, Physician Services and Community Partnerships coordinator at Pali Momi Medical Center.

Mahalo to our employees who dedicated their time to volunteer for this great cause. Not only did they provide much-needed nourishing meals to families in our local community, but they gave local farms and food producers a bit of economic stability

Together, the HPH ohana continues to embrace these volunteer opportunities to build healthier communities and create a healthier Hawaii!