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ALUMNI Q&A: Jordan Lee, MD, Class of 2010
Pictured: JABSOM Alumnus Jordan Lee with his mother Carla Pang and brother Justin Lee in June, at the Graduation Ceremony for the LAC+USC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine...
View ArticleBe a HOST: Help Our Students Travel program
Every fall our fourth year students embark on the exciting and often stressful residency match process. Many John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) students must make multiple trips to the mainland...
View ArticleSupport for Alumni Class Reunions
Pictured: The JABSOM MD Class of 2016, at their White Coat Ceremony. Planning a JABSOM Class Reunion? WE CAN HELP! The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Alumni Association and Alumni Affairs...
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UH Health Sciences on display by JABSOM, Queen’s and Pharmacy Summer Research...
Summers aren’t the relaxing break you may think they are — at least not for the Summer Research Interns who presented their scientific projects today at the University of Hawai’i (UH) John A. Burns...
View ArticleWhat’s in the new Hawai’i Journal of Medicine and Public Health?
The August 2017 edition of the Hawai’i Journal of Medicine and Public Health features a paper reviewing the association between alcohol consumption and risk of diverticulosis and diverticular bleeding;...
View ArticleUH medical school expands vaccine research through NIH grant to minority...
Pictured: Liana Medina working in the Lehrer Lab at JABSOM By Tina Shelton UH Med Now The University of Hawaiʻi is expanding its studies of a proposed vaccine for the deadly Ebola virus. A new grant of...
View Article256 doctors have gotten their start through this program — meet its newest...
Pictured: Members of the incoming ʻImi 2017-2018 class. The new academic year began on August 11, 2017 at the ʻImi Hoʻōla Open House. ʻImi Hoʻōla (“Those who seek to heal”) is a University of Hawaiʻi...
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A ‘summer of giving’: Dr. Thomas Kosasa endows a host of professorships in...
Pictured above: Dr. Thomas “Tom” Kosasa and Dr. Ivica Zalud, OB-GYN Department Chair and Kosasa Endowed Chair. This has been a summer of giving at the University of Hawai’i (UH) medical school for the...
View ArticleReaffirming our commitment to diversity and inclusion–a message from Dean...
“We must also speak up to protect the vulnerable from speech and other actions that are harmful and demeaning in our workplace and beyond,” Jerris Hedges, MD, Dean of Medicine. August 20, 2017 Aloha,...
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Ryder Onopa, MD: The healer faces death with grace, at 30
Pictured: Ryder receives a lei from his mother, Dr. Janet Onopa, at the 2014 MD Convocation Ceremony. John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Photo by A. Kameda. A punch to the gut. A flush of...
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OB-GYN Chair Ivica Zalud, MD named 2017 “Physician of the Year”
By Tina Shelton UH Med Now It can be challenging trying to keep up with Dr. Ivica Zalud, even when you know ahead of time that he is an obstetrician. Their careers are defined by urgency, right? But...
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Welcome to new and returning biomedical sciences graduate students
Pictured: New graduate students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) are asked to wave during their Orientation Session today. By Tina Shelton UH Med Now We may be the John A. Burns School...
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Queen’s Health Systems invests in unique program to improve care and...
Pictured: Andrea Hermosura, PhD, in the operating room at The Queen’s Medical Center. Amanda Shell photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director The Queen’s Medical Center has made measurable...
View ArticleEssay by Dr. Ryder Onopa in September Hawai’i Journal of Medicine & Public...
Pictured: Dr. Ryder Onopa, JABSOM Class of 2014 In the September 2017 edition of the Hawai’i Journal of Medicine and Public Health features a study that examines risk factors impacting sedentary...
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1999 Alumnus creates MD scholarship for first-year students
Pictured: Front row, Bryan Wahl, MD, JD; with his mother, Susan Foo; second row: Deryck Wahl, Bryan’s brother, Dr. Junichi Tokeshi, Bryan’s mentor, Dr. Wendell Foo, Bryan’s father and Dr. Jerris...
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Naleen Andrade, MD to receive American Academy of Child and Adolescent...
Pictured: Dr. Naleen Andrade, at left, with JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges, MD (2016 Amanda Shell photo.) Washington, DC, September 7, 2017 – The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)...
View ArticlePediatric medicine professor Richard Yanagihara is “2017 ARCS Scientist of...
By Cheryl Ernst, Events & Public Info Officer, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter has named John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Professor...
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First-year medical student’s dementia study places first at 2017 Hawai’i...
Pictured: Dr. Enrique Carrazana, Dr. Pat Borman, Dr. Jason Viereck, Jason Ocol, MD Candidate Bryce Kalei Chang, Richard Ho, Dr. Beau Nakamoto, Mitsuki Ota, and Dr. Kore Kai Liow. By Chloe Williams and...
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UH Medical School: Phase 1b study announced of NP001 in patients with...
Pictured: The University of Hawaiʻi Clinics at Kakaʻako SAN BRUNO, Calif. and HONOLULU, Sept. 13, 2017 — A clinical trial will begin soon on a drug that researchers hope will reduce inflammation in...
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Connecting at Puʻukoholā a memorable trek for students earning Dean’s...
Pictured: (Left) ʻAhahui o nā Kauka & Kauka Haumana in kīhei (L to R) Nick Simon, Kaʻahukane Leite-Ah Yo (MS2), Dr. Wesley Sumida, Dr. Martina Kamaka (JABSOM MD 1986), Dr. Dee-Ann Carpenter (JABSOM...
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