Born in the Netherlands and raised in Montana, Dr. Irminne Van Dyken is a general and trauma surgeon in practice with Kaiser Permanente Medical Group on Maui. She is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Breast Surgeons, and the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Dr. Van Dyken is a passionate advocate of a whole foods, plant-based diet, seeing it as a way to prevent and treat many common maladies in Hawaii and the world. She also serves on the board for the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. She and her husband Russell created “Out of the Doldrums” – online resources promoting healthy, active, plant based living (on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube).