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University of Hawaii medical school excels among its peers in producing...
The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is among the top medical schools in the country in several key areas, according to newly released data from the Association of American Medical Colleges...
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Time to dress down: Air Conditioning work will impact Medical Education...
Starting this Friday, (Match Day 2017 and St. Patrick’s Day) March 17, and through Friday March 24, prepare for some muggy weather–INDOORS in parts of the medical school. The facilities team has...
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#2017MATCH: Match Day anticipation runs high among University of Hawaii...
Pictured: Dr. Sara Harris matched in 2013. SOME of the terror was relieved a notch over the weekend, when the soon-to-be doctors in our Class of 2017 began learning whether they had “Matched” in terse...
View ArticleMore great news about JABSOM: U.S. News ranks us #23 in the nation for...
Pictured: Women in the MD Class of 2019 at the White Coat Ceremony in July, 2015. The national “Best Graduate Schools” rankings were released today by U.S. News & World Report, and there was good...
View ArticleChoices, choices! How do you pick your MD Specialty for #MATCH2017
Pictured: Match Day 2012 at JABSOM. Well, it’s complicated. At least it seems that way when you enter medical school. Not so much when you are ready to graduate — and face the Match! By then, you know...
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#Match2017: Hawaii medical students will begin practicing in Residency...
Pictured: Ruel Reyes, MD Class of 2017 with proud parents at JABSOM. Reyes matched into the surgery training program at the University of Arizona in Tuscon. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now Internal...
View Article#MATCH2017: The University of Hawaii Short-Recap Video
Pictured: Yuho Ono points to where she “matched,” into the Pathology Residency Program at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconness in Massachusetts. Ono is a member of the MD Class of 2017. Our John A. Burns...
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#Match2017: 55 University of Hawaii seniors to begin medical residency...
Fifty-five seniors in the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Class of 2017 are headed into residency training this summer, in locations from Honolulu to Boston. #Match2017,...
View ArticleTwo Wo Family Scholarships benefit six JABSOM medical students
PHOTO: Wo JABSOM Scholarship Guests (Front Row Left to Right) James Ha, Rachel Lee, Leimomi Kanagusuku, Asia Ayabe (Back Row Left to Right) Sean Awakuni, Margie Wo, Ric Wo, Keola Kane, Roy Magnusson,...
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University of Hawaii Research: Current jellyfish sting recommendations can...
A sting by this Australian box jelly can lead to death in as little as 5 minutes. (credit: A Yanagihara) By Marcie Grabowski, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Hawaii Being...
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Research: University of Hawaii reports Astaxanthin can activate the FOX03...
Pictured: L-R: David Watumull, President and CEO, Cardax, Inc; Bradley Willcox, MD, JABSOM-Kuakini; Richard Allsopp, PhD, JABSOM-Institute for Biogenesis Research. The University of Hawaiʻi John A....
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Surgery’s 2017 Cross-Cultural Health Care Conference draws 150 attendees from...
Pictured: Health Sciences leaders Mokuau, Boland, Braun and Hedges By Dr. Maria Chun, Department of Surgery On February 17-18, 2017, the UHM Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine...
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Dean Hedges is re-elected to national leadership role on the AAMC Council of...
Pictured: Dean Jerris Hedges with other Deans with backgrounds in Emergency Medicine, at the 2017 Council of Deans meeting. Jerris Hedges, MD, Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at...
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Scattering ceremony for Willed Body Donors at 2 p.m. April 8, off Magic Island
Pictured: Mourners say goodbye from shore at the 2012 Willed Body Ceremony. University of Hawaiʻi medical students will carry the remains of anatomy body donors this weekend, embarking on a final...
View ArticleNEW ISSUE: What’s in the Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine and Public Health?
The April 2017 edition of the Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine and Public Health (HJM&PH) features a cost-benefit analysis of using statins in Hawai‘i; a study examining the long-term outcome of...
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Glen Chew of Tropical Medicine to receive UH Manoa’s 2017 Excellence in...
Pictured: Glen Chew speaks at a conference in Vancouver in 2015. Chalk up another award for researcher Glen Chew, of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Department of Tropical Medicine,...
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Robert Wong Lectureship will feature a Surgery alumnus and an innovator in...
How can Hawaiʻi’s doctors, social workers, pharmacists and other professionals work together to better serve the elderly? What are the latest hot topics in Surgery? Those are the fascinating topics...
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Remembering Henry “Hank” Morrow
Henry “Hank” Alison Morrow 1940-2016 Story and Photos provided by the Morrow Family He was born in a small town in Wisconsin to Dorothy and Theron Morrow on August 25, 1940. He was three when they left...
View ArticleOutstanding Project Manager honor for leader of JABSOM center helping the...
Pictured: Dr. Horvath with Governor David Ige and Colin Whited during a ceremony commemorating 25 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Governor’s office photo. Dr. Violet Horvath, Director of...
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Honolulu AIDS Walk April 15: You are invited you to join the JABSOM and...
MD students, staff and faculty are invited to walk this Saturday, April 15, in the annual Life Foundation Honolulu AIDS Walk. The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has two teams — either one...
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