Dr Thomas Kosasa
Dr. Thomas Kosasa turned his back on a comfortable life in the family business — ABC Stores — to pursue the life of a Renaissance man, and for years the life of a playboy.
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On the ground, he’s into fast cars. Racing honors include 11 first-place finishes in National Hot Road Association New England series, driving a 1965 Corvette, and 10 first-place finishes for the Sport Car Club of America North Atlantic Championship Series, with a 1975 Porsche. He also has participated in Ferrari Club of America racing events.
The youthful-looking, very fit Kosasa is an expert skier, scuba diver and shooter. What do all these interests have in common?
“Precision and technology,” says Kosasa, who is drawn to exciting and challenging pursuits.
That also applies to the medical field where Kosasa is a nationally recognized authority on artificial reproductive technology. He is a professor and chief of reproductive endocrinology at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine and publisher of more than 50 scientific articles.
“My main interest is delivering babies, because it’s a happy field,” Kosasa says modestly. “It’s one of the few fields where you leave the hospital with something extra.”
He has delivered thousands of babies, and there’s proof at his Kapiolani Medical Center office where the walls are covered with family photos from patients. Most couples conceive and deliver babies through the normal process. But there are more than a few “miracle babies” conceived through in vitro fertilization. It is in this highly advanced and sometimes controversial field that Kosasa has his greatest moments.
While pursuing advanced studies in obstetrics-gynecology, a professor got Kosasa interested in infertility research and solutions. Infertility is the inability to become pregnant, which can be caused by many factors including infections, disease, tubal blockage and abnormal tissue.
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