India and Thailand are on the itinerary for UH Manoa undergraduates thanks to...
Pictured: UH Mānoa MHIRT students during a layover in Seoul. By Tina Shelton JABSOM Communications Director The annual Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) program is underway,...
View ArticleMen’s Health Month: Men’s Health Tips from Family Medicine’s Dr. Neal Palafox
Pictured: Dr. Neal Palafox in the TV studio. Vina Cristobal photo. June is Men’s Health Month and Family Medicine and Community Health physician and professor Dr. Neal Palafox has some general tips for...
View ArticleJABSOM clinical professor, Kapiolani Medical Center Pediatric EM Dr. Alson...
Pictured: Applying lessons from his early magic career led Dr. Alson Inaba to win the American Heart Association’s first Innovation at Heart award in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Alson Inaba) From...
View ArticleFather’s Day: MD Alumni Parents describe the joy of placing White Coats on...
Pictured: Dr. Robert Ruggieri and Dr. Joan Kagawa, both JABSOM Alumni, cloak their daughter Julia, as she enters the MD Class of 2022 in July 2019. Two proud pops and one mom describe the joy of...
View ArticleJABSOM, KapCC faculty develop pediatric paramedic training program
Pictured: Infant manekin in the SimTiki Center. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. The University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (UH JABSOM) and Kapiʻolani Community College (KapCC) are working...
View ArticleSTUDENT PROFILE: 3rd year medical student compares medicine to music
Pictured: Third-year MD student Lucia Amore in the SimTiki Lab with first-year MD student Arlene Kiyohara. Vina Cristobal photo. What is it like to be entering your third year of medical school? We...
View ArticleProgram to “level playing field” produces first crop of new MD students for...
The ʻImi Hoʻōla program is aimed at giving a chance to minority college graduates who aspire to become doctors Pictured: 2019 ʻImi Hoʻōla graduates holding their JABSOM acceptance letters. By Deborah...
View ArticleStudent physician spotlight: Donating stem cells for the treatment of a stranger
Pictured: MD Candidate Kevin Card, donating stem cells this week. Photo by David Horio, MD. By UH Med Now Less than a week after finishing his first year as a medical student, Kevin Card of the MD...
View ArticleMD student finds “home” in Hawaii through hula
Pictured: Anthony Lim (third from the right) dances with his hālau on the Merrie Monarch stage. Photo courtesy of Lim. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Not many first-year medical...
View ArticleGearing up for a new year in Graduate Medical Education July 1st — How GME...
Pictured: JABSOM welcomed about 100 new residents and fellows in July 2018. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Each July the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) John A....
View ArticleJABSOM and UHP partner to train doctors and advance healthcare in Hawaii
Pictured: JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges and UHP CEO Larry Shapiro on the Hawaii News Now set. Tina Shelton photo. Published on HI Now Daily The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) John A. Burns School of Medicine...
View ArticlePhD student receives Kagan Endowed Fellowship
Pictured: Kaitlin Driesse at a JABSOM (laboratory) bench. Photo courtesy of Driesse. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent University of Hawaiʻi (UH) PhD Candidate Kaitlin Driesse received...
View ArticleRESEARCH & GIVING: MD students, Sports Medicine Fellow present research in...
Melissa Jackels and Josiah Situmeang pictured when presenting their posters outlining sports medicine research. By UH Med and courtesy of the Straub Patient Newsletter University of Hawaiʻi (UH) MD...
View Article“How I chose my MD Specialty” with JABSOM 2019 MDs
Pictured: Six new doctors from JABSOM excited to begin MD residency in 2019. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent With hopes of “matching” to their dream graduate medical education...
View ArticleJABSOM study: Dancing hula improves heart health
Pictured: Nelanette Uʻilani Lee, a participant in the study, dances hula. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Could hula be the answer to reducing hypertension...
View Article1st AHA Innovation at Heart Award Goes to UH clinical professor, Kapiolani...
Dr. Inaba performing his CPR-to-music at the Gold Heart Event in Dallas. American Heart Assocation Photo. By UH Med Now with additional content from the American Heart Assocation University of Hawaii...
View ArticleVideo: Kaiser Permanente Hawaii to expand MD Student clinical training and...
Dr. Geoff Sewell, President and Executive Medical Director for Hawaiʻi Permanente Medical Group, Dean Jerris Hedges, MD, Dave Underriner, President of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals,...
View ArticleAchievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) provides $10,000 to...
Pictured are Alina Pang (2019 Kai Bowden Award winner) and Chantell Balaan (2019 Koenig Award winner). Tina Shelton photo. By Kalpana J. Kallianpur, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Tropical...
View ArticleThe newest doctors in Hawaii begin the hardest years of their lives, in...
Pictured: UH Family Medicine Residents take part in a Native Hawaiian Blessing during their welcome ceremony at Pali Momi Medical Center. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Tina Shelton and Deborah Manog...
View ArticleResidents from Pathology, OB/Women’s Health and MD students help HPH give...
Pictured: Some of the JABSOM team helping at the Kapiolani Women’s Center “See, Test & Treat” event. University of Hawaii Pathology residents — including John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)...
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