John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Alumna (and proud ʻImi Hoʻōla role model), winner of beauty pageants and Native Hawaiian physician, Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children Obstetrics and Gynecology chief, Dr. Angela Pratt is profiled in Oʻahu’s most widely-read newspaper. Read the story on-line from, MIDWEEK.
Waiʻanae-raised Epigeneticist Dr. Alika Maunakea of JABSOM was profiled as one of Hawaiʻiʻs “Doctors Who Make a Difference” in Honolulu Magazine in the September 2015 issue. Find the story on-line, from Honolulu Magazine.
Dr. Greg Kokame, too, is one of the “Doctors Who Make a Difference”. A clinical professor of surgery (opthalmology) at JABSOM, Kokame performed the first bionic eye implant in the state. Read about him on-line, from Honolulu Magazine.
We are proud of our JABSOM Alumni and Faculty ʻOhana! Those pictured above are among the 288 JABSOM ʻOhana (standing with a few of our future docs studying here!) who were recognized as Hawaiʻi’s “Top Docs” by their peers, and featured in this donor-supported advertisement in Honolulu Magazine’s Top Doctors issue. Nearly three in four MDs recognized as Hawaiʻi’s “Top Doctors” are JABSOM ʻOhana.