Several familiar faces from the Class of 2011 returned to the Medical Education Building September 30 wearing scrubs, to continue their hands-on training as MD Residents in the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s SimTiki (simulation) Center. Dr. Michael Aaronoff, Associate Program Director for JABSOM’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health (OB-GYN), led the [...]
Archive | September, 2011
NEW in the HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL: JABSOM’s Efforts to Prevent, Treat Harm from Tobacco
Dr. Jill Omori and Dr. Kenton Kramer are co-authors of an article in this month’s Hawaii Medical Journal, outlining how tobacco prevention, cessation and treatment efforts are woven into the curriculum of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). JABSOM’s Kaka’ako complex was built with state revenue bonds — the principal and interest on [...]
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St. Baldrick’s Foundation Announces a $73,011 Grant to JABSOMʻs Shiramizu
St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has awarded a $73,011 St. Baldrick’s Research Grant to Bruce Shiramizu, M.D., the University of Hawai’i Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine. He is also an associate member of the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center. Worldwide, more than 160,000 children are diagnosed with cancer [...]
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NEW PICTURES: Regents’ Medals Presented to JABSOM’s Melish, Collier
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents is recognizing the extraordinary teaching gifts of two faculty members of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). The pair were presented Regents’ Medals for Excellence in Teaching on September 27, at the UH Convocation Ceremony at Mānoa’s Kennedy Theatre. Professor John S. Melish has taught every student [...]
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Communication Sciences & Disorders Celebrates New Academic Year
The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD) at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has begun its newest year of instruction on a high note—with a variety of top-notch clinical practicum opportunities to offer its students. “We are really grateful to administrators and supervisors at Tripler Army Medical Center, The Rehabilitation Hospital [...]
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The Physician’s Mission: Cure or Care?
Dr. Alson Inaba’s keynote address to the incoming medical doctor class at their White Coat Ceremony in July is already a classic! Lucky for you, if you weren’t able to attend (or you’d just like to revisit it), the speech is featured in this month’s Hawaii Medical Journal. Dr. Inaba is a JABSOM Associate Professor of [...]
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