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Fourth-year student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Aly Baniqued, has waited more than a decade for this day. “Becoming a physician has literally been over 12 years in the making. From undergrad to taking my gap years and eventually getting into medical school, knowing there would be this light at the end […]

July marks an infusion of roughly 75 physicians annually across hospitals, wards, and clinics of Hawaiʻi as they begin graduate medical education (GME) programs at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Every July 1st, residents and fellows begin their academic year supervised by JABSOM clinical faculty. The training is managed […]

Nestled within the lush, green Koʻolau mountain range, the University of Hawai‘i Obstetrics and Gynecology (UH OB/GYN) Residency Program celebrated the 6 residents at its Annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony on Friday, June 18 at Koʻolau Ballrooms. Faculty presented the new graduates, Drs. Ingrid Chren, Reema Ghatnekar, Samantha Kaiser, Wenhao Cedric Kuo, Alyssa Malley and […]

The inaugural Hawai‘i Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists HSOG conference, “Imua – Women’s Health,” happens Saturday, June 18, 2022, from 7am to 3pm at the Ala Moana Hotel by Mantra, in its Garden Lanai Room. HSOG invites attending physicians practicing in Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i residency program residents, University of Hawai‘i (UH) medical students and other UH […]

One of the distinguished speakers for the symposium “Humanism, Empathy, Social Justice, and Global Health,” during Humanism Week 2022 at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) was activist, physician, and anthropologist Dr. Paul Farmer, who spoke of “Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola in West Africa.” From Rwanda, Farmer appeared via Zoom on Wednesday […]

A quiet, dedicated, and long-time staff member at JABSOM has been awarded the national Donna Wachter Clerkship Coordinator Award. In 1999, Lisa Kellett joined the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health as its medical student coordinator. Ever since, Kellet has been instrumental in maintaining the high caliber of JABSOM’s OB/GYN Clerkship. “She is thoughtful, […]