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25 Years of Service to You

Paul WellstoneWith the late
US Senator Paul Wellstone
With US Senator Mazie Hirono
Ryan YamaneHawaii State Representative
Ryan Yamane, key ally for
real medical training
Jerry Chang and Suzanne Chun OaklandRecognizing Hawaii State Representative Jerry Chang and Hawaii State Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland at the Hawaii annual meeting for helping us
Tulsi GabbardHawaii Congresswoman
Tulsi Gabbard
American Psychiatric Association1986-
Board of Trustees:
Area 7 Trustee2012-2018
Assembly Speaker2007-2008
Assembly Speaker Elect2006-2007
Assembly:
Parliamentarian2018-2019
Speaker2007-2008
Speaker-Elect2006-2007
Recorder2005-2006
Assembly Executive Committee (MUR Rep, Area 7 Dep Rep, Recorder, Speaker Elect, Speaker, Immediate Past Speaker, Past Speaker)2001-2010
Assembly Nominating Committee (Chair)2008-2010
Assembly Area 7 Dep Rep2003-2005
Assembly Committee on Planning (MUR Rep)2001-2002
Assembly Committee on Procedures2000-2003
Assembly Committee on Public and Community Psychiatry1995-1999
Committee of Minority and Underrepresented Groups
(Chair 2001-2002, 1999-2000)		1993-2003
Caucus of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Psychiatrists1992-
Components:
American Medical Association - APA AMA Delegation1998-
APA-AMA Delegation, Delegate2004-
APA-AMA Delegation, Alternate Delegate2000-2004
APAPAC, Board of Directors2002-
Conflict of Interest Committee2018-2020
Finance and Budget Committee2006-2009
Financial Oversight Committee2007-2008
Long Term Financial Planning Committee2006-2008
Joint Reference Committee (As Board of Trustee Presidential Appointee)2012-2015
Joint Reference Committee (As Immediate Past Speaker)2008-2009
Joint Reference Committee (As Recorder, Speaker Elect)2005-2007
Committee on Government Relations2002-2003
Joint Commission on Government Relations1999-2002
Chair, Committee of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Psychiatrists1996-1998
Legislative Institutes:
Scope of Practice Update: Ft. Lauderdale, FL2016
Scope of Practice Update: State Advocacy Conference, Utah2018
Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association1992-
President2010-2012
Executive Council1993-
Legislative Committee (Chair 1996-1998, 2010-2014, 2016-)1995-
HIPPAC (Chair)2014-
American/Hawaii Medical Associations1998-
Chair, Candidate Selection Committee, AMA Section Council on Psychiatry2009-2015
Co-Chair, HMAPAC2011-
Member, HMA Legislative Committee2011-
Vice Speaker, House of Delegates, Hawaii Medical Association2003-2006
President's Committee on Mental Retardation2000-2002
Appointment by President William Jefferson Clinton
Governor's Medical Advisory Board1993-2001
Department of Transportation (Chair 1999-2001)
Appointments by Governors Cayetano & Waihee
Legislative Testimony
U.S. Congressional Testimony - House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies1997
Hawaii State Legislature - House Health, House Consumer Protection Committees, and Senate Health Committees1995-
Community Education about Collaborative Care
Collaborative Care – APA Training:
Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, Jul 132017
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: Office Staff of Senator Mazie Hirono, Senator Brian Schatz, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Jul 13-142017
Members of the Hawaii State Legislature House Finance Committee2017
Members of the Hawaii State Legislature House Health Committee2017
Hawaii Speaker of the House: Scott Saiki, Oct 92017
Hawaii Speaker of the House: Joseph Souki, Jan 192017
Ka'u Learning Center: Dedication of new Telemedicine Kiosk, Jan 132017
Project ECHO: Solving the Access Problem: Collaborative Care, Jan 102017
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Board of Directors, OAMI/NAMI-OAHU1996-2007
Select Awards
2018 American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Service Award2018
The Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists
2011 Distinguished Service Award		2011
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Exemplary Psychiatrist Award		1995-1996
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