Pictured: JABSOM Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Alan Otsuki, UH Foundation President, Donna Vuchinich, Territorial Savings Bank, Chairman, President and CEO Allan Kitagawa, and JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges
Alumni Newsletter:
To help tackle Hawai`i’s critical shortfall of physicians, Territorial Savings Bank (TSB) has donated $100,000 to create a new scholarship for JABSOM medical students. This scholarship will help address the physician shortfall because it is specifically intended for Hawaiʻi resident students who intend to stay and practice in Hawaiʻi.
When making the gift, TSB Chairman of the Board, President and CEO Allan Kitagawa said, “We are proud to have a fully accredited and highly respected medical school here at the University. Our hope is that this contribution will encourage more of our medical school graduates to remain in Hawaiʻi and contribute to the future health and well-being of our citizens.”
In accepting TSB’s check, Dean Hedges said, “We are very grateful to Territorial Savings Bank for investing in our students. Their gift will have a tremendous impact on Hawaiʻi’s health care future, and is especially welcome because it will encourage local students – those most likely to remain in Hawaiʻi – to train at home. These students are also being recruited by mainland medical schools so having robust scholarship packages is critical to our ability to attract the best.”
The first Territorial Savings Bank Scholars will receive their awards in academic year 2020.