STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1634

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 714, 715

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 714 and 715, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee

 

G.M. No. 714

REZA DANESH, MD,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015; and

 

G.M. No. 715

REZA DANESH, MD,

for a term to expire 6-30-2019,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and resume submitted by the nominee and finds Dr. Reza Danesh to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Dr. Reza Danesh from the Department of Health.

 

     Dr. Danesh is currently a Physician at the Emergency Department at Maui Memorial Medical Center.  He earned a Doctor of Medicine from the University of California at Davis School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California at Los Angeles.  He has also served as a physician at various other medical centers, including the California Hospital Medical Center Emergency Department, which is the busiest penetrating trauma center in California.  As Dr. Danesh served on the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee last year as an interim member, he is familiar with the current issues related to emergency medical services in the State.  Your Committee finds that Dr. Danesh has been appointed and reappointed to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee based on his past experiences in emergency medicine, as well as his commitment to serving Hawaii's residents.

 

     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 nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

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

 

 

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair