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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 […]

Dr. William Haning and Dr. Junji Takeshita were installed as members of the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP) at its annual meeting in February. Dr. Iqbal Ahmed, a Member, was advanced to the level of Fellow. The ACP comprises more than 750 psychiatrists who have demonstrated excellence in the field of psychiatry, and achieved national […]

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 […]

By UH Cancer Center Communications Four local fourth graders are funding breast cancer research in Hawai‘i in honor of relatives who have battled the disease, and their $760 donation makes them the youngest known donors to the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center. The four girls – all students at Punahou School – raised the money […]

By UH Cancer Center Communications Award-winning singer and actor, Jimmy Borges, was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2011. He said his Chinese side of the family was prone to and impacted by Hepatitis B. Doctors found a football-sized tumor when he went in for a check-up. Borges is one of hundreds of people in Hawaiʻi […]

Jerris Hedges, MD, Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, used most of his remarks at the 2015 MD Convocation Ceremony to speak out in support of the medical school’s next door neighbor at Kakaʻako, the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center. The dean said giving up on the Cancer Center would be selling […]