Waikiki Health

Mahalo to Dr. Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, for taking time during his recent trip to Hawaii to stop in for a visit and tour of Waikiki Health. Dr. Rhee, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Community Health Centers (pictured in center) met with our leadership team to discuss challenges and opportunities facing Community Health Centers (CHCs) like Waikiki Health. FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers) including Waikiki Health, along with 1,400 other CHCs across the country, provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to more than 31.5 million patients annually. Staffing remains one of the biggest challenges CHCs face nationwide. Click here for employment and benefit opportunities at Waikiki Heath: https://lnkd.in/gwCmt-_b Mahalo, Dr. Rhee, and aloha until you visit again! #Waikikihealth #FQHC #NACHC

Congratulations our Director of Native Hawaiian Healing, Francine Dudoit-Tagupa, and to all the 2024 Ka‘ōnohi Award winners selected and presented by Papa Ola Lōkahi at a reception last week at Washington Place in Honolulu.    Named for Dr. Alexander F.K. Ka‘ōnohi, a naturopathic physician, botanist and Hawaiian healer, the awards were presented to those who have made significant contributions to Hawaiian health and well-being. Recipients represented excellence in health care, traditional healing, research, education, activism, advocacy, workforce development and health promotion. https://lnkd.in/giz5Q7Z9

We at Waikiki Health would like to congratulate a member of our Board of Directors, Ashley Noji, on being honored with a Pacific Business News “40 Under 40, Class of 2024” Award. This award recognizes young leaders throughout the state for achievements in their professional lives, as well as in the community. Ashley has been a dedicated and active Board member since January of 2015, holding various positions, including prior service as Board Vice President. As SVP of Product Strategy and Analytics at Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, Ashley is responsible for the credit union’s analytic insights and oversees the various loan, card and deposit share products, including strategic planning, pricing, market position, sales and marketing initiatives. Ashley is a deserving awardee, and we look forward to her being celebrated at the 40 Under 40 Awards Dinner in August. #40Under40 #Waikikihealth

On May 22, 2024, Alexis Charpentier, Waikiki Health’s Chief Executive Officer, graduated from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health with a master’s in public health degree. She graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA and was inducted into the prestigious Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Alpha Chapter through a highly selective process that assesses a person’s outstanding performance and devotion to the field of Public Health. Honorees must demonstrate qualities of outstanding leadership in public health and a potential for making significant contributions to the field of public health. At her commencement, students at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recited a declaration of Health Rights, which states: “Access to affordable health care is a human right. Health services should be effective, safe, equitable, and responsive to individual needs. Achieving health equity is everyone’s responsibility and requires a commitment to advancing the physical, environmental, economic, social, and political conditions necessary to support all people in the work attaining their full health potential”. This statement perfectly reflects both Alexis and Waikiki Health. Congratulations!

When growth in an agency happens, its sometimes because staff move on to achieve higher goals, which is the case with our staff at Waikiki Health's PATH Clinic. Aloha to Faizah (Community Health Educator) who is returning to UH to complete her masters, and to Marrissa (Administrative Assistant) who is also moving on to complete her masters in public health. We wish both GEM (Going the Extra Mile) employees great success and hope they return one day to help serve the needs of our patients. If you know anyone interested in applying for either of these positions, or looking for a career in community health work, please share this link to our Career Page. https://lnkd.in/gwCmt-_b

We are looking for team players who want to join in helping our community. If you know anyone interested in applying for a community health worker position, or a medical assistant positions, or looking for a career at Waikiki Health, please share this link to our Career Page. https://lnkd.in/gwCmt-_b

Mahalo to all those Waikiki Health (WH) staff, family & friends who participated in the 2024 Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Authority's (HLTA) Charity Walk. Congratulations to our staff winners, Waikiki Health physician, Dr. Thuy-Lihn Nguyen, and Jacque Tellei, Director of PATH Clinic & Youth Outreach. The came in first place so they could do other things on Saturday morning including Dr. Nguyen seeing patients at our Ohua Clinic starting at 9 am, and Jacque, running in the March of Dimes race 9 am. Big shout-out also to CEOs Alexis Charpentier (WH), Mufi Hannemann (HLTA), and Francoise Culley-Trotman, AlohaCare, for supporting our nonprofit agency.

Welcome our new CEO! Alexis Charpentier joins Waikiki Health as the new Chief Executive Officer. Alexis comes to us from the Hawaii State Department of Heath as a HIV Public Health Supervisor, Epidemiological Specialist IV. Prior to that, she worked at Waikiki Health as a HIV Quality Improvement Specialist and most recently worked as the Director, Prevention at National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), a leading national non-partisan non-profit association based in Washington D.C. that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs. Alexis states she is grateful and honored to return to the organization that spearheaded her career in public health. “Waikiki Health will always hold a special place in my heart. As a local Native Hawaiian, who is fortunate to be able to trace her Hawaiian lineage back hundreds of years, it’s important that Waikiki Health have leaders that reflect the patients and community they serve.”

The collaborative mural painting project at the #CHEST2023 Wellness zone is now installed at Waikiki Health! Thank you to everyone who helped create this artistic expression of our time in Honolulu and helped us contribute something beautiful to the community.