Editorial: The Pan Pacific Surgical Association
Norman Goldstein MD
288
The President-Elect Message
Patricia Lanoie Blanchette MD, MPH, HMA President
291
Dietrich Varez, our cover artist, the art and the man
Norman Goldstein MD
292
Special contribution: to our dear and respected friend and colleague Ed Cadman
Don Parsa MD, FACS
295
Special commentary: my comments, Hawaii Medical Association's Physician of the Year award, October 22, 2005
Ed Cadman MD
296
Notes on the Annual Scientific Session at the Hawaii Medical Association meeting 2005
Russell T. Stodd MD
298
Rates of selected birth defects in relation to folic acid fortification, Hawaii, 1986-2002
Mathias B. Forrester BS and Ruth D. Merz MS
300
Two cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae primary liver abscesses; an emerging clinical entity among diabetics
Penelope J. Harris MD, Jeffrey T. Laczek MD, Roger D. Polish MD, and Susan L. Fraser MD
306
Anomalous inferior vena cava as the cause of multiple deep venous thrombosis
Daniel W. Kang MD, MPH, Jeffrey Berenberg MD, Darrell Baranko MD, and Scot Tebo MD
308
Medical School Hotline: The Office of Medical Education
Satoru Izutsu PhD
312
Cancer Research Center Hotline: Smoking cessation in Hawaii: implications and future directions
Hye-Ryeon Lee PhD, Hali Robinett MPH, Diane Mitsche MSW, Tonya Lowery St. John MPH, Maria Reyes, and Tina Tamai MPH
314
Index to Hawaii Medical Journal, Volume 64, 2005
Carolyn S.H. Ching, MA, MLIS and Laura Gerwitz MA, MLIS
316
Classified Notices
321
Weathervane
Russell T. Stodd MD
322