UH Med Now - Hawaii HOME Project

In February, its catalytic converter was stolen. Over Labor Day weekend, the van’s brake lights were smashed, and one side and its back were heavily tagged. GoFundMe UPDATE We continue to receive donations beyond what was needed to clean the graffiti so we have increased our fundraising goal. You can assist by going to the […]

  The Hawaii Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) Project got a surprise this summer when a grant request submitted to the Ananda Fund Hawai’i by a team of two ʻIolani School students and a student from Kalaheo High School, resulted in a $5,000 award for the mobile medical outreach unit at the John A. […]

Seeing eye-to-eye: JABSOM 2012 grad is lead ophthalmologist and oculoplastics surgeon at Aina Haina Eye Center Dr. Amelia Fong (JABSOM MD 2012) is not only an ophthalmologist who diagnoses and treats various eye diseases but is also an oculoplastic surgeon, performing surgeries of the face, eye socket, and eyelid areas. Upon  joining the Aina Haina […]

Medical student Dylan Singh at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has been awarded the 2021 Merit Scholarship by the Hawaii Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (AOA). Singh is recognized for his academic excellence, leadership, professionalism, diligence, and community service by the AOA.  A native of Ottawa, Canada, Singh graduated […]

Pictured: MD students load a van with gifts ready to be distributed. Paula Bender photo. Despite a dark year, UH medical school brings holiday cheer By Deborah Manog Dimaya, Interim Communications Director As the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered many businesses and forced many into unemployment, the University of Hawaii (UH) medical school worried how it would […]

Medical students wrapping up the large gift to the keiki. Deborah Manog Dimaya. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director and Deborah Manog Dimaya, Deputy Communications Director They completed their final exams last week, but University of Hawaiʻi (UH) medical students have stayed on campus. Trading their medical books for hammers and drills, they have spent […]