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The latest stats from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education show 93% of students from the 2022 graduating class at the John A. Burns School of Medicine received a scholarship, compared to 64% at all other medical schools. The abundance of scholarships allows JABSOM students to graduate medical school with less debt and positions them […]

When a student attends JABSOM, they’re getting an education that can’t be found anywhere else in the world, and that fact is not lost on parents. 2017 JABSOM graduate Elysse Tom’s mother, Liz, shares that it’s not just the Problem Based Learning (PBL) adopted by JABSOM that makes the medical school special—it’s that students often […]

Through millions of dollars of donations, Dr. Thomas Kosasa along with other members of the Kosasa family have created professorships and endowments and helped facilitate research at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Through generations of giving, the Kosasa family has made Hawaiʻi a better place to live. Many believe the commitment of the […]

On July 22, the JABSOM Friends of the Medical School (FOMS) presented the Judge James S. Burns Award to Lila Johnson and Dr. Elizabeth “Libby” Char during the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony. The Burns Award – named after the late renowned Judge James S. Burns and son to the school’s namesake Governor John A. […]

The Friends of the Medical School (FOMS) presented the Judge James S. Burns Award to Professor of Medicine Dr. Richard Kasuya during the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) 2021 MD White Coat Ceremony. Below is a transcript of the speech by Dr. Lucy Wong, primary care physician and FOMS president, as she presented […]

Pictured: James Fleming, Dr. Jason Fleming and Dr. Parsa at the White Coat Ceremony. The Friends of the Medical School, a non-profit organization which supports the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), recognized three individuals with the Honorable James S. Burns Award at the July 20th White Coat Ceremony for the […]