When the situation is critical you want the best doctors you can get. In the case of a tiny baby with a failing heart the size of a walnut, the best doctors on the case included a graduate of the University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Valerie Chock, MD, JABSOM Class [...]
Archive | April, 2012
ALUMNI: JABSOM graduate has key role in history-making medical procedure
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PEDIATRICS faculty continue to inspire alumni in their careers
Last month, Dr. Valerie Chock and her colleagues at Stanford University made international news for their care of a premature infant, which included the successful implantation of a life-saving pacemaker into the tiny baby within the first 15 minutes of its life. Dr. Chock is proud to be a 1998 graduate of the University of [...]
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COMMUNITY: This weekend in KAILUA-Helmet give-aways continue in effort to reduce head injuries
(Filed April 20, 2012) Members of the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s clinical MD faculty have been taking part in public drives this month aimed at reducing crippling head injuries among moped, motorcycle and bicycle riders. Part of the effort includes drawings to give away free helmets. Last week, The Queen’s Medical Center and [...]
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