UH Med Now - Faculty

Dr. Virginia S. Hinshaw, Chancellor Emeritus of UH Mānoa and Professor in the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)(pictured left), has been busy organizing and teaching evidence-based information on health and well-being for “future and current seniors” in JABSOM’s new Mini-Medical School on Healthy Aging (http://www.jabsom.hawaii.edu/minimedschool/). Originally, JABSOM’s Mini-Medical School (MMS) was conceived in […]

Pictured: An image from the American Heart Association “CPR Stayin’ Alive” Campaign featuring Dr. Inaba, right, with an American actress, in New York City. Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Professor Alson Inaba, MD is helping the American Heart Association (AHA) once again in its push to save lives through “HANDS-FREE CPR”. Dr. Inaba, who came up with […]

By Malia Lee, MD It would have been a perfect day if not for the two little explosions from our plane’s left wing occurring about fifteen minutes into our flight. We had gotten up early for our 7 a.m. departure. John A Burns School of Medicine physician Dr. Dee-Ann Carpenter, cultural consultant Tiffnie Kakalia and […]

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2015 – Today the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) announced the recipients of its 2015 leadership awards. Dr. Calvin Sia will receive the group’s prestigious Barbara Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award during PCPCC’s Annual Awards Dinner at its Fall Conference on Nov. 12, 2015. Dr. Sia is a retired primary care pediatrician […]

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has grown with the recent induction of 10 members of the MD Class of 2016, and for the first time at JABSOM, with an MD Resident also nominated and selected by the GHHS committee. Faculty are nominated by the fourth […]

University of Hawai’i medical student volunteers of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, assisted by MD faculty, have served the medical treatment and wellness needs of Hawai’i’s homeless populations since 2005, through the Hawai‘i Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) Project. Medical services provided at mobile health clinics three times a week in communities […]