Hula Performance #2: MD Candidates Perform Hula Auwana at MD 2016 Senior Lūʻau
From their performance at the MD 2016 Senior Lūʻau, we see two of the Women’s Auwana performances. This video was recorded by the University of Hawai’i medical school communications office at the UH...
View ArticleCONVOCATION OVERVIEW VIDEO: The kisses, the embraces, say it all. “We’re...
Sixty-four graduates of the University of Hawai’i medical school disperse near and wide in the month ahead, as they begin their careers as MDs in training “from Honolulu to Boston,” as Professor...
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JABSOM Enquirer: Arcelita Imasa on being a mom and a medical student at the...
Pictured above: Arcelita Imasa with Dean Jerris Hedges and Dr. Winona Lee at the 2014 White Coat Ceremony for the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Arcelita Imasa, (MD 2018) has just finished her...
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H.O.M.E. Project’s Dr. Jill Omori presented with Hawaiʻi Women Lawyers’...
Pictured above: far right, Dr. Jill Omori directs MD students in a clinic operated by the H.O.M.E. Project. Reported by Janelle Guerrero-Miguel, UH Med Now Student Journalist University of Hawai’i...
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Kīhei Ceremony welcomes newest kauka ʻopio (young doctors)
The annual Kīhei Ceremony at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaiʻi, is held annually to celebrate the entry into medicine of new physicians of Hawaiian Ancestry. This...
View ArticleIan’s Story: How the MD Class of 2016 showered comfort on one of its own
The MD Class of 2016 at the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine graduated on May 14, 2016. The following day they came together once again, to celebrate in a Convocation Ceremony at...
View ArticleA kīhei for Dr. Satoru Izutsu
The University of Hawai’i Department of Native Hawaiian Health presented a special kīhei at this year’s ceremony to honor the newest physicians of Native Hawaiian ancestry to graduate from the John A....
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Slideshow: 2016 MD Class Awards presented at Convocation Ceremony
Every year, generous donors provide cash awards at graduation to support our worthy MD students and congratulate them for their achievement in various categories of clinical practice, academic...
View ArticleIn Memory: Dr. Sherrel Hamar, Longtime Pediatrics Chair, Interim Dean
Longtime former chair of Pediatrics at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school Dr. Sherrel Hammar passed away peacefully in Honolulu on May 17, 2016, a few days short of his 85th birthday. Dr. Hammar...
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Corals share many of the genes humans possess: How can we both benefit?
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) scientists at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology have published new research showing that corals share many...
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JABSOM faculty member selected as national OB/GYN board examiner
Pictured above: An OB-GYN residents training session at JABSOM. On May 19, Dr. Holly Olson, deputy designated institutional official-designate of Graduate Medical Education at the John A. Burns School...
View ArticleUH Medical student donates bone marrow to help a four-year old fight cancer
Above: Courtney Gaddis is pictured with a volunteer patient in the Center for Clinical Skills at JABSOM. By Janelle Guerrero-Miguel, UH Med Now Student Journalist University of Hawaiʻi medical student...
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UH Tropical Medicine researchers will import Zika virus to begin research and...
The Hawai’i State Board of Agriculture voted today to approve an application by the University of Hawai’i to import live Zika virus so that research into finding a vaccine can get underway in Honolulu....
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Aloha ʻoe, Jimmy Borges
It is with sadness that we note the death, on Monday, May 31, 2016, of award-winning singer and actor, Jimmy Borges, of Hawaiʻi. He was 80. The faculty and staff of the John A. Burns School of...
View ArticleHawaiʻi Senator Schatz appointed to conference committee negotiating Zika...
Pictured: U.S. Senator Schatz delivers the commencement address at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on May 14, 2016. (WASHINGTON) – Senate leaders this week named U.S. Senator Brian Schatz...
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“Unstoppable” speech pathology alumna honored in 2016 UH Distinguished Alumni...
Pictured: Dr. Young is second from left among the 2016 Distinguished Alumni awardees. At far right is Ken Hayashida, President of the UH Alumni Association. A alumna of the Communication Sciences and...
View ArticleSenator Hirono Update: FY 20I7 Appropriations Bill for Health, Human Services...
U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono’s office has informed us that the FY2017 Senate Appropriations bill contains some good news for Hawaiʻi- including a return to full funding for Native Hawaiian health care,...
View ArticleALUMNI, RSVP BY JULY 1 for family-focused RECONNECT 2016 coming July 23
Pictured: Jared Acoba, MD, and family at the Reconnect 2014 at the Honolulu Zoo. By Julie Inouye, UH-JABSOM Alumni Coordinator The reunion for University of Hawai’i MD Alumni at the John A. Burns...
View ArticleFirst entrants in the MD Class of 2020 are from underserved or disadvantaged...
Pictured left to right, holding their acceptance letters into the UH medical school, are Leilani Manglicmot, Gavin Ha, Carrie Ip, Jaymes Lonzanida, Britney Quibelan, Eddy Leung, Christina Kawai, Keith...
View ArticleEXTENDED PLAY VERSION: Convocation MD Class of 2016
We’ve got you covered! Every single member of the awesome MD Class of 2016 at the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine is in this 30 minute video! If you attended convocation on May...
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