Chapter News and Announcements
2010 Hawaii Chapter Summer Meeting: August 7, 2010
The Impact of Healthcare Legislation
Our keynote speaker will be LaMar McGinnis, MD, FACS who is the current President of the American College of Surgeons. We will also have Robert Marvit, MD, current President of The Hawaii Medical Association, and our Hawaii Chapter past-President Eric Matayoshi, MD all addressing THE IMPACT OF HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION from various perspectives (National, Local, College, AMA, other Health Care Delivery Models).
Our format will be Lecture/Panel and in addition to all Chapter members, we are inviting select residents and members of the JABSOM Surgical Interest Group (SIG). The Chapter has been and continues to support the SIG efforts to generate interest in Surgery amongst the current group of medical students.
The Chapter will also conduct a RESIDENCY RESEARCH COMPETITION as we have in past years with participation from all local residency programs. We look forward to an impressive program!
Registration and Continental Breakfast will take place from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. and we will have lunch.
There is no registration fee for this meeting, but RSVP is required, please call Gary Belcher at 586-8234, 722-4932 or e-mail gbelcher@hawaii.edu
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2010 Hawaii Chapter Winter Meeting:
Feb 11-12, 2010
Cross-Cultural Health Care Conference: Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Interventions
Link to Meeting Website
Chapter Summer Meeting Held on August 3rd and 4th, 2007
The 2007 summer meeting theme was Oncology: State of the Art, 2007 and Beyond. Our keynote speaker was Frederick Greene, MD, FACS, Chair of the Department of Surgery at Carolinas and National Chair of the Commission on Cancer. We also had presentations by Shim Ching, MD, David S. Shaeffer, MD, and Deborah Ishihara-Wong of the Queen's Medical Center. David Chou, MD was the Charles Judd speaker. Click here for more details.
Chapter Winter Meeting Held on March 6, 2007
The 2007 Winter Meeting was held at the joint venue of Fine Art Hawaii and Vino at Restaurant Row. Chapter members perused the fine art of host Steve Maier. Later in the evening, Master Sommelier Chuck Furuya enhanced a food and wine pairing with his expert comments on the wine selection and wine in general. Forty-six Hawaii Chapter members and guests enjoyed this fine evening. A short business meeting concluded the meeting at which time Chapter President Eric Matayoshi handed over the reins to Nancy Furumoto. See Leadership
CoC Celebrates Outstanding State Chair Performance
Three state chairs, including Danny M. Takanishi, Jr., MD, FACS, were honored for their outstanding performance in 2005 and 2006 during the recent CoC meetings. Nominees were required to meet approved criteria and were selected based on data provided through the State Chair Activity Reports and collected by CoC staff over the last calendar year. [More]
The Hawaii Chapter 2006 Summer Meeting
The 2006 Summer Meeting was held August 11-12, 2006 at the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa. Keynote speakers were ACS Executive Director Thomas Russell and Harry Sax.
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From left to right: Whitney Limm, Hawaii Chapter Past-President,
Kenric Murayama, Executive Council, Thomas Russell, ACS Executive Director, Eric Matayoshi, Chapter President, Nancy Furumoto, Chapter President-Elect, Danny Takanishi, Chapter Secretary-Treasurer, Kevin Lye, Resident Research Competition First Place (tie). [Meeting Details]
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The Hawaii Chapter 2006 Winter Meeting
The 2006 Winter Meeting was held Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at the Kahala Mandarin Oriental, Waialae Room. Our keynote speaker was Hawaii Congressman Ed Case. [Winter Meeting Details]
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The Hawaii Chapter 2005 Summer Meeting
Drs. Andrew Shelton, Eric Matayoshi and Dean Sato interact with the audience after the scientific/clinical portion of the 2005 Hawaii Chapter Summer Meeting. Dr. Shelton spoke on updates in colorectal cancer treatment and separately on capsule endoscopy as a GI diagnostic tool. Dr. Sato addressed the latest in endovascular tools and techniques. Dr. Matayoshi (Hawaii Chapter President) participated in an afternoon panel discussion on the introduction of new technologies into existing health care delivery systems.
Glenn Furuya from Leadershipworks delivered an outstanding presentation on leadership in the OR at the Charles Judd Banquet. Many attendees requested his 5 Factors: Primer for Building a High Performance Team document and he gave permission for those to be available to Hawaii FACS and AORN members. This document is behind the MEMBERS ONLY portion of the ACS Hawaii website. For username and password information please contact us at info@hawaiifacs.org
2005 Summer Travel Meeting
The Summer Travel Meeting took place August 5-6, 2005 at the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa.
The meeting theme was Technological Advancements in Surgery. [All Meeting Details, Agenda, Registration Forms, Resident Research Competition, etc.] Updated 8/17/2005
Chapter 2005 Winter Meeting
The Winter Meeting was held on January 19, 2005 at the Kahala Mandarin. Our guest speaker was the internationally
renown Paul Pearsall, MD.
Chapter Bylaws revised for the first time since 1984, were accepted by members in attendance (44).
The Hawaii Chapter leadership is working hard towards acquiring IRS 501 (c) (6) status. Bylaws revision, Charter of Incorporation Restatement
and Amendment, and the filing of numerous IRS forms is required! The 501 (c) (6) designation will allow the Chapter to participate more fully
in legislative activities.
New Chapter officers and their positions are: Eric Matayoshi (President), Nancy Furumoto (VP), Danny Takanishi (Sec/Treasurer).
For more on our keynote speaker, Paul Pearsall, click here
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