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Under the leadership of Dr. Cecilia Shikuma, Hawaii Center for AIDS (HICFA) director, the HICFA nurses have dedicated themselves to the fight against HIV/AIDS and continue to help strive for a cure. They will be honored with the 2021 Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award on World AIDS Day, December 1st. This award is presented by the Hawai’i […]

Medical students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) complete rotations in rural areas of Hawai’i, especially on the neighbor islands, for unique experience.  Two things JABSOM medical students come away with after a remote rotation is that patients are grateful for the attention they receive, and how great the needs are in […]

After nephrologist Dr. Jim Jones handed her the reins, pediatrician Dr. Felicitas Livaudais became Maui’s Chief Mentor and Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship coordinator for the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). She recruits other faculty physicians on Maui to also volunteer as teachers for the medical students. Formerly known as 6L for optional third-year curriculum […]

Dr. Melanie Maykin, a maternal-fetal medicine fellow at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), has an article published today (Nov. 10, 2021): Discriminatory regulations on postpartum sterilization for Medicaid recipients propagate health inequalities in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. “We’re excited to bring awareness to this issue, especially as we reflect […]

  This past week, there has been global coverage about the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)’s revision to its 2016 recommendation on the use of aspirin to prevent the first heart attack or stroke in adults without a history of such cardiovascular events. Each year in the United States, 1.2 million persons will […]

Before he became a first-year resident at Hawai’i Pacific Health recently, Kevin Benavente, DO, worked with surgeon Paul Szotek, MD, of the Indiana Hernia Center in suburban Indianapolis. This doctor took the unconventional step of requiring his patients to use a smartphone app called Klara to communicate with him. It is one of many designed […]