STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3169

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: GOV. MSG. NOS. 154, 155

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 154 and 155, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

Board of Directors of the Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation

G.M. No. 154

ANDREW DON, MD,

for a term to expire 06-30-07; and

G.M. No. 155

RUSSELL T. STODD, MD,

for a term to expire 06-30-05,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, résumés, and statements submitted by the nominees, and finds the nominees to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of ANDREW DON, MD from the Department of Health and Hawaii Medical Association. With almost thirty-eight years as a medical doctor, Dr. Don currently serves as active and consulting staff at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Don's community activities include serving as a past board member and Professional Education Chair of the American Cancer Society on Maui, and past president of the Maui County Society and Hawaii Medical Association.

Your Committee received testimony in support of RUSSELL T. STODD, MD from the Department of Health, Hawaii Medical Association, a clinical professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, and two individuals. With forty-five years as a medical doctor, Dr. Stodd currently is in private practice as an ophthalmologist, with his specialty limited to diseases of the eye. Dr. Stodd received his medical degree from the University of Oregon School of Medicine. Dr. Stodd's community activities include serving as past president of the Maui County Medical Society and Hawaii Medical Association, where he has also been the chair of the committee on medical liability for the past eight years. Additionally, Dr. Stodd was a former chief of staff at Maui Memorial Medical Center, has been one of two Hawaii delegates to the American Medical Association House of Delegates for ten years, and has provided much needed charity medical work in Panama, Brazil, Mexico, and Sudan.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair