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Be a Piece of the JABSOM Community Art Puzzle
The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Health Sciences Library and the Office of Medical Education (OME) are starting the year with a fun, relaxing and collaborative community art activity! Last...
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Nacho Mahalo — like the 2016 Internal Giving Campaign — a success!
Nachos — always a favorite of the students, staff and faculty at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) –were handed out with festive flair in the medical school’s Waiola Cafe on Friday, January...
View ArticleDavid Haymer of Cell and Molecular Biology chosen as Fulbright Specialist
John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Professor David Haymer received a Fulbright Award in 2016 recognizing his expertise in DNA-based methods for identifying species. Dr. Haymer’s research has...
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MD students offer more than simple blood pressure screening at the Makahiki...
Pictured: Dr. Christian Gulbrandsen, retired Dean of JABSOM and the “Father of PBL” with members of all four medical school classes at the Makahiki games. Left to right: Kaʻahukane Leite-Ah Yo, MS1;...
View ArticleFROM AAMC: American medical schools group expresses concern over Immigration...
Pictured: Dr. Darrell Kirch at the JABSOM Convocation in 2011. Association of American Medical Colleges President and CEO Dr. Darrell Kirch stated today that the AAMC is “deeply concerned that the...
View ArticleGraduate Certificate in Tropical Medicine Program receives accreditation
Pictured, L-R: Dr. William Gosnell, Dr. Ric Yanagihara and Dr. Vivek Nerurkar of Tropical Medicine. A Graduate Certificate in Tropical Medicine is now offered at the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns...
View ArticleCall for Abstracts: Annual Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities Symposium
The ANNUAL BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES and HEALTH DISPARITIES SYMPOSIUM is scheduled for April 20 and 21, 2017 at the Kakaʻako campus! The symposium, sponsored by the John A. Burns School of Medicine, National...
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JABSOM 50th Anniversary Scholars among newest scholarship recipients
Pictured: Eight of the first 50th Anniversary Scholars at JABSOM. The first ten scholarships funded by the 2015 John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) 50th Anniversary Gala were awarded in 2016. Ten...
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A letter home to JABSOM from Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD Class of 1998
Pictured: Sheldon Riklon, M.D., (center) was invested into the Peter O. Kohler, M.D., Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Health Disparities. He is shown with Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., associate vice...
View ArticleMD Student learns “priceless lessons” through Primary Care Progress...
By Megan Sumida, MS2 During the 2014-2015 school year, the University of Hawaiʻi’s Primary Care Progress chapter launched a primary care mentorship program through which first year medical students...
View ArticleUniversity of Hawaii medical school “excels in solving the nation’s primary...
Pictured: Kelly Makino, MD, examines a child at Mililani Physician Center, operated by University Health Partners of Hawaii. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now The American Academy of Family Physicians has...
View ArticleNews Roundup from the UH medical school’s Global Health and Medicine Office
“Think globally, act locally,” is the popular saying. Our mission at the John A. Burns School of Medicine is to do it all: to think AND act both locally and globally. Each year our clinical and...
View ArticlePrimary Care Physician Mentors WANTED
The Primary Care Progress (PCP) John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) chapter is seeking primary care physicians who are interested in mentoring first-year medical students in the following...
View ArticleHawaiʻi resident Dr. Richard A. Smith, “father of Physician Assistant...
Photo courtesy: The Obama White House and the MEDEX Northwest Foundation at the University of Washington. He is considered the father of the Physician Assistant (PA) profession. Dr. Richard A. Smith...
View ArticleFlashback: Early UH Med Now video of mock grand rounds, circa 2011
Dr. Sakai is pictured at left, in this photo from 2016. The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) was just awakening to video as a way to take citizens “inside” the training of...
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Feb. 21 at JABSOM: Meet a candidate for Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Dr. James Nuovo, a candidate for the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, will be available to meet and greet on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at JABSOM. The...
View ArticleHealth Insurance Panel today Feb. 14 at 5:30 in MEB 301
Pictured: JABSOM Family Medicine Resident Eugene Lao on duty at Pali Momi Medical Center. Join the MD student Business of Medicine Interest Group for a Hawaiʻi Health Insurance Panel, with special...
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SWEET RUSH: UH medical school becomes a Valentine’s Day treat shop, to raise...
The best bakers, candy makers and sweet-buyers are contributing to a Dessert contest to benefit the Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) Project. Staff and faculty and students of the...
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