Historians and other sorts of antiquarians in Hawaii have been meeting to discuss the history of medicine since 1932 when the History of Medicine Society was formed. The Society was not long lived, but another group was established in 1964 called the Hillebrand Society which continued until 1972. History repeats itself and in 1992 the Hawaii Society for the History of Medicine and Public Health was founded.
自1932年医学史学会成立以来,夏威夷的历史学家和其他各类古物研究者一直在举行会议,讨论医学史。该学会存在的时间不长,但1964年成立了另一个组织,称为希勒布兰德学会,它一直持续到1972年。历史总是重演,1992年,夏威夷医学与公共卫生史学会成立。