Inspire Magazine Spring 2018 | Page 3

MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RAY VARA Dear Friends, MOMENTUM. WE’VE WORKED VERY HARD THE PAST FEW YEARS to create it for our organization and I’m proud to report that, thanks in large part to your generosity, Hawai‘i Pacific Health enjoyed a very good year in 2017. Our new brand continues to communicate the clinically-integrated nature of our organization. Our high quality, strong market presence and over 70 locations provide the utmost in convenience for our valued patients. We achieved several milestones in the past year, significant among them was the opening of West O‘ahu’s first comprehensive cancer center at Pali Momi Medical Center. The 24,000 square foot center provides coordinated cancer care including diagnosis, treatment and support services, in one convenient location for Central and West O‘ahu residents. At Kapi‘olani Medical Center, the state’s only medical center specializing in the care of women and children, we opened a new state-of-the-art Emergency Department in the Diamond Head Tower. Staffed with a team of board-certified adult and pediatric emergency medicine physicians, the new Emergency Department is twice as large as the old facility with 14,000 square feet of space featuring 24 private treatment rooms, including two trauma rooms and two triage rooms. Also during the year we unveiled a new simulation lab at Wilcox Medical Center. The new lab is the only training facility of its kind on Kaua‘i featuring high- tech manikins to simulate various medical scenarios for training and education purposes. The manikins can exhibit various symptoms and respond to the treatment they are receiving. Straub Medical Center performs about 2,000 lifesaving heart procedures a year. In addition to highly skilled teams of specialists, our ongoing com- mitment is to upgrade our cardiac facilities with the latest technology. We continue to raise money for a new Hybrid Suite which will be a combination cardio- vascular catheterization lab and surgical procedure room. Once completed in the Spring of 2018, the state-of-the art facility can host both catheter-based procedures and open heart surgeries. All of these facility and service expansions are designed to further our mission of creating a healthier Hawai‘i. These projects and many more like them would not have been possible without your generous support. As a non-profit addressing the critical health care needs of our communities statewide, we count on each and every one of you and the resources you provide to fulfill our mission. We simply could not do what we do without all of us working together as a team. So on behalf of the more than 7,000 employees of the Hawai‘i Pacific Health family, including our four medical centers—Kapi‘olani, Pali Momi, Straub and Wilcox—and our clinics and physicians statewide, I’d like to extend a heartfelt thanks for all that you do to support us. Rest assured we will continue to do our best to help people lead healthier, happier lives by providing high quality health care to all. Sincerely, Ray Vara President & Chief Executive Officer Hawai‘i Pacific Health