STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1930

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 627

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 627, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Medical Advisory Board

G.M. No. 627

DENNIS M. CROWLEY, M.D., for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee received the resume and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds Dennis M. Crowley, M.D., to have the necessary qualifications to be nominated to the Medical Advisory Board.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Dennis M. Crowley, M.D. from the Department of Transportation and Hawaii Centers for Independent Living.

     Dennis M. Crowley, M.D., earned a medical degree from The Creighton University School of Medicine.  Presently, Dr. Crowley is in private practice at Queen's Medical Center and Kapiolani Medical Center and is as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii.  Dr. Crowley also serves as the Vice President of the Peer Review Committee of the Medical Executive Committee of the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific.  

     Your Committee believes that Dr. Crowley's experience as a physician, his active participation in medical associations, and his continued interest in education make him a valuable addition to the Medical Advisory Board.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair