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Doctors of Filipino ancestry: “The struggle is real, but you can do it!”
Aspiring doctors enrolled in the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) hosted a collaborative event to celebrate Filipino culture and heritage on Wednesday, Feb. 24–and right off the top, the news...
View ArticleCelebration of Life Saturday, March 12 at Kakaʻako for Dr. Richard Kekuni...
Hoʻolewa: a Celebration of Life for the extraordinary Dr. Richard Kekuni Akana Blaisdell, founding Chair of Medicine, will be held Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the University of Hawai’i John A....
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Scholarship Established for Kama‘aina Students
(Photo Above: Dean Hedges presents the scholarship gift agreement to Mrs. Lai and her children) The Patrick T. Lai, M.D. and Carole C. Lai Endowed Scholarship was established to assist kama‘aina...
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Special Event Friday March 4: ʻAina Aloha Mural
The ʻAina aloha mural is coming to the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) on Friday, March 4, 2016. The mural is expected to be on display in the Medical Education Building...
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Heart failure research conference caps Heart Month 2016
A two-day conference bringing cardiovascular scientists to Hawaiʻi capped Heart Month at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school. New Frontiers in Cell Death Signaling and Heart Failure, on February...
View Article1998 Alum Melanie Arakaki, MD, of Hilo is recognized for excellence
Dr. Melanie Arakaki was given an Award of Teaching Excellence at the Hawaiʻi Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting on February 20, 2016. Dr. Arakaki is a proud graduate (Class of 1998) of the...
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Kauaʻi MD Dileep Bal honored for a lifetime of service and advocacy to...
By Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD Dileep G. Bal, MD, MS, MPH, was honored on February 23, 2016 in Washington, D.C. with the American Medical Association’s Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government...
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Developmental and reproductive biology graduate students present winning work
Excellence in research at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) by Developmental and Reproductive Biology (DRB) Graduate Program Students was on display at the Institute for Biogenesis Research...
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Finalists named for Director of UH Cancer Center
Four finalists have been identified for the position of Director for the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center (UHCC). The four finalists are scheduled to participate over a two-day period of visits that...
View ArticleVIDEO: #MDFORLIFE: Our soon-to-be MDs reflect as MATCH DAY 2016 approaches
#MATCH2016, MATCH DAY is near! On March 18, 2016, our newest about-to-be MDs learn where they will begin their careers in residency training, as they continue to train under supervision and work toward...
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How MD4 Aniket Natekar offered a helping hand to MD2’s
It’s already legendary on the internet that #mdforlife means fourth year as an MD student is gleeful. Sure, you travel to states across the country (on your own dime) applying to residency training...
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Department of CSD “builds international bridge” with Japanese cultural...
by UH Med Now journalists Vina Cristobal and Amanda Shell The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) hosted its second cultural...
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Celebrating the Life of Dr. Richard Kekuni Akana Blaisdell
Saturday morning, the sun shone brightly over Kakaʻako. Immense feelings of love and remembrance filled the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) as family members and friends gathered to celebrate...
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Aloha ʻoe, Papa
Listen to the words spoken. Watch the outpouring of love displayed. It happened on the campus of the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), on March 12, 2016. The ceremony was...
View ArticleMatch Day 2016: A moment of ecstatic bedlam!
It seems like only yesterday when the MD Class of 2016 was welcomed to JABSOM…the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai’i. They were cloaked in White Coats during a ceremony in...
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VIDEO: Joyous, successful 2016 Match Day for U.H.
Seniors at the John A. Burns School of Medicine had their own brand of “March Madness” today. They opened sealed envelopes to learn where they will begin their careers in training as medical doctors....
View ArticleThe Kakaʻako Decade: In 10 years, JABSOM researchers bring over a half...
2015 marked the ten-year anniversary of the grand opening of the Kakaʻako waterfront campus of the medical school. The Medical Education Building opened in early 2005 to medical students, faculty and...
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NEW REPORT: Hawaiʻi’s economy strengthened by the John A. Burns School of...
By Nana Ohkawa The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa supports one of the leading medical education institutions and cancer centers in the United States. The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and...
View ArticleVIDEOS: Hawai’i News Now goes on the road to the UH Cancer Center
To illustrate the value of Hawaiʻi’s National Cancer Institute-designated University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, the Hawaiʻi News Now “Sunrise” program brought its three-hour morning news show on the...
View ArticleCandidates for Director of UH Cancer Center to visit Kaka’ako
Schedules have been revised for the visiting candidates for the job opening of Director of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center at Kakaʻako. See the revised schedules below. Dr. Cowell Campus Visit...
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