University of Hawaii Medical School

The ʻAina aloha mural is coming to the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) on Friday, March 4, 2016. The mural is expected to be on display in the Medical Education Building lobby for one month. A ceremony to welcome the mural begins in the lobby at 3:30 p.m. with a […]

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(Photo Above: Dean Hedges presents the scholarship gift agreement to Mrs. Lai and her children) The Patrick T. Lai, M.D. and Carole C. Lai Endowed Scholarship was established to assist kama‘aina students with financial need who intend to practice medicine in Hawaiʻi. This scholarship will support eligible first, second, third and fourth year medical students […]

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Hoʻolewa: a Celebration of Life ​for the extraordinary ​Dr. Richard Kekuni Akana Blaisdell, founding Chair of Medicine, will be held Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the University of Hawai​’​i John A. Burns School of Medicine​ (JABSOM)​. ​”​Dr. Blaisdell inspired every generation of physicians trained at the medical school with his tireless devotion to producing highly-qualified, […]

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Aspiring doctors enrolled in the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) hosted a collaborative event to celebrate Filipino culture and heritage on Wednesday, Feb. 24–and right off the top, the news was exciting. More than a dozen MDs of Filipino descent attended, and they were asked to stand and introduce themselves. As each did […]

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The University of Hawaiʻi Surgical Residency Program was one of 117 General Surgery Residency Programs across the nation that participated in the first-ever prospective randomized trial investigating physician duty hour policies and patient safety. The results were presented this month at the Academic Surgical Congress, held in Jacksonville, Florida, and simultaneously published in the New […]

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A new recommendation on screening mothers during pregnancy and postpartum for depression — published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) — also should include parents who are adopting children, according to a Purdue University expert on “post-adoption blues, ” whose research partner is a biostatistician at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns […]

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