Nine JABSOM faculty earn tenure or promotions for 2017
Above: UH Med Graphic Article contributed by: Lori Emery, Faculty Development Program Manager Promotion and tenure at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) is almost a year-long process that recognizes a...
View ArticleFaculty “Q & A”: Dr. William Wong of Ophthalmology
What is your name and position title? William K. Wong, Jr. MD Assistant Clinical Professor What Department are you with? Surgery, Ophthalmology Describe what you do at JABSOM Provide clinical rotations...
View ArticleAlumni “Q & A”: Dr. Christian Kikuchi, MD Class of 2010
What is your name and position title? Christian K. Kikuchi, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor What Department are you with? Department of Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery Division. Describe what you do at...
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OB-GYN: Alumna and Kapʻiolani Chief of OB-GYN Dr. Angela Pratt gives back to...
Physicians and staff of the University of Hawaiʻi Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health (OB-GYN) gathered on May 9, 2017 to celebrate the “Angela Pratt Endowment,” a gift created by...
View ArticleMeet the Interns! Doctors-in-training gather before launching their careers...
The graduate medical education year kicked off July 1, 2017 for nearly 32,000 doctors-in-training around the country, including those now hard at work under the supervision of the University of Hawaiʻi...
View ArticleWhite Coat Ceremony Video
Pictured: Some of the MD Class of 2021 at their White Coat Ceremony. Amanda Shell Photo. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now Their future as doctors has begun for the 74 newest medical students University of...
View ArticleZika research at University of Hawaiʻi medical school in the spotlight at...
Dr. Mukesh Kumar, of the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), has developed a guinea pig model for Zika virus infection, which may play in future research into the emerging...
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JABSOM Reconnect 2017 features history, and an unforgettable painting
Pictured: Gayle Gilbert, retired JABSOM administrative assistant to the dean, first hired by Dr. Windsor Cutting in 1967, and former Dean of Students Ben Young, MD unveil Linus Chao’s portrait of...
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Department of Surgery: Dr. Mikami energized by new leadership skills...
Dean Mikami, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) returned to Hawai’i energized by a leadership program in Boston. He won...
View ArticleUH in nation’s TOP 20 for leading in research and academic reach
Pictured: Bruce Shiramizu, MD, Pediatrician and JABSOM Researcher, in his lab at Kakaʻako The University of Hawaiʻi is ranked among the nation’s top 20 public universities in providing equal access to...
View ArticlePainter Linus Chao creates first of “Dean’s Series,” with Windsor Cutting, MD...
Pictured: Dr. Ben Young and Gayle Gilbert unveil the Windsor Cutting, MD painting By Tina Shelton,UH Med Now The artist Linus Chao, a native of Hawai’i Island, was interviewed by UH Med Now at the...
View ArticleFirst-of-its-kind FORENSICS class underway in University of Hawaiʻi medical...
Pictured: A mock crime scene, part of the Forensics course. Jesse Thompson photo. The University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine and the UH Mānoa Outreach College collaborated to create a...
View ArticleVideo: Hawaiʻi Island leaders embrace the upcoming Residency Training Program...
Pictured: Hawaiʻi Mayor Harry Kim with JABSOM OB-GYN Chair Dr. Ivica Zalud and JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges in Hilo. The University of Hawaiʻi medical school has deployed its first full-time compensated...
View ArticleMessage from incoming JABSOM Alumni President Richard Kasuya (MD 1989)
Dear fellow JABSOM alumni, I am sincerely honored to begin a term as the President of the JABSOM Alumni Association. Like you, I owe so much to this amazing medical school. JABSOM provided me the...
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JABSOM in the Genes: An opportunity to join anonymous donor, ʻohana in...
Above: Son Jon with Yoshitsuge Hokama, PhD in Honolulu. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now An anonymous donor has stepped forward, offering to “match” individual gifts to the Hokama fund up to $25,000 Jon...
View ArticleʻOlena begins serving Monday, August 7, joining Simply Ono in fueling Kakaʻako
From the Special Events office The name of the Cafe’s newest vendor is ʻŌlena by Chef Ron. They will be open for business at 7 a.m. on Monday, August 7, 2017. The business will be set up primarily as a...
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Friends of the Medical School: Convocation 2017 Awards
By Tina Semenza, Friends of the Medical School The following outstanding new doctors received awards from the Friends of the Medical School at Convocation 2017. The Aequanimitas No’ono’o Pono Award:...
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Former professor of business doubles her investment in ʻImi Hoʻōla – the UH...
Pictured: Kalei Gomes, MD Candidate (Class of 2021) with Hazel Theodore in July at JABSOM. Retired professor Hazel Theodore recently doubled the size of her scholarship for students of the ʻImi Hoʻōla...
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Diabetes Center of Biomedical Research Excellence launched at University of...
Pictured, left to right: Takashi Matsui, MD, PhD; Rachel Boulay, PhD, Ralph Shohet, MD; Marjorie Mau, MD; Mariana Gerschenson, PhD; Olivier LeSaux, PhD; Viola Pomozi, PhD; Michael Corley, PhD; Noemi...
View ArticlePHOTO OF THE DAY: MD students take over Resident’s Room at Kapiʻolani Medical...
Third and fourth year MD students Keolamau Yee, Casey Young, Kelsey Ige, Michael Murayama, and Arcelita Imasa, take over the MD Resident’s Call Room after the Pediatrics Residents vacate for Academic...
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