UH Med Now - Pediatrics

Congratulations to JABSOM’s own Dr. Lee Buenconsejo-Lum. She is Hawaii’s 2022 Immunization Champion Award winner. This highly-selective award goes out to one person in each state. The CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award, now hosted by The Association of Immunization Managers (AIM), chose Dr. Buenconsejo-Lum for her work to increase HPV vaccine uptake and promote the […]

Several faculty members at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and a student will be recognized at the 2022 University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa (UHM) Awards Ceremony on May 2, 2022 for their outstanding commitment to enhancing the university’s mission of excellence. The ceremony will honor award recipients of 2020, 2021 and 2022 and […]

The keiki of Kōkua Kalihi Valley, Kalihi-Palama Health Center, and the Queen Emma Clinic will be great readers thanks to a few JABSOM students who helped raise money and developed grant proposals to assure the blossoming readers would receive unused, shiny and new, culturally sensitive, and bilingual books at their well-child visits. An anonymous shout […]

From pediatric cancer doctors to summer research fellows and earth scientists, the University of Hawai‘i community is creating a buzz in support of the 11th annual head-shaving fundraiser hosted by St. Baldrick’s Foundation. St. Baldrick’s Foundation has granted more than $470,000 to researchers and student fellows focused on pediatric cancer research at the University of […]

Board-certified Pediatric Ophthalmologist Dr. Rupa Wong has not only made a name for herself in the world of medicine but has also gone viral on social media with her educational, fun and down to earth videos. Wong, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), has […]

Consider the teardrop, a vital lubricant for the eye encased in a thin biomembrane called a surfactant, to ensure it does its job in the blink of an eye — lubricate the eyeball.  There is a similar surfactant that coats the alveoli in the lungs. When babies are born prematurely, there is insufficient surfactant so […]