Archive | September, 2012

Hundreds of University of Hawai`i medical students have helped treat O’ahu’s homeless. Now the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Department of Psychiatry and the Institute for Human Services (IHS)–with the assistance of a grant awarded to IHS–are bringing a whole now new level of care to some of the streets’ most troubled citizens. [...]

Patients at homeless shelters on O`ahu have received medical care more than 7,600 times from University of Hawai`i medical student volunteers in the six years since the Hawai`i Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) Project was launched at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Nearly 450 medical students at various stages of their medical [...]

The 4th Annual JABSOM MD Alumni Phonathon raised more than $19,970 in pledges to the medical school by John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) alumni. The total is expected to grow further from pledges still being received in the mail. About 30 of our second-year MD students spent two Sundays calling our graduates nationwide [...]

STORY ARCHIVED EARLIER AT 9/1/12. Hawai`i neurologists are working to improve the diagnosis and treatment of sports-related head injuries and concussions. On October 13, at the Fourth Annual Scientific Conference of the Hawai`i Neurological Society, Dr. Christopher Giza of UCLA’s Department of Pediatrics will provide the latest information about current practice guidelines for evaluating and treating sports-related [...]

The Hawai`i H.O.M.E. Project (Homeless Outreach and Medical Education) will once again be sponsoring Flu Shot Clinics for the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) community to show thanks for the medical school community’s ongoing support of H.O.M.E. This year, the vaccinations are FREE to all students, $5.00 for all staff and faculty (no [...]