DR. DWIGHT INOUYE

Gunnison Hospital, Gunnison, Utah

 Dwight was able to begin fulfilling his childhood dream of returning to Gunnison to practice medicine. Dwight constructed a white-brick building east of the Gunnison Hospital and for forty years served the Central Utah community as a healer, caregiver, and physician. His focus was singular: to improve the lives of his patients living in rural areas. He had the privilege of caring for patients from Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne and Emery counties, taking care of them at every stage of their lives and over multiple generations. Dwight’s greatest treasure in life, however, was his large immediate and extended family. He loved having fun and enjoying life with his children and grandchildren. 

ARTIST: GURSEL AKCAY  - Turkish-American artist Dr. Gursel Akcay has always had it: He has created art and translated lines and strokes into emotion since childhood. It has been the definition of his life and how he has viewed everything around him. With the opportunity that Arthouse NYC afforded him to be a part of the Hero Art Project, honoring people like Dr Dwight Hideo Inuoye who lost their lives working in the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic gave another meaning to this definition. Dr Akcay lives in Connecticut with his husband and two dogs.