{"id":864,"date":"2014-07-28T21:48:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=864"},"modified":"2020-02-13T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T19:50:24","slug":"department-of-native-hawaiian-health-dr-kalani-bradys-journey-to-kalaupapa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/department-of-native-hawaiian-health-dr-kalani-bradys-journey-to-kalaupapa\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Native Hawaiian Health: Dr. Kalani Brady&#8217;s Journey to Kalaupapa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"864\" class=\"elementor elementor-864\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-324ffd4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"324ffd4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8e97ef\" data-id=\"e8e97ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3004b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d3004b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Dr. Kalani S. Brady takes care of Hansen's Disease patients<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd4178a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"3bd4178a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-46f67bb elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/author\/hi-vizibility-marketing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity Health Partners of Hawaii\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a474e5f elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2014\/07\/28\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>July 28, 2014<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5108bead elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5108bead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/13018654045_aa33d82395_z1.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12796\" alt=\"Dr. Kalani S. Brady takes care of Hansen&apos;s Disease patients\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/13018654045_aa33d82395_z1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/13018654045_aa33d82395_z1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/13018654045_aa33d82395_z1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-311dd74c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"311dd74c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14044a1e\" data-id=\"14044a1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266f4468 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"266f4468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4106aec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4106aec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>July 28, 2014 &#8212;<\/strong> More than 10 years ago, Dr. Kalani S. Brady, an associate professor of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the John A. Burns School of Medicine and a physician with University Clinical Education and Research Associates (UCERA), made a commitment that became a pivotal point in his medical career.<\/p><p>Brady, along with a\u00a0<em>hui\u00a0<\/em>[group] of physicians \u2013 including fellow Native Hawaiian Health doctor Martina Kamaka \u2013 banded together to provide medical assistance to the people of Kalaupapa, on Moloka\u2019i Island, known for its remote nature and its history as a former leprosy colony.<\/p><p>\u201cTen and a half years ago, my hanai [adopted] cousin Emmett Aluli, basically contacted me,\u201d Brady said. \u201cWe were working on research on topside Molokai and she said, \u201cKalani, we have to have a hui [group] of kauka [doctors] of Hawaiians to take care of the Hawaiians that are down in Kalaupapa.\u201d And so I put together a hui, a group of Hawaiians, to go down and care for the Hawaiians down there with Hansen\u2019s disease. And so about 10 and a half years ago, we started.\u201d<\/p><p>Brady was tentative about being part of this new project, due to the fact that he was not from Kalaupapa. After patients saw him on his KHON-2 morning segment, \u201cAsk the Doctor,\u201d they knew that Brady was the right doctor for the job.<\/p><p>He seized the opportunity when his friend, a retired Straub pulmonologist who had served on Kalaupapa for 10 years, asked Brady to take over immediately. In a small matter of time, Brady and his hui signed a contract between the Hawai\u2019i State Department of Health and the medical school. The contract is still in effect.<\/p><p>Brady said that he takes care of 16 patients who have been diagnosed with Hansen\u2019s disease, but, in addition, approximately 100 patients there who don\u2019t have the disease are also under his care.<\/p><p>\u201cThere are people that take care of the Hansen\u2019s patients, like us, except they don\u2019t take care of their health needs necessarily, and who takes care of them?\u201d Brady said. \u201cWell, we created a clinic for the Kokua of Kalaupapa about five years ago, and once a month, we have clinic for non Hansen\u2019s patients in the Bishop Home, which is basically the convent for the sisters of St. Francis\u2026we tend to their medical needs once a month. Instead, they can see us in Kalaupapa and have their health care needs met.\u201d<\/p><p>He occasionally takes student groups with him on his trips, and sends out invitations for students to join him on trips three to four times a year. These students come from various medical institutions, including the University of Hawai\u2019i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and the University of Hawai\u2019i Office of Public Health Studies. Most of the opportunities that are provided for students include a tour and immersion, but not, for privacy reasons, with the patients.<\/p><p>Dr. Brady values the time he spends with his patients.<\/p><p>\u201cThe patients call the medical care that they receive very precious and very confidential,\u201d said Brady, whose patients brought him and his wife along with them to Rome for the canonization ceremonies of Saint Damien in 2009 and Saint Marianne Cope in 2012.<\/p><p>\u201c[The regular trips to Kalaupapa] obviously does cut into a lot of private time, but it\u2019s a commitment I made 10 and a half years ago, and I continue to make that commitment to those patients until the end.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e18fae9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e18fae9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0632ed\" data-id=\"f0632ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160800e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"160800e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/news-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;&lt;   &nbsp;Return To News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 28, 2014 &#8212;Dr. Kalani S. 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