Meet Our

Specialists

Kore Kai Liow, M.D.


Founder and Neuroscience Chair
Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience
Clinical Professor of Med (Neurology)
University of Hawaii John Burns School of Medicine

Natalia Gonzalez Caldito, M.D.


Neurology
Chief of Staff


Director, MS & Neuroimmunology Center
Director, ALS & Neuromuscular Center & IV Infusion Center
Sub investigator, MS & Neuroimmunology & Neuromuscular Research Unit

Darren DuGas, M.D.


Neurology

Director, Video-EEG Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
Co-Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Sub- Investigator, Epilepsy Research Unit

Eonjung Angeline Kim, M.D.


Neurology

Director, Headache & Facial Pain Center
Sub- Investigator, Headache Research Unit

Michael Sonson, M.D.


Neurology
Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders


Director, Memory & Alzheimer’s Research Institute (MARI)

Candace Miyaki, D.O.


Sleep Medicine
Sleep Wake Center

Janette Abramowitz, M.D.


Neurology

Research Faculty, Brain Mapping Lab, Brain Research, Innovation & Translation Labs
Residency: Combined Neurology & Psychiatry University of Massachusetts Medical School Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Chris Larrinaga, APRN-BC, MSN, CNRN


Neurology, Neuroscience

Sleep Medicine
Sub-Investigator, Clinical Research Center

Nicole Evans, PA-C


Neurology, Neuroscience

Sub-Investigator, Clinical Research Center

Qi Zhi, DNP, MPH, FNP-BC


Neurology, Neuroscience

Memory Disorders
Sub-Investigator, Clinical Research Center

Qing X. Li PhD


Basic Science, Neuroscience

Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu

Katy Tarrit, Ph.D.


Information and Computer Sciences, AI (Artificial Intelligence)
NeuroAI Research Lab/Alzheimer's Neural Network EEG (ANNE) Lab


Assistant Professor, Katy Tarrit, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Information and Computer Sciences
University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Chathura Siriwardhana, PhD


Biostatistics

Sub Investigator
Alzheimer’s Research Unit
Memory Research Scientist, Hawaii BRAIN Lab.

Updates

Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Physicians Named 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Physicians Named 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Recognition & Excellence Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Physicians Named 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors Four specialists at Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience — along with the center itself — have earned a place among the nation’s most recognized physicians and practices, with Castle Connolly designating them 2026 Top Doctors. Nicholas Anderson, MD; Darren Dugas, MD; Natalia Gonzalez, MD; […]

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