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Causes: Community Health Systems, Health
Mission: Straub clinic & hospital is a nonprofit health care system whose mission is to provide integrated health and medical services that are comprehensive, caring, continuously improving and of the highest quality.
Programs: Internal medicine straub's board-certified internists specialize in adults and adolescents. They coordinate with other medical and surgical specialists, as needed, while emphasizing prevention, early diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of medical conditions through a long-term personal relationship with patients.
cardiology the heart center provides comprehensive cardiac care, education and rehabilitation. Services include non- and minimally-invasive diagnostic evaluation using angiograms, echocardiograms, holter monitoring, exercise tolerance testing, thallium stress testing and electrophysiology testing. Straub was the first to bring minimally invasive open-heart surgery and the clot-dissolving drug "tpa" to hawai'i. It has received the highest designation from the society for thoracic surgeons.
orthopedic surgery. The bone & joint center at straub is hawaii's first multi-disciplinary center to provide comprehensive orthopedic, sports medicine and rheumatology services. Its collaborative team of orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, physiatrists, rheumatologists, rehab therapists and athletic trainers makes the center unique. Straub was the first to bring minimally invasive total joint replacement to the state. The center also participates with local schools to provide physician services during athletic events.