1956
Born to Robert E. Hundahl and Mariann Berg (Hundahl) Appley in Omaha, NE.
1977
Earns a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry, magna cum laude, from Harvard University.
1981
Obtains a Doctor of Medicine from the Yale School of Medicine; Is a general surgical resident at the University of Hawaii until 1986.
1986
Is a surgical oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City until 1988.
1986
Is a co-founder and lifetime director of Comprehensive Home Services Hawaii, now CareResource Hawaii.
1988
Works in private practice in surgical oncology in Honolulu, HI until 2002.
1991
Serves the American College of Surgeons on the board of governors and various committees through 2002.
1993
Is associate chief of surgery, chief of surgery and medical director at Queen’s Medical/Cancer Institute in Honolulu, HI through 2002.
1993
Is an assistant research professor and research staff member at the University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center until 2002.
1993
Serves the American Cancer Society Hawaii-Pacific Division as vice president and the Honolulu Unit as president through 2001.
1994
Serves the Pan-Pacific Surgical Association as general surgery program chair, trustee and congress planning committee member through 2004.
1995
Is named annually to Best Doctors and Best Doctors in America until 2020.
1996
Is an associate clinical professor of surgery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine until 2002.
1996
Serves the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as vice chair and chair through 2000.
2000
Receives a Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Surgeons; Is a medical editor for the Journal of Registry Mgmt. until 2008.
2002
Is chief of surgery at VA Northern California Health Care System until 2019; Is a professor of clinical surgery at the University of California Davis until 2020.
2008
Receives the Nishi Award for Best Paper in Gastric Cancer from the International Gastric Cancer Association.
2009
Receives the Joan Oettinger Memorial Award from the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
2014
Is named an Honorary Commander of the 60th Medical Group of the Travis Air Force Base through 2016.
2019
Commences his retirement.