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Dr. Satoru Izutsu receives “Order of the Rising Sun” from Japan government...
Dr. Izutsu is presented the medal by Japan Consul General Koichi Ito. Deborah Manog photo. By Tina Shelton JABSOM Communications Director Dr. Satoru Izutsu, longtime Admissions Director and Vice Dean...
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MD students present research from SimTiki at the 2018 International Meeting...
Above: JABSOM MD Student Elizabeth Ferreira is pictured with Dr. Jannet Lee-Jayaram, Kris Hara and Dr. Benjamin Berg of JABSOM SimTiki Center, at the international meeting in Los Angeles. By Eileen...
View ArticleAdvice from 2018 HIV Conference keynoter: “Get politically involved” to help...
Pictured: A speaker at the lectern during the conference. By Tina Shelton, Deborah Manog and Vina Cristobal, UH Med Now Get politically involved. That was a key message brought to Hawai’i this week by...
View ArticleNew director of JABSOM Global and International Health programs appointed
Pictured: Dr. Maskarinec By UH Med Now Gregory G. Maskarinec, PhD, has been appointed the Director of Global and International Health at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) John A. Burns School of Medicine...
View Article“Research!America” President visits JABSOM, urges U.S. lawmakers to raise the...
Mary Woolley speaks to the public about the importance of advocating for scientific research. Vina Cristobal photo. By Tina Shelton JABSOM Communications Director Speaking behind a screen that read...
View ArticleDr. Susan Steinemann is Interim Medical Director at reopened Hyperbaric...
Pictured: The Hyperbaric Treatment Center operated by University Health Partners. From UH Mānoa News The Hyperbaric Treatment Center (HTC) has reopened and is once again providing 24/7 treatment for...
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Hawaiʻi MDs learn about a rare type of uterine cancer in memory of Sandi Portnoy
Pictured: Sandi Portnoy (family photo). By UH Med Now It is a rare type of cancer, yet uterine leiomyosarcoma does strike women in Hawaiʻi. This past December, physicians in our State had the...
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MD 2018’s Gabriel Lapid reports: Doctors kōkua, brainstorm healthcare solutions
Pictured: Dr. Leslie Gise, Arcelita Imasa (MD 2019), Dr. Kelly Withy, Dr. Stephen Kemble and Senator Dr. Joshua Green. Gabriel Lapid Photo. By Gabriel Lapid, JABSOM MD Student 2018 The University of...
View ArticleAll pregnant women should be screened for syphilis, says U.S. Preventive...
By Tina Shelton JABSOM Communications Director Newborn infections have doubled; can be disabling, even fatal to infant The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is reaffirming the need to screen...
View ArticleJABSOM students inducted into AOA 2018, lead in ethics, professionalism
http://hawaiiaoa.wixsite.com/jabsomaoa/current-medical-student-members Julia Ayabe, MD 2018 Julia was born and raised in Honolulu, HI and is a 2009 graduate of Punahou School. She completed her...
View ArticleConference to look at why Hawaiʻi has high rates of pancreatic, liver and...
Pictured: The UH Cancer Center in Kakaʻako Pancreatic cancer incidence in Hawai‘i remains significantly higher than in the U.S. overall. Hawai‘i ranks 6th among U.S. states for incidence of pancreatic...
View ArticleCompassionate Care Week underway by JABSOM Gold Humanism Honor Society
Pictured: A Gold Humanism Honor Society Display on the MEB 3rd Floor. By UH Med Now Take a look around the third floor of the Medical Education Building (MEB), just before the Auditorium. There you...
View ArticleSimTiki hosts Japan learners, squeezes in Employee Service Award Ceremony
Employee anniversaries are celebrated at SimTiki for Deborah Berkmire-Peters, PhD and Cami Makami. Several departments at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) have been handing out service...
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Mahalo Nacho event this Friday to celebrate Internal Giving Campaign;...
Pictured: MD Students get ready to grind on nachos, 2017. Amanda Shell photo. By UH Med Now $728,877 was pledged during the 2017 Internal Giving Campaign (IGC) at the John A. Burns School of Medicine...
View ArticleUH scientist credited in Nature Medicine for studying the spread of Zika...
Dr. Saguna Verma. Amanda Shell photo. By Deborah Manog, UH Med Now Dr. Saguna Verma, an Associate Professor in the Department of Tropical Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM),...
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Garden Isle Teen Health Camp exposes Middle and High Schoolers to health care...
Teen Health Camp Kauaʻi 2018 was held this past Saturday, February 10th at Kawaikini Public Charter School in Līhuʻe. Thirty-nine middle through high school students learned practical and clinical...
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Valentine’s Day: A University of Hawaiʻi medical school love story
Pictured, Scientists, husband and wife Mukesh and Komal. Deborah Manog photo. They both grew up in Punjab, a Northern section of India. Both showed a stunning aptitude for science. But it wasn’t until...
View ArticleFebruary is Heart Health Month: Video #1–Advice from an MD Student!
Deborah Manog photo. Our talented, smart MD students are learning to be your future doctors. So we thought we would get them used to answering your questions right now. It’s heart health month, so we...
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Hawai’i MD Students wish you a Happy Year of the Dog!
Pictured: Spikey the Therapy Dog, with a Dragon friend provided by Melia Young, at JABSOM. Vina Cristobal photo. It is the Year of the Dog and we got some of the students in our MD Classes of 2020 and...
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Faculty & Staff raise over $700K for JABSOM, Dean & Campaign Co-Chairs serve...
Pictured: A decoration during the Mahalo Nacho event. $728,877 was pledged during the 2017 Internal Giving Campaign (IGC) at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaiʻi....
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