With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Alquero is family practice physician who takes time to know his patients. Dr. Alquero graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines and completed his Family Practice residency in Ohio in 1981.

Dr. Alquero’s patient care philosophy can be described with three C’s…. Compassion, Commitment and Competence. When Dr. Alquero is not seeing patients in his practice, he enjoys travelling, philanthropic activities and watching movies.

Board certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Hypertension, Dr Sonido is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University Of Hawaii John A. Burns School Of Medicine. He trained in Wayne State University and University of Hawaii. In private practice for 36 years, he has 3 clinics, 70 employees including 8 physicians and is probably the busiest primary care physician in the state. An Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, he teaches many medical students and residents. He also mentors international medical graduates and helps them land into residency programs. He is one of only 4 certified hypertension specialists in Hawaii.

A philanthropist, he volunteers on many medical missions and in free clinics. He recently donated a lying-in clinic in the Philippines where indigent patients could deliver their babies for free. He is also the executive editor and publisher of the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle, a local Filipino newspaper. His practice philosophy is the delivery of competent, compassionate and culturally-sensitive care.

Dr. Mariani was born in the Philippines and fulfilled her dream of coming to America after graduating from Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical School in Manila. She completed her internship, residency, and a 2 year fellowship at the University of Hawaii. Thankful for the support that she received from her adopted country she volunteered for a 4 year tour in the US Air Force and then served for an additional 22 years in the Air Force Reserve based at Hickam AFB in Honolulu as a Flight Surgeon. She retired as a Lt. Colonel. In 1982, after leaving the Air Force, she established one of the busiest Internal Medicine practices in Leeward Oahu.

Dr. Mariani has been a leader among Filipino physicians. She was a founding officer and later President of the Philippine Medical Society of Hawaii. She was appointed to the Board of St. Francis Hospital West and later Queens Hospital West. She served on the Aloha Medical Mission, the Bayanihan Clinic without walls and is currently the Treasurer of the Ohana Medical Mission. During the last 3 years she has served as President of the Hawaii Filipino Healthcare IPO of Hawaii. She recently won an award for the preventive treatment of elderly patients

Her medical philosophy is first and foremost to listen carefully with empathy to her patient’s concerns so that there is clear communication. This is the art of medicine. She believes that preventing disease is always better than having to treat disease. When disease does occur she believes in employing the best treatments that medical science has to offer either personally or where appropriate by referring to the best specialists. This is the science of medicine.

Dr. Mariani’s free time is spent with her extended family most of whom live on Oahu. She also enjoys playing the piano.