We are committed to Providing
- Research clinical trials studies
- Maintain a Hawaii "brain bank" and research information
- Teaching for doctors and other professionals
- Collaborations between physicians, scientists and other professionals
- Compassionate care for the social needs of patients and caregivers
- Collaborations between professionals and caretakers
- Life enrichment programs to improve quality of life
- Development of innovative care strategies
- Investigate the impact of living with dementia in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, with particular focus on caring for the undeserved populations
Early Diagnosis and Treatment Trial Unit
The Clinical Core provides Hawaii and Pacific Rim patients with accurate and early diagnostic cognitive evaluations and treatment trials. Patients are provided with advanced neuroimaging modalities interpreted under the mandate of national protocols and standards. The Clinical cores function is to differentiate dementia types including those with normal aging processes with an emphasis on early diagnosis and preventive measures. The Clinical Core connects well-diagnosed research participants with researchers conducting clinical trials and scientific studies at the HADC and other ADCs and matches them with the most appropiate research projects.
Neuropathology and Genetics Unit
The Tissue Core collects Information on HADC patient and organize them in a systematic manner that facilitates its use by collaborating physicians and scientists throughout the world. Effort is made to identify markers of dementia from its earliest onset to its later stages. Biomarkers may include genes, proteins, or other metabolites identified in DNA, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), or plasma including Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype. Tissue core also maintains a “brain bank” with valuable information to understand the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, from its earliest onset to its latest stages, and to contribute to finding a cure.
Life Enrichment and Educational Unit
The Education Core serves as a teaching site for doctors, scientists and other health care professionals involved in the care of dementia patients to emphasize early and accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatments. HADC provides a compassionate comprehensive assessment of the social needs of the patients and their caregivers with dementia. Life enrichment programs are provided to improve quality of life for persons with dementia and support their family and caregivers. HADC facilitates the development of innovative care strategies and investigates the impact of living with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, with a particular focus on under served populations.
The CRC is fully staffed with full time investigators and credentialed, experienced and qualified research raters and staff. The CRC is a highly sought after site and have a national reputation for successful completion and recruitment including rapid site start up.
Our Comprehensive Epilepsy Center have a dedicated multidisciplinary team of epileptologist, neurologists, neurosurgeon neuropsychologists and research team whose sole purpose is to improve the quality of life of patients with epilepsy and seizure disorders from all Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Rim.
Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Video-EEG Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) offers both EEG (electroencephalography) equipment to monitor brain activity and video cameras to record body movements during a seizure. Video-EEG monitoring is a way of simultaneously recording the brain wave activity (EEG) and the patient’s behavior.
The headache center is dedicated to relieving the pain and suffering of headache patients and improving their quality of life. Our physicians specialize in the treatment of patients with different headache types. The treatment effectively integrates medical and non-medical therapies, such as alternative medicine, Botox injections, physical therapy, and supportive counseling.
Spine injuries and chronic pain are leading causes of disability in America. Our team of experienced specialists in neurology, physical medicine and neurorehabilitation are experts in developing interdisciplinary service lines to create customized, patient centered treatment plans for patients with an emphasis on compassionate care and functional independence to improve quality of life.
Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Memory Disorders Center is the only facility in Hawaii with a dedicated multidisciplinary team of clinical neurologists, research neurologists, cognitive rehabilitation specialists and brain health and wellness specialists trained in diagnosing and treating memory disorders and dementia.
The Comprehensive MS Center at Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience cares for more MS patients than any other centers in Hawaii. The center leverages a multidisciplinary approach of neurologists, rehabilitation specialists, lifestyle wellness physicians to ensure that MS patients get the benefit of a comprehensive holistic approach including
The mission and purpose of Neurodiagnostic Institute of Technology (NIT) at Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience (HPN) is to provide formal training for Neurodiagnostic technologists. Neurodiagnostic Technology is the medical diagnostic field devoted to the recording and study of electrical activity in the brain and nervous system. Neurodiagnostic technologists possess the knowledge, skills, and attributes to obtain interpretable recordings of patients’ nervous system function. They work in collaboration with medical researchers, clinicians, physicians, and other health professionals.
Our Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center provides comprehensive, compassionate and timely treatment to patients with Parkinson’s disease, ataxia, dystonia, essential and other tremors, Lewy body dementia, Frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s Chorea, motor stereotypies and other movement and imbalance disorders.
The Stroke and Neurologic Restoration Center focuses all of our efforts on the goal significantly improving the chances of an excellent recovery after a stroke and the prevention of another stroke.
Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Center is a leader in providing the latest in neuromuscular evaluation and rehabilitation through an interdisciplinary approach with emphasis on quality of life and independent care.
Sleep and Insomnia Center is the only sleep center in Hawaii to offer clinical as well as ground breaking research therapies for sleep disorders. The Sleep and Insomnia Center is dedicated to the comprehensive clinical evaluation and laboratory evaluation for patients with all types of sleep disorders. The center also serves as a medical referral facility for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and provides education for both professionals and the community designed to increase awareness of sleep-related conditions.
A concussion or other types of traumatic brain injury can affect everyone differently. Common symptoms include headaches, dizziness, imbalance, falls, mood disturbances and memory problems. Most improve within a week or two, but some symptoms last longer and can affect daily life. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Concussion Center at Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience is dedicated to provide comprehensive care that includes clinical evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation for those with concussion or severe traumatic brain injuries.
Welcome to the Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience (HPN) Self-Care and Wellness Center!
■ The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as, “the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health and to cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a healthcare provider.”
■ The Self-Care and Wellness Center promotes lifestyle choices as life skills in self-care. The choices we make in what we eat, when we eat, how active we are, our sleep habits, stress management, use of alcohol, tobacco and risky substances, and our social connections/relationships with others have a profound impact on our health and well-being.
The NeuroCOVID project has been initiated at New York University Langone Health to create and maintain a national resource documenting and studying neurological complications of COVID-19 and is funded by the NINDS, NIH through the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program.
Neuromodulation is technology that acts directly upon nerves. It is altering or modulating nerve activity by delivering electrical impulses directly to a target area. Neuromodulation can be life changing and enhance the quality of life in individuals who suffer severe chronic neurological conditions such as persistent pain; spinal injury; spasticity; movement disorders; epilepsy; Parkinson’s disease, tremors and stroke.
You also know the devastating toll it takes on the individual and their family. Now, more than ever, your support is needed to help build Hawaii’s first Alzheimer’s Disease Center, provide the resources needed to care for those diagnosed with dementia, and help find a cure. Please consider partnering with us today. Every gift makes a difference.