DeLeon Joins Institute of Medicine
Date: December 17, 2009

Dr. DeLeon, left, with fellow IOM member Dean Jerris Hedges The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has announced the selection of Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, JD, MPH, adjuct professor at JABSOM, its active membership.

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JABSOM Offering H1N1 Vaccine for Expectant Moms
Date: December 17, 2009

JABSOM's Dr. Tod Aeby and DOH Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino brief the news media about H1N1 The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has a supply of H1N1 vaccine available by appointment for pregnant women on O’ahu.

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$973,000 Grant for NCOE to create jobs, advance health careers
Date: December 16, 2009

Dr. Nanette Judd heads the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has received a $973,825 award that will create at least nine jobs and fund efforts to promote health careers among Native Hawaiians.

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H1N1 Vaccine Important for "High Risk" Groups
Date: December 14, 2009

Medical Student Luke Lam administers vaccine to fellow student Joshua Hvidding Our students are setting an example for people at high risk for H1N1 by giving each other the vaccine. JABSOM's medical students are a priority group for receiving the vaccine because of their ages (early 20's), and their exposure to patients who are immune-impaired while working or volunteering at our affiliated training medical centers and clinics.

UH Mānoa medical school offering H1N1 vaccine to pregnant women
Date: December 10, 2009

JABSOM's Dr. Aeby and Dr. Fukino, State Health Director, answer reporters' questions The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has a supply of H1N1 vaccine available by appointment for pregnant women on O’ahu.

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The Trouble with Rats
Date: December 07, 2009

KHON2 News turned to Dr. James Ireland, an assistant clinical professor at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, to explain the dangers to public health posed by rats videotaped in a food stand in Chinatown.


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Assignment: Fall in love with Moloka'i
Date: December 04, 2009

Medical student Derek Nakayama on Moloka'i “I would not be able to resist the offer of practicing on Moloka‘i or in another similar rural setting,” said JABSOM medical student Derek Nakayama, after spending time shadowing a family practice physician on Moloka'i.
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TURN-AROUND AT UCERA
Date: December 03, 2009

UCERA's "turn around agent", Dr. Patricia Blanchette There is a balanced budget and revenues have improved at UCERA. UCERA, the University Clinical, Research and Education Associates, is the school's practice plan: it oversees our faculty who practice medicine in the community.

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MDs Across America Keep Dean Hedges' Book at Their Fingertips
Date: December 03, 2009

Dean Jerris Hedges is co-author of a top medical text Many people don’t know that JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges is one of the most respected authors in American medicine. Even physicians who consult his book in their offices every day are startled to make the connection that Dean Hedges is THE Hedges in “Roberts & Hedges’ Clinical Procedures Emergency Medicine.”
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