There is nothing that revives memories about your own time as a student more vividly than talking to someone a generation later, who is following in your footsteps.This year’s MD Alumni Mixer began a new tradition, bringing the incoming class of MD students face to face with scores of alumni from the John A. Burns [...]

JABSOM’s Dr. William Haning, an addictions specialist, was interviewed and quoted by the Associated Press in a national article by AP writer Jennifer Sinco Kelleher. Hawai’i’s service economy and high cost of living puts workers at greater risk for use of methamphetamine, or meth, Dr. Haning told the AP. Haning is a psychiatry professor at [...]

Twelve new students have entered the Class of 2011-12 in the Imi Ho’ola Post-Baccalaureate Program, one of the most successful programs in the country to promote diversity in medicine. This year’s incoming class includes three neighbor island students (from Hawai’i Island- part of the state where the physician shortage is greatest), eight are from O’ahu, [...]

The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine second-year medical students continue to excel at the national level. For the second year in a row, every one of our MS-2’s (100%) has passed the US Medical Licensing Exam, Step 1. Their mean score is also remarkable. The MS-2’s from JABSOM are on [...]

Hawai’i News Now reported on the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2015. At 66 students, it’s the largest single MD class in the history of the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Click the links below to watch the news story on Hawai’i News Now’s website. The reporter is Ben Gutierrez. Hawaii News [...]