Name: Damien D. Navarro
Age: 34
Position: Administrator, Physician-Hospital Alliance, St. Francis Medical Center
First job: Cannery
Favorite pastimes: Golf, travel

Seeking integrated health care

Damien D. Navarro wants to build on the Physician-Hospital Alliance at St. Francis Medical Center, formed last year.

"Basically, we want to prepare the medical community and physicians for an integrated delivery network to contract with various health plans," Navarro said.

For the past two years, he was an administrator at Hilo Medical Associates, managing daily operations. He reviewed and negotiated service contracts and tax agreements for physician services.

He also was director of business services at Wilcox Medical Clinic Inc.

Navarro also has worked for Garden Island Medical Group Inc.; Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii, a native Hawaiian health system, and First Hawaiian Bank.

He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Hawaii. Navarro is president of the Medical Group Management Association, Hawaii chapter.

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By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin