Archive | May, 2012
VIDEO: MD Convocation 2012 Highlights at JABSOM, University of Hawaii
MD AWARDS: Hardman Award for mentoring goes to Associate Dean Richard Kasuya; Full list of 2012 Awards
The MDs in the Class of 2012 selected Dr. Richard Kasuya, Associate Dean for Medical Education, to receive the John M. Hardman, MD Award for mentoring in teaching. ”The recipient best emulates Dr. Hardman’s passion, grace and devotion to foster the students’ intellectual, professional and personal growth,” according to Vice Dean Satoru Izutsu, who announced the [...]
PHOTOSTREAMS: Hawai`i’s newest physicians have academically out-scored their U.S. peers, come from the most diverse medical school in America
“In a way, MD stands for Mom and Dad,” is how one of our graduates put it, at the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Convocation Ceremony. The 2012 event, celebrating our new physician graduates — now alumni– was on Mother’s Day, at the University of Hawaii Manoa Kennedy Theater. The new MDs, the Class of [...]
National Award for UH Manoa medical student Teresa Keala Schiff
It is not unheard of for a John A Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) student to enter the study of medicine after getting some work and life experience first. Teresa Schiff is one of those students. A graduate of Maryknoll High School on O’ahu, she earned a degree in Biological Sciences at the University of [...]
Teresa’s Speech: Accepting the Nickens Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges
Teresa Schiff, a student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, received the Herbert W. Nickens award last year at the national convention of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Here are her inspiring remarks from that occasion. Aloha. I am so honored and deeply humbled to stand here amongst all of you, but also so [...]
