Meet Our OBGYNs

obstetrics and gynaecology

Comprehensive Women's Healthcare

Our practice is comprised of board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners who work closely together as a team to provide you with expert, comprehensive women’s healthcare in a safe and nurturing environment.

Eesha Bhattacharyya, M.D.

Eesha Bhattacharyya, M.D.

Board-Certified OBGYN in Honolulu and Kailua, HI

“We provide positive, supportive obstetrics care, including natural childbirth. Our priority is to have a healthy mother and a healthy baby. We have over 30 years of experience in minimally invasive gynecological surgery.”

Education

Board Certified: American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Specialized TrainingSingle-Site Surgery.

InternshipUniversity of Hawaii School of Medicine, 1989.

Residency: University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, 1992.

Medical School: Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 1988.

Experience

  • He is the backup for the midwives on Molokai and has privileges at CastleQueens, and Kapiolani.
  • He can do VBACs at Queens and Kapiolani.

Advanced Single-site Surgical Training

  • Single Site Hysterectomy
  • Single Site Myomectomy
  • Ovarian cyst removal.
  • Single Site Oophorectomy

Heather Awaya, MD

Heather Awaya, M.D.

Board-Certified OBGYN in Honolulu and Kailua, HI

Dr. Heather Awaya, a female OBGYN, completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA. Dr. Awaya is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Heather Awaya attended John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Manoa. Dr. Awaya has privileges at Castle Hospital. Born and raised in Oahu, Heather is a busy Mom with four lovely children.


Holly Tammens, CNM

Holly Tammens, CNM

Dual Certified Nurse Midwife and Women's Health APRN in Kailua and Honolulu

Holly received her BS in Nursing from the University of Hawaii in 2010 and then an MS with a dual focus on Women’s Health and Midwifery from Georgetown University in 2015. Holly spent eight years caring for women in the community health setting at Kalihi Palama Health Center.

Holly lives in Waimanalo, where her husband was born and raised. She has an active life with three children and her extended local family.


Virginia Lee, CNM

Virginia Lee, CNM

Board-certified Nurse Midwife in Honolulu, HI

Virginia “Ginny” Lee received her Master’s in Nurse-Midwifery from Thomas Jefferson University and has been a board-certified certified nurse-midwife since 2001. She is happy to return to Hawaii after working around the world in Kansas, Seoul, Texas, and Washington, DC. Her career has focused on women’s health since she started as a new graduate nurse in the GYN-oncology unit at Georgetown University Hospital in 1993.

She is committed to facilitating shared decision-making and ensuring women have a voice in their care. In her spare time, she enjoys ocean swimming, paddle boarding, cooking, and encouraging her grown children to visit.