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Naguwa Scholarship awarded to Pediatric Resident
Photo above:(left to right) Missy Naguwa, Dr. Mary Rose Nino, Jan Naguwa, Stan Naguwa By Elaine Evans, Director of Development On May 31, Dr. Gwen Naguwa’s brother and sister-in-law, Stan and Jan, and...
View Article“CARE Act signed into law in Hawaiʻi requires hospital discharge policies...
Pictured: Governor signs the CARE Act surrounded by supportive lawmakers and a representative of the Hawaiʻi AARP. Governors office photo. Gov. David Ige today signed into law HB 2252 (ACT 69) that...
View Article2016 ʻImi Hoʻōla Completion Ceremony Highlights!
Tuesday June 14, 2016 eight students celebrated the completion of the rigorous ʻImi Hoʻōla “those who seek to heal” Post-Baccalaureate Program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). After an...
View ArticleVideo Report: Newest ʻImi Hoʻōla alumni describe the rigorous program and...
Tina Shelton covers the completion ceremony for the ʻImi Hoʻōla Post-Baccalaureate Program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Promoting students from underserved areas or disadvantaged...
View ArticleKeeping Family Medicine Residency Program in good health
Dr. Jennifer Frank is pictured in her office at University Health Services. Like many graduates fresh out of medical school, Jennifer Frank worked as a locum (temporary stand-in) physician while trying...
View ArticleSenator Schatz and colleagues introduce bill to make it easier for...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) will introduce the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies (MEDS) Act of 2016,...
View ArticleDean’s Message June 2016
Memories from our 50th anniversary celebration are still warm, and we look forward more than ever to seeing alumni and their families again at Reconnect 2016 on July 23! We hope you can join us for a...
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MD Class of 2018 is preparing to learn in a hospital near you
The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) MD Class of 2018 has reached the end of transition to clerkship training! This eventful week has prepared the new MS-3s (third-year medical students) for...
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Colin C. McCorriston, MD Endowed Professorship created in JABSOM OB-GYN
Pictured: Dr. Tom Kosasa and Bill McCorriston By Elaine Evans, JABSOM Development Director Punahou classmates Dr. Tom Kosasa (John A. Burns School of Medicine OB-GYN Professor Emeritus) and Hawai’i...
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Senior Seminars begin for MD Class of 2017
The MD Class of 2017 is roaring to the finish line. Members of the class began their final year at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) this week with a Senior Seminar, one of three they will...
View Article“Throwback Thursday” Video: An inspiring visit to our school by students with...
Story, Video and Photographs by Amanda Shell, UH Med Now Students from the Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf and the Blind (HSDB) were transformed into medical students for an exciting morning in January at...
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UH Mānoa students win awards at national Health Occupations Students of...
Pictured: UH Mānoa HOSA Faculty Advisor, JABSOM’s Sheri Gon, with medal winner Aprilei Ramirez in Nashville. Seven University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa (UHM) students interested in the health sciences joined...
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Pali Momi becomes a major participating site for University of Hawaiʻi Family...
Pictured: Family Medicine Resident MDs and faculty during a training session at the UH medical school. Beginning July 1, 2016, Pali Momi Medical Center in ʻAiea will become the major participating...
View ArticleGovernor signs bill expanding medicaid coverage for telehealth
Governor Ige signs the bill surrounded by Rachel Wong, DrPH, Director, Department of Human Services; Sen. Roz Baker, Senate Health Chair; Virginia Pressler, MD, (JABSOM ʻ82) State Health Director and...
View ArticleHonolulu Junior Paramedics visit University of Hawai’i medical school
Pictured: MD 2019 classmates speak to visiting teenagers today at the JABSOM Campus (Amanda Shell photo). Second-year medical students (MD Class of 2019) at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school...
View ArticleNew MD Class of 2020 is medical school’s largest
The week of July 11, 2016 we welcome the newest students at the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)–the MD Class of 2020! 70 students arrive on campus Monday, beginning a...
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VIDEO: Meet some of the PHYSICIAN RESIDENTS now at work in Hawai’i’s hospitals
The new MD (Medical Doctor) and DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) residents in the 18 nationally-accredited post-MD graduate medical education programs at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) began...
View ArticleOur new MD 2020 class members aren’t the only newbies. Meet the newest staff...
Pictured, left to right, Helen Longao, Sharleen Chock and Kristin Teranishi. FIRST UP, AN MD WHO KNOWS JABSOM IN AND OUT Name: Kristen Teranishi, M.D., M.S. Position: Assistant Director/Assistant...
View ArticleWords of Wisdom to our newest MD class, from the MD alumni in the JABSOM...
Our newest MD students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine have started their orientation week! In addition to welcoming the MD Class of 2020, we figured we could give them some good advice about...
View ArticleVIDEO: Shoutouts from members of the MD Class of 2020, on their first day of...
They were chosen from more than 2,400 applicants, and they are the biggest MD Class ever at the University of Hawaiʻi. All 70 members of the incoming MD Class of 2020 kicked off the next four years of...
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