David Underriner has been named executive vice president of Oahu operations for Hawaii Pacific Health. He has extensive experience in the health care industry with more than 35 years serving in various administrative and executive leadership roles in Hawaii and Oregon. Underriner is currently executive vice president and chief health officer at Hawaii Medical Service Association. As executive vice president of Oahu operations, Underriner will serve as chief executive officer of Hawaii Pacific Health’s three medical centers on Oahu — Kapiolani Medical Center for Women &Children, Pali Momi Medical Center and Medical Center.

Pounders Restaurant, within the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Hukilau Marketplace, has appointed award-winning television personality Graham Elliot as its new executive chef. Elliot has a long list of accolades as a chef, restaurateur, television personality and cookbook author, including multiple James Beard Foundation nominations. In 2004, at age 27, Elliot became the youngest four-star chef named in any major U.S. city and was honored as one of Food and Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs.

The Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association has elected Dr. Helen Nalani Blaisdell-Brennan as its new president. She will serve a one-year term. Blaisdell-Brennan has been a psychiatrist for over 20 years, including nearly 15 with the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. Also elected were; President-Elect Erik Shipley, M.D.; Treasurer Julienne Aulwes, M.D.; and Secretary Gerald Busch, M.D.

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