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Dr. Ira Zunin earned his medical degree from UCLA School of Medicine, completed a residency in Preventive Medicine, and then a Master’s Degree in Public Health. He is medical director of Manakai O Malama Integrative Clinic and Rehabilitation Center and CEO of Global Advisory Services... Read More →

Natascha Ching, MD,  is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician who cares for children with complicated infectious diseases. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she devised a protocol for Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with COVID-19. She has treated children... Read More →

Bennett Loui MD is a primary care provider at Straub Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu, studied at Brown University and Thomas Jefferson University, and completed a Chief Residency in Internal Medicine with the University of Hawai'i. He is currently Chief of Internal Medicine... Read More →

Neal A. Palafox, M.D., M.P.H. is currently Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Hawai'i.  He is a member of four State COVID-19 response teams and has been a University of Hawai'i West Oahu COVID-19 Contact Tracer program guest lecturer for six of... Read More →