The University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is taking part in Joining Forces to improve health care for the country’s active duty military, veterans and their families. JABSOM, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) intend to create a new generation [...]
(Archived 5/10/12) The University of Hawai’i’s Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence (NHCOE) and the Bishop Museum present a series of presentations, Native Food, Native Stories through May. The series began Thursday February 2, with “The Ceremonial and Social Usages of ‘Awa in Hawai‘i, Then and Now” at the Bishop Museum’s Atherton Halau. Featured speakers were Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, [...]
John A. Burns School of Medicine Neurology Chief Dr. Mel Yee (Department of Medicine) helped KHON2 News report this week on a potentially deadly game that children shouldn’t play: the choking or fainting game. Reporter Ron Mizutani sought out Dr. Yee’s expert opinion when he learned that the “game” had followers at an O’ahu middle [...]
Physician-scientist J. David Curb, MD, MPH, long associated with the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Department of Geriatric Medicine and the Kuakini Medical Center, died Sunday, January 8, at the age of 66. Dr. Curb’s impact on health care in the islands was significant. He brought numerous research projects to Hawaiʻi, including the national Women’s Health Initiative, a [...]
The Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine & Public Health has issued its first edition, marking a new collaboration between the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH). “This new partnership is intended to improve communication among the medicine and public health communities, [...]
Washington, D.C., February 13, 2012—AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement on the Obama administration’s FY 2013 budget proposal: “The AAMC is deeply concerned about the impact the president’s budget will have on the nation’s health. The cuts to teaching hospitals through the plan’s drastic [...]