STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1088

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 278

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 278, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Medical Advisory Board

 

G.M. No. 278

CARLOS WARTER MD,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this nomination from the Department of Transportation.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Carlos Warter MD is a psychiatrist in private practice.  From 2005 to 2007, he was Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.  From 2001 to 2004, he was Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine.  Dr. Warter is a graduate of the University of Chile School of Medicine.  He received post‑graduate training at Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Chile Department of Psychiatry.  The nominee currently serves on the Medical Advisory Board.

 

Your Committee believes that the nominee has the appropriate attitude, commitment, sincerity, and dedication that are necessary for public service.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs 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 Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

 

 

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair