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Stanley W. Hong is Aloha Medical Mission E.D.
 While many people his age are enjoying retirement, Stanley W. Hong, Esq., a St. Francis Healthcare Foundation board member, took on a new role as Executive Director of the Aloha Medical Mission (AMM) in March 2014. He is also a trustee and former chair of the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust Estate.
A prominent leader in Hawaii business, civic and community affairs, Stanley said he accepted the position at Aloha Medical Mission because "I was impressed with its mission and knew many people who support the organization, including those who serve on the Advisory Board."
The nonprofit Aloha Medical Mission, founded in 1983, sends teams of volunteer doctors and nurses to medically underserved countries in the Asia-Pacific region. They provide medical, surgical and dental care in collaboration with local organizations and hospitals to address the needs of people whose health is challenged by poverty and lack of access to health care. The organization also operates the only free dental clinic in Hawaii, working out of Palama Settlement, to serve patients who can't afford dental care or don't have dental insurance.
Stanley was President of Waste Management of Hawaii, Inc. from 2001 to 2005. He was quoted in a news story in 2002 about the benefits of working. "Work is very satisfying. It keeps you healthy physically. And it also keeps you sharp mentally."
His extensive business background also includes serving as President and CEO of both the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and the Hawaii Visitors Bureau (now known as the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau). Stanley also served as Vice President/Administration, General Counsel and corporate Secretary for former Big Five Hawaii company Theo H. Davies & Co., Ltd. and as an executive in Hong Kong and Asia with Davies parent Jardine Matheson & Co. Over the years, Stanley also has served on numerous boards for public and private companies and nonprofit organizations, including Chaminade University and St. Louis School.
Immunogenetics Lab Renamed Hawai'i Cellular Therapy and Transplant Laboratory
The Immunogenetics Lab, formerly owned by Clinical Labs of Hawaii, has been renamed the Hawaii Cellular Therapy and Transplant Laboratory (HCTTL) and is now a subsidiary of the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank. The laboratory will continue at its present location in the basement of the Weinberg Medical Pavilion on the St. Francis Liliha campus.
HCTTL provides cell processing and storage for the state's only stem cell transplant program at Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women and Children, and performs the specialized tissue typing tests to match organ donors and recipients necessary for the Hawaii's organ transplant program at The Queen's Medical Center. Longtime supporters will remember that the tissue typing and organ transplant programs both got their start at St. Francis Hospital.
"This laboratory transfer, made possible thanks to a generous bequest from Mrs. Emily O. Castle, will allow patients to continue to receive treatment locally, and allows HCTTL to expand its organ and stem cell transplant capabilities in Hawaii, said Randal Wada, M.D., Hawaii Cellular Therapy and Transplant Laboratory president and medical director. He is also medical director of the Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
"On behalf of the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank and staff of the laboratory, we are excited and honored for the chance to provide these important services to the community, which will continue to help develop the organ and stem cell transplant programs that were originally started at St. Francis more than four decades ago by visionaries such as Dr. Livingston Wong, Dr. Young Paik, and Sister Maureen Keleher," he added.
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