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The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) 50th Anniversary Scholarship Fundraising Gala, held at the Sheraton-Waikīkī, raised more than $900,000 for scholarships for MD students of the future at JABSOM. Mahalo to the generous sponsors and supporters who made the evening possible! See more: View or download hundreds of photographs from the Gala.

Produced for the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) by Larry Fleece with videographer Jeff DePonte, this 10-minute video is an excellent overview of the missions of the medical school–education, healing, research, all in collaboration with our sibling schools in the University of Hawaiʻi College of Health Sciences and Social Work and our clinical […]

One by one, 68 entering MD students will walk across the stage of the Hawaiʻi Theatre to be “cloaked” with a short white coat symbolizing their new status as MD students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). The White Coat Ceremony is an annual tradition in which our newest MD students and […]

This Anniversary Celebration weekend also included fascinating Continuing Medical Education (CME) presentations from some of the most innovative thinkers at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and the University of Hawaiʻi college of Health Sciences and Social Work. The CME Conference “Transformative Medical Education in Hawaiʻi,” from 8:00 a.m. to noon provided a […]

Dr. David X. Cifu, senior brain trauma specialist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke about his work this Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in Kakaʻako. Dr. Cifu leads a $62.2 million dollar national study on the chronic effects of combat trauma, which involves researchers at […]

By Justin Young, MD Representatives from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Sports Medicine Fellowship had presentations on three of the five days of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) 2015 Annual Conference in Hollywood, Florida this past April. The AMSSM includes members who specialize solely in non-surgical sports medicine and […]