At the end of the war, he returned to Honolulu and on March 26, 1946 was discharged from active duty. In September of l949, he resigned from the Naval Reserve as a full Commander. Then, after practicing on the Big Island of Hawaii for a year, he returned to Honolulu and joined the Obstetrics and Gynecological department of the Straub Clinic. In December of l956, after delivering at least 5,OOO babies - and other things, he retired from the practice of medicine. In l963, he served as the President of the Hawaii Medical Association and in l975, he helped found and was the first president of the American College of Physician Executives.
From what I’ve read on other threads (and hopefully CE will chime in on this thread tomorrow) only Kapiolani and Queens Hospitals had delivery rooms, and I’m not totally sure about Kapiolani - maybe they just expanded since then. I’ve never read that Straub had delivery rooms. I’m wondering if they just had out-patient services for pregnant women at that time. Hopefully someone either knows or can find out.
Here’s a link to a Straub website with phone numbers:
http://www.straubhealth.org/sch/contact/default.aspx
Maybe someone there knows if one of their facilities had delivery rooms in 1961 and if Dr. West did deliveries there.