UH Med Now - Collaboration

On Tuesday, August 16, JABSOM’s annual faculty recognition reception was held in person, for the first time in two years. Twelve faculty were honored — nine for their recent promotion and three more were honored for receiving a UH teaching or service award. Faculty enjoyed the opportunity to meet with colleagues, mentors, and former instructors […]

Erida Reichert Klemmer, MD, was a well-loved physician in Hawaiʻi who passed away more than 20 years ago. The impression she left on her family and loved ones inspired an anonymous donation in her honor: A new service van to the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s (JABSOM) Hawaiʻi Houseless and Medical Outreach Education (H.O.M.E.) […]

Dr. Cass Nakasone is hoping to change the way the world sees research in Hawaiʻi. The JABSOM 1998 alumnus, now a renowned orthopaedic surgeon, has always had a commitment to orthopedic research which was lacking in the state. Research, Nakasone suggests, is important for several reasons: it promotes clinical integrity, provides medical students and residents […]

There is a new program director of the MLS Program, and she brings with her a wealth of knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm.  Violet Nxedhlana, PhD, MT (ASCP) has joined the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa (UHM) with the mission to make the program one that many students […]

The inaugural Hawai‘i Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists HSOG conference, “Imua – Women’s Health,” happens Saturday, June 18, 2022, from 7am to 3pm at the Ala Moana Hotel by Mantra, in its Garden Lanai Room. HSOG invites attending physicians practicing in Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i residency program residents, University of Hawai‘i (UH) medical students and other UH […]

The American Heart Association, Pfizer, and Gates Ventures awards five new grants to 10 universities and health care systems. HONOLULU — Research scientists from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) John A. Burns Medical School (JABSOM) Department of Native Hawaiian Health (DNHH), in partnership with colleagues from nine universities and health care systems, will […]