STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1335

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 395

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 395, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

Board of Directors of the Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation

G.M. No. 395

RUSSELL T. STODD, M.D.,

for a term to expire 06-30-2009,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds the nominee to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC).

Your Committee has received testimony in support of RUSSELL T. STODD, M.D. from the President and Chief Executive Officer of HHSC, the Chief Executive Officer of the Maui Region of HHSC, the HHSC Executive Management Advisory Committee, the HHSC Physicians Advisory Group, the HHSC Maui Region Management Advisory Committee, and the Hawaii Medical Association.

Dr. Stodd has resided in Hawaii for the past thirty-two years. He received a B.S. degree and a M.D. degree from the University of Oregon. After medical school graduation, Dr. Stodd interned at Los Angeles County General Hospital and then studied ophthalmology and tropical medicine for three years in the Panama Canal Zone. Dr. Stodd moved to Maui in 1973 after leaving a successful medical office in Portland, Oregon. His Maui practice was originally limited to diseases and surgery of the eye, but has since expanded and now encompasses three eye surgeons. Over the years, the practice further expanded to include a day surgery center for ophthalmic surgery and a larger ambulatory surgery unit for other surgery disciplines. Dr. Stodd was formerly Chief of Staff at Maui Memorial Medical Center, President of Maui County Medical Society, President of Hawaii Medical Association, and a former Hawaii delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Mountain Pacific Quality Health Foundation and the Medical Insurance Exchange of California. Dr. Stodd has served on the HHSC Board of Directors on an interim basis since January 2004 and expresses a willingness to continue this service.

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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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair