About Us

Kapi'olani Medical Center has cared for Hawai‘i's women for more than 110 years. Queen Kapi'olani opened the Kapi'olani Maternity Home in 1890 to improve birth outcomes for mothers and their babies. The Queen endowed her legacy with the motto, "Kulia I Ka Nu'u" or "Strive for the Highest," a phrase that captures our organization's mission as well today as it did more than a century ago.

As the only women's specialty facility in Hawai‘i, Kapi'olani is well recognized as the state's leader in women's health.

Today, Kapi'olani strives to improve and advocate for the health and well-being of Hawai‘i's women and has greatly expanded its services to meet the needs of the 21st century woman.

Kapi'olani recognizes that women's health must be addressed as its own specialty. The organization has invested millions over the past decade to build three beautiful, state-of-the-art women's specialty centers designed by women, for women:

Kapi'olani Women's Center
Kapi'olani Breast Center
Kapi'olani Women's Cancer Center