David Derauf

Dr. Derauf has been with KKV for 30 years. In 1989, he was hired as KKV's first Clinical Director and remained in this position until being named as KKV's Executive Director in 2003. Dr. Derauf worked from 1987-1988 as the Assistant Director of Public Health in the Thai Highland Project on the border of Thailand and Burma. He is board-certified in General Preventive Medicine. Dr. Derauf has served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing at the University of Hawaii. He serves as a board member of the Association of Asian and Pacific Island Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), the Hawaii Primary Care Association, and Aloha Care, a Hawaii Medicaid Managed Care Corporation, as well as Lawyers for Equal Justice. He is also a member of Na Limahana o Lonopuha, a consortium of Native Hawaiian Health Organizations.

Under Dr. Derauf's leadership, KKV was named a Center of Excellence in Women's health care by the Federal Government in 2002. In 2008, KKV was honored by HRSA with its Special Populations Service Award, recognizing KKV's excellence in service to minority populations.