Nikki joined the practice in April, 2021.  She was born and raised in Honolulu, graduating from Moanalua High School and Hawaii Medical College.  Nikki’s famous efficiency and empathy was no doubt honed as a pre-school teaching assistant as well as being a Certified Nursing Assistant at Arcadia, where she helped elderly residents with bathing and feeding.  Prior to joining the practice, she was a medical assistant for an internal medicine doctor.  In addition to the standard duties, she also conducted EKGs and did injections.
 
Nikki has done just about every administrative job in the practice, so she is particularly qualified to compare her experience here with regular medicine.  “It was your typical doctor’s office, 15 minute appointments, fast, fast, fast.  No time to get to know the patients.  Now, I get to work with doctors who spend an hour per visit.  Patients who were frustrated at not being heard and at their wit’s end, come to us and feel validated.  Our doctors have the time to look deeply into their history and time to run specialized testing that others don’t.  I get to form relationships with the patients, because I talk with them more frequently.  It’s more personal and more effective.”
 
As to hobbies, Nikki enjoys cooking for her family and power lifting and reading books on Kindle.

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