JABSOM HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL ALUMNI RECEPTION
Date: July 28, 2009

ALUMS: Gemie Arakawa, Dr. Carla Nip-Sakamoto, Dr. Ken Arakawa JABSOM MD alumni in town from as far away as New York gathered on Saturday afternoon, July 18 for the second annual MD alumni reception hosted by the Dean’s Office and the JABSOM Alumni Association. Dean Jerris Hedges briefed alumni on healthcare reform and Dr. Satoru Izutsu, vice dean, gave a snapshot of the incoming MS1 Class Profile.

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ALUMNI RECEPTION JULY 18, 2009
Date: June 24, 2009

A. Burns School of Medicine Alumni will gather July 18 for the Annual JABSOM Alumni Reception.

This year, the reception comes during the weekend of the WHITE COAT CEREMONY. The White Coat event is July 17, 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. All MD alumni are invited.

The following day, Saturday, July 18-- the ALUMNI RECEPTION runs from 3:00-6:30 p.m. at the Kaka'ako campus. Plan to attend! All M.D. alumni are welcome. Cost: $30.

You can access on-line registration, parking information, pictures from last year's reception and more with links on the "home" page at http://jabsom.hawaii.edu

ALUMNI RECEPTION A SUCCESS: PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR!
Date: August 19, 2008

Dean Jerris Hedges and his wife Susan, with alumni from 2003, 1982, and 1998 Nearly 150 alumni of the John A. Burns School of Medicine attended the first alumni reception to be held at the new campus in Kaka'ako on August 18. Pictured are Dr. Jeff Wong, '03; Dr. Rupa Wong, Susan & Dean Jerris Hedges; Dr. Jeff Akaka, '82; and Dr. Cass Nakasone, '98. Hosted by Dean Hedges and the JABSOM Alumni Association, the event was attended by physician graduates who recalled their days at Manoa when tuition was as low as $160 a semester.

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CLASS OF 1983 REUNION A SUCCESS
Date: July 10, 2008

Members of the Class of 1983 A quarter century after graduating from the John A. Burns School of Medicine, members of the Class of 1983 toured the new campus at Kaka'ako as part of their 25th Reunion. The class also participated with Dean Jerris Hedges in Continuing Medical Education symposium on workforce development issues. The Telehealth Research Institute's SimTiki Lab Director Dr. Benjamin Berg gave a demonstration of the robotics used by the medical school.

JABSOM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN INVITE ALL MD GRADUATES TO ALUMNI RECEPTION
Date: June 30, 2008

Come meet the Dean, August 18 Dean Jerris Hedges and the John A. Burns School of Medicine Alumni Association invite all MD graduates (including two-year program alumni) to a reception August 18, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Medical Education Building of the Kaka'ako Campus, 651 Ilalo St. The purpose of the event is to give alumni the opportunity to meet Dean Hedges and to get reacquainted with the School and each other. Invitations will be sent in the near future. SAVE THE DATE!!! The event is hosted by the John A. Burns School of Medicine Alumni Association and the Office of the Dean. For additional information, please contact Jeffrie Jones at jeffrie.jones@uhf.hawaii.edu. or call (808) 692-0873.

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
Date: June 27, 2008

State Epidemiologist DR. PAUL EFFLER, an alumnus of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, is leaving Hawai'i for Australia.
*Click here to read Helen Altonn's report in The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
DR. CEDRIC AKAU is heading Physicial Medicine and Rehabilitation at the medical school through a partnership with The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation. *Click here to read the article in Pacific Business News.

Two New Directors Lead JABSOM Boosters
Date: December 15, 2005

State Rep. Kirk Caldwell and businesswoman Christine Lau are the newest directors of the Friends of the John A. Burns Medical School. They were elected to the Board of Directors at the group’s recent annual meeting.

Rep. Caldwell has been a member of the State House of Representatives since 2002 representing Manoa-Moiliili. He also works as a private attorney and is a 1984 graduate of the UH Richardson Law School.

Lau operates the firm Island Veterinary Care with her husband, Bertram Lau, DVM. Christine Lau served as Co-Chair of the 2004 Punahou Carnival. They are the parents of UH medical student Briana Lau.

The Friends of the Medical School is a non-profit volunteer group that organizes activities in support of the educational and research mission of the School. Attorney Beadie Dawson serves as its President.