UHA Better Health • Better Life

Our Leadership

Executive Staff

Howard K.F. Lee Linda Kalihiki Lance Kaneshiro
Howard K. F. Lee
President and Chief Executive Officer

Linda Kalahiki
Senior Vice President, Secretary,
and Chief Marketing Officer

Lance Kaneshiro
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer

Chad Lee George McPheeters, MD Charles Murray

Chad Lee
Senior Vice President
and Chief Information Officer

George O. McPheeters, MD
Senior Vice President
and Chief Medical Officer

Charles Murray
Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer
Emily Weaver  

Emily Weaver
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

 

Performance Improvement Committee (PIC)

In addition to the Executive Staff above, the PIC includes a representative from the Physician Advisory Panel.

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is made up of industry leaders in the community, all with different strengths and backgrounds. Together they bring their varied expertise to make UHA a well-rounded company.

Michael H. Nagoshi, MD
Chairman

Michael H. Nagoshi, MD
Director, Center for Clinical Skills;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine;
Assistant Chief of Staff, Kuakini Medical Center

Mark H. Yamakawa
Vice Chair/Director

Mark H. Yamakawa
Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer,
The Queen's Health Systems

Howard K.F. Lee
Director

Howard K. F. Lee
President and Chief Executive Officer
UHA

Gaylyn Li
Director

Gaylyn Li, MD
Associate Professor,
John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health

Howard S. Todo
Director

Howard S. Todo
Vice President for Budget and Finance
Chief Financial Officer
University of Hawaii System

Michael R. Walsh
Director

Michael R. Walsh
Vice President Finance
Queen Liliuokalani Trust

Rhoda Weiss
Director

Rhoda Weiss, Ph.D.
President, Rhoda Weiss Healthcare
Consulting Group, Inc.

Byron Yoshino
Director

Byron Yoshino
President and CEO
Pharmacare Hawaii

Lena Young
Director

Lena Young
Corporate Director of Operations and Human Resources
JTB Hawaii, Inc.
     

Physician Advisory Panel (PAP)

The Physician Advisory Panel consists of physicians who are part of the UHA participating provider network, and who have demonstrated their expertise as physicians, medical scientists, and/or medical educators.

The panel members are nominated by UHA's Chief Medical Officer, and approved by the Board of Directors. Their main purpose is to serve as advisors. Some of their duties include developing and overseeing strategies to improve the quality of UHA's health care standards, and to review, measure and evaluate the effectiveness and performance of UHA's health care quality.

UHA
  • George O. McPheeters, MD (PAP Chair) - Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
  • Howard K. F. Lee - President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Glenn Ishikawa, MD - Medical Director
Participating Physicians
  • Gloria Carlile, MD - Pediatrics
  • Paul A. DeMare, MD - Radiation Oncology
  • William Hartman, MD - Gastroenterology
  • Roy O. Kamada, MD - Cardiovascular Disease
  • Stephen Kemble, MD - Psychiatry
  • Gaylyn Li, MD - Obstetrics/Gynecology
  • Gregorio Maldini, MD - General Surgery
  • Michael H. Nagoshi, MD - Internal Medicine
  • James Navin, MD - Pathology
  • James Scoggin, MD - Orthopedics