Archive | July, 2012

The HMSA Foundation awarded $255,000 in grants to eight local health programs and community organizations in the second quarter of this year. One of those grants will support the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and its efforts to fight childhood obesity. According to the American Heart [...]

The Hawaiʻi statewide physician shortage is the most severe on our neighbor islands. We are happy to introduce you to the eleven new members of the incoming MD Class (the Class of 2016) who have neighbor island ties, with their high schools listed as well.                     [...]

Twenty three of our first-year students entering their MD studies at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) graduated from Hawai`i’s public high schools. They include three students each from Roosevelt High School and Waiākea High School. Aiea High School was home to two students, as were Moanalua High School and Pearl City High [...]

Meet some of the members of the University of Hawai`i’s newest MD class! They will forever be known as the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Class of 2016–that’s when they are scheduled to receive their medical degrees. Note–we actually have TWO pairs of siblings in the class. Other quick facts: They are the first [...]

The Class of 2016 met for orientation this week, as they prepare to spend four years at the University of Hawai`iʻs medical school. The students were asked to introduce themselves and tell something about themselves NOT related to medicine. Arnold Kameda of the Communications Office videotaped this clip in the John A. Burns School of [...]