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IN MEMORY: 2012 JABSOM graduate Taylor Choy, MD
Taylor Choy is pictured in a portrait taken the day of his wedding in 2016. Choy family photo. “He was sweet, kind, hopeful, confident yet humble, selfless, and brilliant. His battle with cancer...
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Time to sign up for UH Text Alerts to keep updated on Hurricane Hector
Announcement from the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency HONOLULU — National Weather Service (NWS) is issuing advisories on Hurricane Hector, located about 1770 miles east-southeast of Hilo. Based on...
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VIDEO & PHOTOS: MD 2022 students receive white coats, begin journey to...
Pictured: Anthony Kwon receives his white coat at the Farrington High School auditorium. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now The University of Hawaiʻi’s newest batch of...
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Each year the Hawaiʻi Medical Association attends the orientation for new class of MD students at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Students are given an opportunity...
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Dr. N.V. “Ram” Bhagavan: University of Hawaiʻi medical school remembers a...
Pictured: The most recent MDs to graduate at JABSOM by way of the ʻImi Hoʻōla Post-Baccalaureate Program, whose students Dr. Bhagavan most loved to teach. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Tina Shelton,...
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National recognition for MD 2019 student Elisabeth Young of Kauaʻi
Pictured: Elisabeth Young was surprised with the USPHS award during Senior Seminar at JABSOM, by Dr. Kristen Teranishi (left) and Dr. Larry Burgess (right) of the Office of Student Affairs. Kauaʻi is...
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Study: Parent education is key to protecting kids from HPV
By Theresa Kreif, Assistant to the Dean of the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, UH Mānoa Many teens in Hawaiʻi are not getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), primarily...
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VIDEO: JABSOM sweethearts dish medical school memories at “Reconnect 2018”
Pictured: JABSOM Ohana enjoy each other’s company on the lanai at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)...
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ʻImi Hoʻōla welcomes 45th anniversary year class, launching “Those Who Seek...
Pictured: The ʻImi of 2018-2019: aspiring physicians who seek entry into the study of medicine. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director With a greeting from Dean Jerris Hedges and the support...
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JABSOM MD 2019’s Arcelita Imasa Reports: Family medicine: a picture of my future
Pictured: The JABSOM group throws shakas from Kansas, Missouri during the AAFP Conference, Aug. 2-4, 2018. Arcelita Imasa photo. By Arcelita Imasa, MD Candidate, UH JABSOM Class of 2019 Both medical...
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MHIRT program sends college scientists across the globe to conduct research
The 2018 MHIRT cohort reunite in Hawaiʻi to share their international summer experiences. John Paul Arios photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) is working with the...
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Scientific meeting August 27 will celebrate “Yana,” the professor who cloned...
Pictured: Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi surrounded by fellow faculty and graduate students in the UH Institute for Biogenesis Research he founded. Deborah Manog Dimaya Photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM...
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Alumni Spotlight: 2009 JABSOM Alumna Dr. Aimee Grace puts her degree to work...
Pictured: Dr. Aimee Grace By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director When University of Hawaiʻi (UH) MD Candidate Aimee Grace matched into her Pediatrics Residency in March 2009, she had no idea...
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Updated: Powerful HURRICANE LANE moving closer to the Hawaiian Islands
The status of classes or hours of operations at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) will be made as information becomes clearer. Dean Hedges and his team at Kakaʻako, and the University of...
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Hawaiʻi Neuroscience Research Summer Internship underscores the importance of...
Pictured: Interns, faculty, mentors, poster judges and keynote speakers at the graduation for the 2018 summer internship. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now The Hawaiʻi Neuroscience Research Summer...
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Family Medicine gives Hawaiʻi six new physicians, presents awards to faculty...
Pictured: Damon Lee, MD (Faculty); Graduates Brooke Yorita, MD; Cedric Kuo, DO; Adriann Bruce, MD (Co-Chief Resident); Christina Marzo (Co-Chief Resident); Bao Pham, MD; Shirley Hirata, MD; Seiji...
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Saturday, Sept. 1: Join Class of 1979’s Dr. Wee for “Walk with a Doc” and...
Pictured: Dr. Wee, Howard Lee, Dr. Craig Kadooka during a “Walk with a Doc” event. By Lea Hong, The Trust for Public Land (Honolulu, HI) Get a glimpse of what Oahu’s recreational future might be when...
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State issues new preliminary guidelines for treating rat lungworm disease,...
From the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health Gov. David Ige’s Joint Task Force on Rat Lungworm Disease is announcing new preliminary guidelines for the clinical management of angiostrongyliasis, more...
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One of Dr. Terry Rodgers’ legacies: Pacific Basin Medical Officers Training...
Pictured: Graduates of the Medical Officer training program Class of 1995. Ten years after Dean Rogers’ death, his legacy at JABSOM and in the Pacific endures. By Greg Dever, MD (JABSOM Class of 1978)...
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UH Psychiatry, Public Health join Health Department, community, military in...
On average one person in Hawaiʻi dies by suicide every two days. From the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health HONOLULU –The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Emergency Medical Services and Injury...
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