#60: Compassion & Courage in Covid

Drs. Kirk and Kimberly Milhoan are an amazing physician couple with a unique combination of expertise in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Anesthesia. They have experienced what happens when  speaking out against the status quo on Covid therapeutics , and what that cost is. Kirk tells of how he became subject to investigation by the Hawaii Board of Medicine for a conversation he had regarding Covid therapies. 

Throughout the pandemic they began to question the evolving push of vaccines over outpatient therapies. Kirk also has concerns with what is happening to children’s cardiac health as a result of using an emergency use injection therapy in our young, with no long term data. 

They have been actively involved in Global Covid Summit and proponents of the sanctity of the physician-patient relationship, recognizing natural immunity from Covid and avoidance of doing more harm than good with Covid mRNA technologies.

Kirk Milhoan has a BA in Biology and Chemistry and a PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology, focusing on cellular mechanisms of cardiac inflammation, specifically the role of platelet activating factor in activating the myocardial inflammation process. He received his medical degree, Magna Cum Laude, from the Jefferson Medical College of the Thomas Jefferson University. He completed his pediatric residency at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base and pediatric cardiology fellowship at San Diego Children’s Hospital/UCSD. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Academy of Pediatrics. He served thirteen years in the United States Air Force as a pediatric cardiologist and flight surgeon. 

Kim is a graduate of Stanford University, with a B.A. in Human Biology, with a concentration in Public Health and Health Administration. She worked as a health care management consultant for American Practice Management before obtaining her medical degree.  She completed her anesthesiology residency, as chief resident, at the University of Health Science Center in San Antonio. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology in Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology, and a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiology, with a specialty in Pediatric Anesthesia.

She and Kirk co-founded  For Hearts and Souls, a non-profit specializing in the international care of children with congenital heart disease. Kirk serves as medical director and diagnostic cardiologist for the organization, and they have voluntarily served the needs of tens of thousands of children with heart defects throughout the world. The organization has performed over 700 invasive pediatric cardiac procedures internationally. 

Kirk is also the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel South Maui.  He and his wife have treated many patients with COVID-19 through their federally recognized free mobile medical clinic in Maui.   LINKS:  Global Covid Summit Maui -an alliance of physicians and scientists committed to thinking globally and acting locally regarding COVID-19 public health policy and information.

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