Executive Profile
Friday, May 7, 1999

Name: Colleen Saiki
Age: 48
Position: Clinical operations director, Straub Clinic & Hospital
First job: Hospital laboratory, Kailua
Favorite pastimes: Golf, reading

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Expanding health
services at Straub

Colleen Saiki will develop HealthWorks, the corporate sales arm of Straub Clinic & Hospital. She also manages the occupational health, occupational medicine, employee health, employee assistance program, psychiatry and neurological evaluations departments. Her goal is to provide all wellness services to all of Straub's 20 locations within two years.

"We're now in seven or eight locations and growing by the day," Saiki said.

She was the Hawaii regional director for Purchase Connection, a division of Cohr Inc., which purchases medical supplies. She was responsible for sales and customer service to more than 60 major hospitals, nursing homes, physician clinics and surgery centers. Saiki also worked 16 years for Castle Medical Center.

She is past president of the Pilot Club, a women's service organization. Saiki earned a bachelor's degree in organizational management at Hawaii Pacific University and a master's degree in business administration at Chaminade University.

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By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin