The welcome reception for the 10th Annual Symposium entitled, “Current Concepts in Pulmonary and Critical Care” was held on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in gorgeous, balmy Hawaiian weather at the Westin Maui Resort and Spa at Kaanapali on the island of Maui. The reception was sponsored by Galiher DeRobertis Ono, a law firm based in Hawaii and California, with a national reputation of successfully representing mesothelioma clients for over 30 years. The American Lung Association in Hawaii (ALAH) and the Hawaii Thoracic Society (HTS) presented this symposium held over four days with esteemed faculty from the United States and Japan. Attendees at the conference included pulmonologists, oncologists, pathologists, professors, respiratory therapists, nurse practitioners and others from our country as well as from Japan, Pakistan, Australia and Canada.
Welcoming each guest with a fresh orchid lei, attorneys Gary Galiher, L. Richard DeRobertis, Jeffrey Ono, Diane Ono and Ilana Waxman were on hand to meet the event organizers. Dr. Christine Fukui, formerly of Kaiser Permanente, has treated many mesothelioma patients throughout her medical career as an internist, and Ms. Jean Evans, is the Executive Director of the American Lung Association in Hawaii. Gary Galiher and the attorneys from the Galiher DeRobertis Ono team were privileged to be introduced to the faculty and symposium attendees during the elegant open air reception. Attorney Gary Galiher commented that, “It was most interesting and enlightening to meet physicians so intimately involved in the study of pulmonary medicine who work directly and indirectly to help our mesothelioma and other clients who have asbestos conditions such as lung cancer and asbestosis.”
