input error

Your privacy settings do not allow this content to be viewed.

Cristen RK Aona, PA-C

Photo of Cristen RK Aona, PA-C
{{0}} ratings {{0}} comments
System Error

The information is not available

My specialty:
Orthopaedic Surgery

My provider affiliation:
Kaiser Permanente provider

I speak: English

My gender: Female

Referral required.

Where I practice

Skip map Map begins
This information is not available at this time.
This information is not available at this time.
Available services
  • Emergency service
  • Urgent care services
  • After-hours services
  • Pharmacy services
Unavailable services
  • No emergency services
  • No urgent care services
  • No after-hours services
  • No pharmacy services
This information is not available at this time.
Map ends

About me

I was born and raised in Makakilo on the west side of Oahu. I went to Punahou School and later attended East Carolina University in North Carolina for my Bachelor of Science, and Touro University in Nevada for my Master in Physician Assistant Studies. Before moving back to the islands, I’d been living in Las Vegas for a number of years and was excited to come home.

About my practice

I've always wanted the opportunity to make positive changes in the lives of people around me. That desire, combined with a fascination with the human body and the way it heals, pointed to a career in which I could promote health and well-being. Being a PA was ideal for this purpose. In college I was active in sports and had my share of strains, sprains, dislocations, and fractures. This led to an interest in orthopaedics. It’s rewarding to be able to examine a problem, find a solution, and positively impact someone’s life, often all in the same visit. I’m thrilled and humbled to be able to serve the Hawaii community in this way.

 

I keep up to date in medicine by reading professional journals and accessing the online clinical resources. I also attend continuing medical education programs and consult with my colleagues.

 

I decided to join Hawaii Permanente Medical Group because I saw that in addition to being a medical group, it also operated as a family and a coordinated team. All the staff members, from the doctors to the administrative specialists, work together toward the common goal of providing each patient the best possible care and service.

 

One of my favorite things about being a provider is getting to know my patients by talking story. I want to know not only about their medical condition and reason for the visit, but about their family, hobbies, and other parts of their lives that are important to them. Understanding their needs allows me to be supportive, provide helpful patient education, and recommend a treatment that’s appropriate for them.

How I thrive

To stay physically healthy, I like to exercise at the gym, hike, take my dogs for walks, and play organized sports. To stay mentally healthy, I read, laugh, and look to my faith. Spending time with family is my highest priority outside of work.


I was away from the islands for more than 10 years, and I missed relaxing at family potlucks, listening to my dad play the ukulele, and hearing funny stories from our past. I also enjoy going to the beach and traveling.

My office

Referral requirements

You need a referral to see this provider.

Languages spoken by medical staff

Help is available in your language. Learn more.

My training, certifications & licensing

Professional school

Touro University - Nevada
Henderson , NV

Provider ID

17181

To find:

  • a provider’s office hours, search our facility directory
  • providers in your plan or accepting new patients, call 1-800-966-5955 (toll free) or 711 (TTY for the hearing/speech impaired)

The information in this online directory is updated at least monthly. The availability of physicians, hospitals, providers, and services may change. To report an error, please call 1-800-966-5955 or email us.

Medicare Members: To request a hard copy of Kaiser Permanente’s provider directory, please call our Member Services department at 1-800-805-2739, seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Kaiser Permanente will mail a hard copy of the provider directory to you within three (3) business days of your request. Kaiser Permanente may ask whether your request for a hard copy is a one-time request or if you are requesting to receive the provider directory in hard copy permanently.

If you request it, your request for hard copies of the provider directory remains until you leave Kaiser Permanente or request that hard copies be discontinued.

Kaiser Permanente works together with participating providers to ensure all cultural competence obligations are met. We are dedicated to ensuring that services are provided in a culturally competent manner to all members, including those with limited English proficiency and reading skills; as well as those with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities

Kaiser Permanente is committed to providing accessible facilities, services, and programs for all members, visitors and individuals with disabilities. In compliance with federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination based on disability, Kaiser Permanente provides:

  1. accessible exam rooms and medical equipment;
  2. free auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication with individuals with hearing, vision, cognitive, and/or communication-related disabilities, including qualified sign language interpreter services and informational materials in alternative formats (large print, audio tape/CDs, accessible PDFs or Microsoft Word documents, electronic texts/disks/CD-ROMS, and Braille); and
  3. access to service animals, except where the animal poses a significant health or safety risk(s) to others.

For more information about access to a specific facility or provider, or if you believe that Kaiser Permanente has failed to provide appropriate access or services or otherwise discriminated on the basis of a disability, please contact Member Services toll-free 1-800-966-5955 or TTY 711, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. or Saturday, 8 a.m. – noon. You may also contact or file a grievance with the Kaiser Permanente Civil Rights Coordinator in person, by mail, fax or email at: 711 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, civil-rights-coordinator@kp.org, or toll-free 1-800-966-5955, TTY 711.

The availability and use of the Kaiser Permanente grievance procedure does not prevent a person from filing a complaint of discrimination on the basis of disability with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights or the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission.

Kaiser Permanente uses the same quality, member experience, or cost-related measures to select practitioners and facilities in Marketplace Silver-tier plans as it does for all other Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP) products and lines of business and uses the same geographic distribution consideration to select hospitals in Marketplace plans as it does for all other Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP) products and lines of business. The measures may include, but are not limited to, HEDIS/CAHPS performance, member/patient complaints, patient safety scores, hospital quality measures, and geographic need. Members enrolled in KFHP Marketplace plans have access to all professional, institutional and ancillary health care providers who participate in KFHP plans' contracted provider network, in accordance with the terms of the members' KFHP plan of coverage. All Kaiser Permanente Medical Group physicians and network physicians are subject to the same quality review processes and certifications.

A narrow network is defined as a tailored, tiered or high-performance network that has 80 percent or less overlap with a health plan’s broadest network offered to a member in any type of plan offered by that health plan. Kaiser Permanente does not have a narrow network with respect to its Marketplace plans. Members enrolled in Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP) Marketplace plans have access to the same provider networks as members enrolled in all other KFHP plans.

Information about a practitioner is provided to us by the practitioner or is obtained as part of the credentialing process. If you would like more current information on a practitioner's license, call either the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Consumer Resource Center at (808) 587-3295 or visit their website, or call the Kaiser Permanente Customer Service Center at (808) 432-5955 (Oahu) or 1-800-966-5955 (toll free, neighbor islands). For the deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired, call 1-800-966-5955 or 711 (TTY).

 

This page was last updated on: 04/26/2025