University of Hawai’i medical school recognized in 2017 as a leader in...
Pictured: A group of MD students in the Class of 2021 at their White Coat Ceremony in July, 2017. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is among...
View ArticleGenerous Sunset Rotarians continue giving to JABSOM homeless outreach...
Pictured: (L to R): Rotarians Nicole Lemas and Jim Hoban present JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges and H.O.M.E.ʻs Dr. Jill Omori with a check from the Rotary Club Honolulu Sunset Chapter. Photo by Michael...
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University of Hawaiʻi Surgery learns that surgeons need more than just...
What is more important in a surgeon? Steady hands? Or a compassionate, caring attitude toward the patient? Of course, both are desired, but increasingly those who train surgeons — including at the...
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Waiʻanae study is first to examine the impact of socioeconomic networks on...
Pictured: Dr. Alika Maunakea in the Native Hawaiian Healing Garden on the JABSOM Kakaʻako campus. Amanda Shell photo. Dr. Alika Maunakea, Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM)...
View ArticleJABSOM’s musical soon-to-be doctors wish you Mele Kalikimaka
Pictured: The student group JAM, short for “JABSOM Artists and Musicians,” pose after performing for the Friends of the Medical School Christmas Party. Photo Courtesy of Brysa Kato. By Deborah Manog,...
View ArticleSeason of Giving: MD students are rich, right? Wrong! Ours explain why...
Pictured: MD Class of 2018 members Gabriel Lapid and Joy Piotrowski with Helen and Kenneth Yanamura, who give to JABSOM. By Tina Shelton, UH JABSOM Communications Director A psychiatrist in training...
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UH President, medical and social work deans and more than a dozen...
Pictured: Dr. Lucia Seale, Kris Ewell and Dr. Marla Berry are pictured in front of Ewell’s research poster at the Symposium. By Traci Hayes and UH Med Now The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) President, two...
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Dean Hedges joins U.S. Vets leaders to promote Leeward Oʻahu homeless outreach
Pictured, L-R: Gladys L. Peraro (Executive Director U.S. Vets – Waiʻanae) and Darryl Vincent (COO U.S. Vets – Hawaiʻi with Dean Jerris Hedges, MD. It was a beautiful winter day on the Leeward Oʻahu...
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Caring attitudes of students and chair of Geriatric Medicine program lead to...
Pictured: Dean Jerris Hedges with Dr. Sandra Young at JABSOM. By Elaine Evans, Director of Development Dr. Sandra J.A. Young, former Kamehameha Schools Middle School Principal, was so impressed with...
View ArticleJanuary 8: Round Table Discussion with National Human Genome Research...
Early Stage Investigators (ESI) and Early Established Investigators (EEI) at the University of Hawai’i are invited to participate in a Round Table discussion on genomics and health disparities with...
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January 20: Lively discussion expected as MDs try to “Fix Hawaiʻi Healthcare”
Pictured: MD student Arcelita Imasa, left, holding a sign at the State Capitol reading “Love it, Improve It – Medicare for All”. Amanda Shell photo, June 2017. By UH Med Now Panelists who are expert in...
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National recognition for UH student whose desire to be a doctor beat...
Pictured: Michael Brigoli studying at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Amanda Shell photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director. University of Hawai’i medical student Michael Brigoli is...
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New annual scholarship for third-year medical student comes from the onetime...
Pictured: Benjamin Young, MD and his wife DeDe at the scholarship donation signing ceremony. Dr. Benjamin Young and his wife, DeDe, recently established the Ben and DeDe Young Endowed Scholarship that...
View Article2010 MD Alumnus Stephen Chun authors new JAMA paper on socioeconomic...
Pictured: Dr. Stephen Chun Dr. Stephen Chun, a 2010 graduate of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), is making news again today with research he and his team published in JAMA Oncology. Dr....
View ArticleCrown Prince Akihito scholarship awarded to UH Mānoa graduate student for...
Pictured: Robert Oda, whose work being supervised at JABSOM has earned him a scholarship named after Japan’s emperor. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director When he was a third grader...
View ArticleUH releases groundbreaking student survey on sexual harassment and...
From UH System The University of Hawaiʻi released the results of a groundbreaking climate survey of students on sexual harassment and gender-based violence. Nationally it is one of the first known...
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Jan. 22: Meet “Research! America” President Mary Woolley
Monday, January 22, 2018 at noon provides an opportunity to meet Mary Woolley, the President of Research!America, who will be speaking in the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Medical Education...
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Green Charge and Hawaiian Electric will help the University of Hawaiʻi...
Pictured: the JABSOM campus in Kakaʻako, Oʻahu (SANTA CLARA, Calif.) via Enhanced Online News Green Charge, an ENGIE company, today announced a demonstration project with Hawaiian Electric Company to...
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SimTiki Fellow earns educator designation; capping a busy year of academic...
Pictured: JABSOM MD students training in Emergency Medicine procedures in the SimTiki Center 2016. The SimTiki Center is a state-of-the-art medical training and education center at the University of...
View Article$600,000 gift launches endowment fund to honor Dr. Satoru Izutsu, longtime...
Pictured: Dr. Izutsu eloquently thanked those gathered to celebrate his retirement and the endowment created in his honor. Our video camera foretells that we have a video from the event still to come....
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