Kuʻuleikūponookealoha Nāahiʻelua, Ph.D., MCSO, APRN-Rx, AGNP-C, BC-ADM, PMHNP-BC

Kuʻuleikūponookealoha is a triple-board certified Nurse Practitioner obtaining her undergraduate degree in Social Work at the University of Washington, a Master’s in Nursing from the University of Hawaiʻi, and her Post-Masters certificate as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from Johns Hopkins University. She has worked with the underserved on O’ahu for the last ten years after completing a Nurse Practitioner Residency in the first cohort at the Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.

Kuʻulei obtained her Ph.D. in Mind-Body Medicine with a specialization in Integrative Mental Health with the vision to integrate multicultural and spiritual perspectives to decrease the gap in care experienced by indigenous populations. She is a fellow of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and has completed fellowships with the Integrative Psychiatry Institute where she has expanded her training to incorporate therapeutics and modalities to address the mind, body, and spirit. She is passionate about Native Hawaiian health and bridging the gap between the advances in both psychiatric and diabetic specialties within low-income communities and providing quality patient care and cutting-edge medicine to patients who would otherwise not have access. She seeks to empower and equip her patients with comprehensive knowledge to improve their health and well-being integrating a holistic approach to care. Her vision for the future of healthcare on Oʻahu in underserved populations led her to complete her second master’s degree in Clinical Service Operations at Harvard Medical School.