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Community members filled up the Sullivan Conference Center as the inaugural cohort of the John A. Burns School of Medicine Dr. Rosita Leong Mini-Medical School of Healthy Aging, more commonly known as “Mini-Med School”. That first gathering happened in the spring of 2014. Eight years following that first cohort, the Mini-Med School is back in […]

In Chinese mythology, Dragon’s Gate sits atop a cascading waterfall that cascades down a legendary mountain. Many carp would swim up against the river’s strong current, in hopes of turning into a powerful dragon upon crossing the gate. However, very few are capable of making the leap. The ability for a carp to make the […]

Aiko Murakami graduated from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in 2022 with no debt. “Looking at my friends who weren’t as fortunate, it was a big relief that I didn’t have to carry that burden,” she says. According to the latest numbers from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), Murakami’s story […]

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.) […]

Originally posted on the UH Foundation page “What makes you think you can go to medical school?” asked a neighbor when Bernyce Peplowski was a high-schooler in 1960s Pennsylvania. “People from this town rarely go to college, let alone medical school. And you’re a girl!” “My mom was ready to deck him,” says Bernyce. While […]

The Pacific Medical Administrative Group Hawaii (PMAG) Student Lounge at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school received a much needed update over the summer. The student lounge in the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)’s Medical Education Building (MEB) offers a relaxed atmosphere for students to get some work done, heat up their meals […]