By Staff Reports

(Honolulu) – The Queen’s Medical Center (Queen’s) has honored Clayton Chong, M.D. and Christopher Fiack, M.D. as the 2014 Ke Kauka Po‘okela Outstanding Physicians of the Year.

This annual award recognizes physicians of Queen’s medical staff who exemplify high-quality care, professional conduct, outstanding contributions to the medical field, and a spirit of aloha.

“Dr. Chong and Dr. Fiack are distinguished physicians who are fulfilling the Queen’s mission and demonstrating Queen’s values of C.A.R.E., Compassion, Aloha, Respect and Excellence,” said Art Ushijima, President of The Queen’s Medical Center.  “We are grateful for their contributions to our community and for their outstanding health care service to the people of Hawaii.”

Dr. Chong, who received the award for Community-Based Physician, has been the Medical Director of the Queen’s Cancer Center since it opened in 2007.  The Kamehameha Schools graduate earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine. He did his fellowship at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.  He also earned his Master of Public Health from the Harvard University School of Public Health.  Dr. Chong was a Queen’s Trustee from 2002 to 2006.  He serves as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine.  He has three children.  His daughter Maile is a Registered Nurse at Queen’s.

Dr. Fiack, who received the award for Hospital-Based Physician, is a pulmonologist/intensivist and the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at The Queen’s Medical Center.  Additionally, he is the Associate Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Queen’s.  He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and did his fellowship at Boston University Medical Center, specializing in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.  Dr. Fiack also holds a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.  He serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine.

The Queen’s Medical Center has more than 1,000 physicians serving the community.