Louise Iwaishi, MD
Dr. Iwaishi has been active in supporting the connection between pediatricians and the early childhood field for many years. She had been in private practice for 10 years in a multi-specialty group before joining the faculty of the University of Hawai`i John A. Burns School of Medicine in 1991. In the Department of Pediatrics, her focus has been residency training in primary care and developmental pediatrics. She is Director of the Community Pediatrics Institute, coordinator of the residency Continuity of Care Program, principal investigator of the Maternal Child Health Bureau interdisciplinary graduate training grant (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities), Director of pediatric education at Shriners Hospital for Children – Hawai`i unit and Medical Director of the Hawai`i Department of Health, Family Health Services Division
Dr. Iwaishi is immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics – Hawai`i Chapter and participates in a variety of community advisories, task forces and committees where she advocates for child health issues related to Title V and AAP initiatives (e.g. Family Voices, Early Intervention and Transition projects, the Medical Home primary care provider, Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) services, Medicaid child health financing, Healthy Start home visiting and Oral Health care.)
