Dr. Satoru Izutsu presented with Hawaiʻi United Okinawa Association’s Legacy...
Pictured: Surrounded by family, Dr. Satoru Izutsu shows his HUOA Legacy Award. Photo Courtesy of Greg Yamamoto/HUOA. The HUOA Legacy Award was was established in 2003 to recognize individuals, families...
View ArticleIn memory of and with appreciation: Dr. Earl Bakken
Pictured: Dr. Bakken with Dr. Sasha Fernandes and Dr. Keawe Kaholokula of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health, in 2015. The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is...
View ArticleDr. Satoru Izutsu presented with Hawaiʻi United Okinawa Association Legacy...
Pictured: Surrounded by family, Dr. Satoru Izutsu shows off the Legacy Award plaque bestowed upon him. Greg Yamamoto/HUOA photo. The Legacy Award is presented to individuals, families or businesses who...
View ArticleMATCH THAT GIFT: Donate by this Friday Oct. 26 to have your Internal Giving...
Pictured: Dean Hedges with Dr. Burgess and Dr. Otsuki at the annual Internal Giving Campaign Ice Cream Kickoff on October 19 at JABSOM. The 2018 Internal Giving Campaign is underway — and if you make...
View ArticleSpooktacular Bake Sale and Craft Fair THIS FRIDAY to fund Halloween Carnivals...
Everyone is invited to haunt the halls of the Cafe Wailoa inside the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Medical Education Building this Friday, Oct. 26 for a HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR BAKE SALE AND...
View ArticleUH Clinical Professor Dr. Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee honored for inspiring women in...
Pictured: As part of an Aloha Medical Mission team, Dr. Margaret Lee performs surgery at Tuguegarao City General People’s Hospital in the Northern Philippines. Bobby Bergonio photo. The Dr. Mary...
View Article2018 Hawaiʻi “Heroes” in health care include JABSOM alumni, faculty
Pictured: The 2018 Hawaiʻi Healthcare Association (HAH) Hawaiʻi Healthcare Heroes. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent These heroes don’t wear capes on the job, but they do all they can...
View ArticleKHON2 News investigates critical doctor shortage, telemedicine as a possible...
Pictured: JABSOM MD 2022 review a patient clinical case at the SimTiki Center. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. KHON2 News reports on Hawaiʻi’s critical doctor shortage. The state is currently short more...
View ArticleAPPLAUSE: Plethora of praise from recent MD grads back to UH medical school
Pictured: This poster remains displayed in the library at the JABSOM Kakaʻako campus. Tina Shelton photo. Originally published in MidWeek Oʻahu in Pamela Young’s Applause column. Dear Pamela, I was so...
View ArticleRCUH honors two JABSOM employees at its “Outstanding Employee of the Year”...
Pictured: Jason Irei and Erica Davis at the awards ceremony. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now The University of Hawaiʻi’s Research Corporation of the Pacific (RCUH)...
View ArticleVETERANS DAY SPECIAL REPORT: Halau including University of Hawaiʻi medical...
Pictured: Sheri Gon with her hula hālau at Normandy’s Omaha Beach, where one of the bloodiest battles of D-day took place. Carlyn Tani photos. “We honored the residents of Normandy who endured the...
View ArticleMEDICAL SCHOOL HOTLINE: Students react to receiving their acceptance letters...
Pictured: Kara Termulo, MD 2022 student, beams with excitement next to Dean Jerris Hedges after receiving her white coat. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. In 1993, the Medical School Hotline was founded by...
View ArticleBank on this!
Pictured: JABSOM Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Alan Otsuki, UH Foundation President, Donna Vuchinich, Territorial Savings Bank, Chairman, President and CEO Allan Kitagawa, and JABSOM Dean...
View ArticleFrom Tragedy, Comes Hope
Pictured: A family photo showing Cynthia Timtim Soneda, John Keolalani Timtim and their daughters. Alumni Newsletter: On a June day in 2015, ophthalmologist and MD Class of 1985 alumna Cynthia Timtim...
View ArticleA Smart way to give
Alumni Newsletter: Those of you 70½ and older have a unique opportunity to help JABSOM – and your IRA is the key! You may donate up to $100,000 each year from your IRA to JABSOM without having to pay...
View ArticleAloha `oe
Pictured: Dr. Earl Bakken with Dr. Sasha Fernandes and Dr. Keawe Kaholokula of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health, in 2015. Alumni Newsletter: JABSOM is saddened by the death of a remarkable...
View ArticleUniversity Health Partners, JABSOM take first step in Hilo
Pictured: The office staff pose with Dr. Uohara in the new UHP clinic. Alumni Newsletter: Last month, Hilo celebrated the establishment of the medical school’s first permanent clinic outside of...
View ArticleʻImi Hoʻōla celebrates 45 years
Pictured: DeDe Young, Dr. Winona Lee, Dr. Benjamin Young and Dr. Chung Eun Ha at the 45th Anniversary of the ʻImi Hoʻōla Post-Baccalaureate Program. Alumni Newsletter: Spirits were high in September...
View ArticleJABSOM, teaching hospitals responsible for 2,667 jobs
In one year, the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and its academic partner medical centers contributed $197 million to the economy of our state, according to an analysis recently released by...
View ArticleHauʻoli lā hānau Yana
Pictured: Yana is presented with his birthday cake. Alumni Newsletter: Ryuzo Yanagimachi, PhD, known by colleagues as “Dr. Yana,” brought international acclaim to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa...
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