Career Night Update
Date: February 23, 2012
Pictured at Career Night 2012: (From left to right) Dr. Alan Lum, Nephrology; Dr. Mary Kay Montgomery, Emergency Medicin
Mahalo to Dr. Wendell Foo, chairman of Career Night, and all the physicians who came to the University of Hawaii's medical school on February 21 to give our students a realistic overview of what life as a doctor is like.
Career night allowed our students to meet one-one-one with the doctors, specialists in fields from anesthesiology to urology, to learn the pro's and con's of working in those fields. Many of the students who attended Career Night were in their first and second years of medical school, and the decision about what specialty they will pursue in training after they graduate is approaching fast (after the fourth year of medical school).
This year the particular specialties represented included: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, OphthaMahalo to Dr. Wendell Foo, chairman of Career Night, and all the physicians who came to the University of Hawaii's medical school on February 21 to give our students a realistic overview of what life as a doctor is like.
Career night allowed our students to meet one-one-one with the doctors, specialists in fields from anesthesiology to urology, to learn the pro's and con's of working in those fields. Many of the students who attended Career Night were in their first and second years of medical school, and the decision about what specialty they will pursue in training after they graduate is approaching fast (after the fourth year of medical school).
This year the particular specialties represented included: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physiatry, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Radiology, Trauma Surgery, and Urology.
Honolulu anesthesiologist Dr. Foo, JABSOM Class of 1976, has served as Chairman of JABSOM's Career Night for the past 11 years. Mahalo to him, medical student Jacques Ambrose and his team of organizers, and--hana hou--to the docs who give up some of their precious time off work to inspire our future physicians!
Pictured at Career Night 2012: (From left to right) Dr. Alan Lum, Nephrology; Dr. Mary Kay Montgomery, Emergency Medicine; Dr. Kurt Edwards, Trauma Surgery.
lmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physiatry, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Radiology, Trauma Surgery, and Urology.
Honolulu anesthesiologist Dr. Wendell Foo, JABSOM Class of 1976, has served as Chairman of JABSOM's Career Night for the past 11 years. Mahalo to him, and to the docs who give up some of their precious time off work to inspire our future physicians!
