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Members of Hawai`i’s small but vitally important pathology community gathered at The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) to welcome the University of Hawai`i medical school’s new Chair of Pathology, Dr. Alan Schiller. Pathologists are specially trained physicians who help unlock the secrets of disease. Through observing specimens to detect levels of certain chemicals, [...]

The loved ones of 104 people who donated their bodies to the medical school gathered for a unique memorial service sponsored by the Willed Body Program last Saturday at the University of Hawai`i Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom. Many of our donors request that their cremated remains be scattered at sea. Our MD students paddled in [...]

By Nicolas Villanueva (on behalf of the JABSOM team captains) Students from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) made sure to be on hand to support the University of Hawai’i Relay for Life on Saturday, April 13th, 2013. Two of our MD students also were interviewed by KITV-4 and Hawai’i Public Radio. They [...]

Convocation for the Hawai`i’s newest MDs–the University of Hawai`i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) MD Class of 2013 is Sunday, May 12, from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., at the Kennedy Theater on the UH Mānoa campus. At the MD Convocation Ceremony, the new MDs get to be together in public one last [...]

Top Photo courtesy of Eye of the Islands Photography, Inc. (http://www.eyeoftheislands.com) JABSOM Enquirer:  We’re here with Aaron Hoo.  Aaron is the MS3 class president, and is taking some time from his busy clerkship schedule to talk with us.   Aaron, can you tell our readers a little bit about yourself? Aaron:   Sure.  I was born and raised [...]

Dr. Angel Yanagihara of the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai’i is getting more attention for her groundbreaking studies into box jellyfish venom. Dr. Yanagihara, a veteran of NOVA, The National Geographic Channel and many other news specials and reports, was interviewed by Bradley Cornelius of WAMC.org, for that public [...]