HEPA is a democratic, locally owned group of emergency physicians. Over the last 50 years, HEPA has grown from providing services at one hospital to providing board certified emergency physician coverage at twelve hospitals across four islands. Our sites range from rural Hale Ho’ola Hamakua with approximately 1,800 annual visits to Hilo Medical center with about 52,000. Together, with MidPacific Hospitalists our democratic subsidiary, we provide hospitalist services at seven of our sites.

Both MPH and HEPA use our physician portal to track physician call-backs, discharged length of stay, pathway compliance and utilization. The data collected provides valuable feedback to our physicians to improve patient care.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

President

KATHERINE HEINZEN JIM, MD

Vice President, Medical Affairs

LISA JACOBSON, MD

Vice President,  Quality

THOMAS FORNEY, MD

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP

Adventist Health Castle ED Chair

Alexander Berk, MD

Adventist Health Castle Vice ED Chair

Bennett Lee, MD

Hilo Medical Center ED Chair

Brian Bosscher, MD

Hilo Medical Center Vice ED Chair

Edward Ruhland, MD

Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital ED Chair

Oliver Fujima, MD

Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital Vice ED Chair

Jessica Duke, MD

Wahiawa General Hospital ED Co-Chair

Nathan Chin, MD

Wahiawa General Hospital ED Co-Chair

Bryan Harvell, MD

Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital ED Chair

Travis Parker, MD

Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital Vice ED Chair

Luke Metzker, DO

Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital ED Chair

Travis Parker, MD

Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital Vise ED Chair

Luke Metzker, DO

Kona Community Hospital ED Chair

Audrey McCandless, MD

Kona Community Hospital VISE ED Chair

Charles Duke, MD

Hale Ho’ola Hamakua ED Chair

Daniel Silverman, MD

Ka’u Hospital ED Chair

Thomas Larson, DO

Kohala Hospital ED Chair

Malia Haleakala, MD

Kahuku Medical Center ED Chair

Jacob Shannon, DO

Molokai General Hospital ED Chair

Kyle Stevens, DO

PHYSICIANS

Adam C. Ankrum, DO
Zachary Baker, DO
Alexander S. Berk, MD
Maria F. Bevilacqua, MD
Joseph Borer, MD
Brian Bosscher, MD
Kyle A. Boyd, MD
Heather Bradford, MD
Stephanie Burger, DO
Douglas T. Calvert, DO
Fernando Carlo, MD
Nathan Chin, MD
Amber Cibrario, DO
Daniel Coquyt, MD
Sean S. Covant, DO
Thomas Crew, DO
Oakley M. Davis, MD
Charles Duke, MD
Jessica Duke, MD
Teresa Dunphy , DO
Michael Felten, MD
Thomas K. Forney, MD
Oliver Fujima, MD
Amir A. Gafur, DO
John Gallagher, MD
David A. Gerber, MD
Tiffany Gromlich, MD
Kevin Guyton, MD
Malia Haleakala, MD
Crystal D. Hammer, MD
Whitney Hansen, MD
Bryan J. Harvell, MD
Katherine S. Heinzen Jim, MD
Casey E. Herrforth, MD
Nathaniel Hibbs, DO
Kelcy Higa, MD
Russell Hill, MD
Nicolaus Hoggan, MD
David Horn, MD
Zoe Howard, MD
Lisa Jacobson, MD
Christopher A. Johnson, MD
Misha Kassel, MD
Ian Keck, DO
Kelly Kesler, MD
LaShell LaBounty, DO
Jeffrey LaCroix, MD
Thomas Larson, DO
Patrick Leaf, MD
Bennett Lee, MD
Zachary Martin, MD
Audrey McCandless, MD
Russell Means, MD
Luke Metzker, DO
Blaine Okino, MD
Grace C. Packard, MD
Travis H. Parker, MD
Edward R. Ruhland, MD
Laura S. Ruhland, MD
Spencer Salazar, MD
William P. Scruggs, MD
Jacob S. Shannon, DO
Daniel A. N. Silverman, MD
Zachary Simms, MD
Kyle E. Stevens, DO
Andrew Summersgill, MD
Jeremy Tucker, DO
Michael R. Wilkerson, MD
Jason S. Woo, MD
Jonathan Woo, MD
Michael Wyman, MD

ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS

Michael Fountain, NP
Christopher Gallagher, PA-C
Donald Grey, PA-C
Margot Karr, PA-C
Paige Lovett, PA-C
Christopher Rehrer, PA-C
Daniela Laird, PA-C
Delaney Ross, PA-C
Antigoni Trigatzi, PA-C
Jayson Watabe, PA-C
Brian Wolter, PA-C
Jonathan Yankes, PA- C

HEPA, INC.

407 Uluniu St., Suite 411,
P.O. Box 1266
Kailua, HI 96734
PHONE: (808) 261-3326
FAX: (808) 261-3092
© 2020 Hawaii Emergency Physicians Associated, Inc
All Rights Reserved.
Website by Blue Logic Labs

HEPA, INC.

407 Uluniu St., Suite 411,
P.O. Box 1266
Kailua, HI 96734
PHONE: (808) 261-3326
FAX: (808) 261-3092
© 2020 Hawaii Emergency Physicians Associated, Inc
All Rights Reserved.
Website by Blue Logic Labs