Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has named Darren Kasai senior director of clinic operations on Maui in Hawaii, according to a Maui Now report.
Here are four things to know about Mr. Kasai.
1. Most recently, he was regional administrator for critical access hospitals in the Maui region of Hawaii Health Systems Corp., a state-funded hospital system.
2. He also previously was executive director at Alberta Heartland Primary Care Network in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, according to the report.
3. He has experience as an officer of the U.S. Navy Reserve. According to the report, Mr. Kasai led operations at the Deployed Warrior Medical Management Center at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a Level I trauma center in Germany.
4. Mr. Kasai earned a master's degree in health administration from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He also has a graduate certificate of management of ambulatory care systems from the University of Southern California, as well as a master's degree in leadership studies, with an emphasis on nonprofit leadership and management, from University of San Diego.
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