He was nominated for state health director, but shortly after accepting the nomination he turned it down.
He has just resigned as head of family medicine at the state university.
Allegations of medical reimbursement fraud keep following him around, but no one’s saying much.
If he is guilty of this, what an amazing, high-level instance of corruption this would have been – state health director! Even by Hawaii’s standards — it has long been one of our most corrupt states — this would have been quite an accomplishment.
Neal Palafox remains a tenured member of the UH medical faculty. I wonder how long that will last.