Hawaii’s Governor Neil Abercrombie signed off on Hawaii COPD Coalition Proclamation on October 17th, 2013. A Citation from the Document: The Hawai’i Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Coalition WHEREAS, the Hawai’i Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Coalition was formed in 2007 to provide services and improve treatment for adults in Hawai’i diagnosed with COPD, including … Read more
Thanks for all the support at Hawaii’s COPD Education Day that took place at Queen’s Medical Center Conference Center – September 7th, 2013 from 9am-2pm. We had a great turnout and for those of you who missed it, we will soon be posting some VIDEO highlights from our past COPD Education Day events. A special … Read more
Please join us for the FREE exciting day of exhibits, demonstrations, speakers and more! It’s the 7th annual COPD Education Day with Dr. Julie Chang (lung specialist and hospitalist), talking about What’s New in COPD; instructor Lucille Chun, showing us how Everyone CAN Exercise; Psychologist and Caregiver Mary Kim talking about Caregiving and COPD; Psychologist Charlene … Read more
We are excited to have THREE meetings a month now! There is a group that meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 10 – 11:30am at Pali Momi Medical Center, Ewa Conference Room. There is also a group meeting on the 2nd Friday of every month, meeting 10am – noon at Kaiser Honolulu Clinic … Read more
Our first video on our YouTube Channel is getting uploaded today. Joshua Beal performs ASL translation of a national COPD video below. We plan grow our resources and videos so check back soon for more information. Joshua R. Beal AKA the “Deaf Economist” is available for ASL videos to anybody needing quality translation services. This … Read more
Thanks to all our partners and our webmaster, Zack Anderson, we are nearly finished with the first major overhaul of our website. As requested, it is much more user-friendly; we can even publish from our iPhones and other portable devices. We will continue to grow our resource pages.
We are working actively to bring together Queens Medical Center, Native Hawaiian Health at Queens and Hawaii COPD Coalition to have monthly support group meetings at Queens Medical Center. Check website and calendar for further details soon!
New Pali Momi Medical Center Support Group: *Meetings second Thursday of Each Month, except September from 10-11:30am Hawaii COPD Coalition Support Group at Kaiser Honolulu: VIEW SUPPORT GROUP POSTER *Meetings second Friday of Each Month, except September from 10-12-Noon 2013 Topics and Speakers Thursday, April 11, “Coping with Chronic Health Conditions” will be addressed by … Read more
The #1 lung health conference in the world will be held in Philadelphia May18th-22nd, 2013. American Thoracic Society (ATS) expects about 15-18,000 lung specialists from all over the world.
