Dr. Hope is Board Certified in Family Practice and Integrative and Holistic Medicine. He has been with American Indian Health & Services since 2006, and is proud and honored to be serving the local Chumash Community. Dr. Hope was born and raised in Hawaii, and is part-Native Hawaiian. Dr. Hope earned a B.A. in Anthropology and Medical Degree at the University of Hawaii, Manoa where he received the Native Hawaiian Health Professions Scholarship and was elected president of the American Medical Student Association. Later, he was appointed Co-Chief Resident at White Memorial Medical Center, where he learned medical Spanish in East Los Angeles. After residency, he worked in Wahiawa, Hawaii, at the Medical Arts Clinic and was also Assistant Professor at the John Burns School of Medicine. He then relocated to work at Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics before joining American Indian Health & Services. Dr. Hope is fluent in Spanish.
He is a member of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and ‘Ahahui O Na Kauka, a Native Hawaiian Physicians organization. Dr. Hope’s medical philosophy is centered on ALOHA (caring, respect, love), Mana (our innate sacred power or energy), Pono (excellence and hope), Lokahi (balance), finding the causes of illnesses, and empowering patients to learn how to take care of themselves holistically and optimizing their natural healing capacities.