The Garden Island Wilcox Health includes Wilcox Memorial Hospital, the Kauai Medical Clinic and the Wilcox Health Foundation. In 2001, Wilcox Health joined Hawaii Pacific Health, the state’s largest healthcare provider. Serving Kaua‘i since 1938, Wilcox Memorial Hospital is the
The Garden Island
Wilcox Health includes Wilcox Memorial Hospital, the Kauai Medical Clinic and the Wilcox Health Foundation. In 2001, Wilcox Health joined Hawaii Pacific Health, the state’s largest healthcare provider.
Serving Kaua‘i since 1938, Wilcox Memorial Hospital is the largest medical facility on the island. The Kauai Medical Clinic is Hawai‘i’s largest multi-specialty clinic; its four satellites extend Wilcox Health’s ability to deliver care throughout the island. The Wilcox Health Foundation was established in 1981 and enables the hospital to invest in medical equipment, education programs and healthcare services to better serve its patients.
• Wilcox Memorial Hospital
3-3420 Kuhio Highway
Lihu‘e, Hawai‘i, 96766-1099
Phone: 245-1100
Chief Executive Officer — Kathy Clark, RN, BSN
Established in 1938
Accreditation: JCAHO
• Number of employees: 560
• Number of volunteers: over 100
• Number of acute care beds: 71
• Number of intensive care beds: 7
• Number of birthing suites: 5
• Number of emergency room beds: 20
• Number of babies born each year: approximately 650
• Number of acute care patients admitted each year: approximately 4,500
• Number of Emergency Room patients seen each year: approximately 24,000
• Number of inpatient surgeries: approximately 1,550
• Number of outpatient surgeries: approximately 3,000
• Number of physicians on hospital medical staff: over 100
Specialties offered:
• Dermatology
• Gynecology
• Internal Medicine
• Obstetrics
• Pediatrics
• Surgery
• Urology
• Orthopedics
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Cosmetic Surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Podiatry
• Cardiology
• Emergency Medicine Services offered
• Acute nursing care on three nursing floors
• Critical Care nursing (Intensive Care Unit)
• Hospitalists 7 days/week, 24 hours/day
• Pastoral care and chapel
• Healing Touch to inpatients
• The state-of-the-art Wilcox Family Imaging Center (MRI, CT, Nuclear Medicine, Ultra Sound, telemedicine, mammograms and diagnostic imaging and bone densitometry)
• Cardio-pulmonary (3-D Echo, stress testing, respiratory therapy)
• Rehabilitation (physical, speech, and occupational therapy for in-patients and outpatients at Kukui Grove Center.)
• Labor and Delivery
• Clinical Laboratory on site
• Emergency services 24 hours/day, 7 days/week (includes emergency orthopedic surgery)
• The new Wilcox Surgical Center offers larger surgical suites, equipped with the latest technology, including robotic capabilities and expanded recovery rooms for patient comfort.
• Special procedures (endoscopy, cardioversion, bronchoscopy, transesophageal echocardiogram or TEE)
• Adult Day Health program
• Food and Nutrition services
• Health Information Management
• Financial counselors
• Continuing Medical Education for physicians
• Continuing Education for nurses
• Health Education for the public
• Kauai Medical Clinic
3-3420 Kuhio Highway, Suite B
Lihu‘e, Hawai‘i 96766-1098
Phone: 245-1500
Chief Executive Officer — Ken Pierce, D.O.
Established in 1967
Number of employees: 200
Number of physicians and mid-level providers: over 70
Number of patient visits: approximately 300,000 annually
Four satellite locations: Kukui Grove, Kapa‘a, Koloa, ‘Eleele
Services offered:
•Urgent care services
•Health Management Program to treat patients with chronic diseases
•Diabetes consultation and education
•Diagnostic imaging
•Pharmacy on site
•Financial counselors
•Prenatal classes, breast- feeding classes, and sibling classes
•Insulin pump support group
Specialties Offered:
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Family practice
• Gastroenterology (specialists from Straub Hospital & Clinics)
• General practice
• General surgery
• Hematology
• Infectious diseases
• Internal medicine
• Neurology
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Oncology (specialists from Straub Hospital & Clinics)
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Pediatrics
• Physiatry and physical medicine
• Podiatry
• Rheumatology
• Hematology
• Urology
Wilcox Health Foundation
3-3420 Kuhio Highway
Lihu‘e, Hawai‘i, 96766-1099
Phone: 245-1198
President: Kathy Clark, RN, BSN
Established in 1981
The Wilcox Health Foundation raises funds to purchase medical equipment and support health related programs at the hospital and clinic. Additionally, it provides:
• Scholarships to KCC nursing students
• Scholarships to medical students
• Wellness programs
• Grants for nursing education
• Annual giving opportunities and membership in Imua and Kokua Club
