UH Med Now - Psychiatry

John A. Burns was Hawaiʻi’s second elected governor, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Medicine bears his name. “Of all the buildings to place his name on, he wanted to affix his name on this school because he believed that greatness came from Hawaiʻi,” says Dr. Naleen Andrade. “If we just gave […]

Monday’s announcement that Kāhi Mōhala is set to join The Queen’s Health System (QHS) allows the John A. Burns School of Medicine to expand its training experiences for students, residents, and fellows in the specialty of psychiatry. Currently, JABSOM Department of Psychiatry faculty serve QHS as Queen’s University Medical Group physicians, providing care for child […]

Ilana Buffenstein, MD candidate 2022, has recently been published at psychiatrist.com/pcc: The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders. Co authors from JABSOM’s Department of Medicine’s Miki Kiyokawa, MD, and Psychiatry’s William Haning, MD, mentored Buffenstein during her study that produced the article “Severe Hypothyroidism in a Hypomanic Patient with Sepsis.”  “My case report discusses an […]

September brings cotton candy skies, Kona winds and warm waters. September is also Suicide Prevention Month in Hawai‘i. In Hawai‘i, one suicide death occurs nearly every other day. Suicide can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families, and communities. There has been an increasing trend in the number of people treated in Hawaiʻi hospitals and […]

Mara Aruguete, PhD, with her mother Dr. Alayne Yates. Both in psychology, the mother and daughter team had researched and co-authored several papers together. Mara Aruguete photo.  Emeritus Professor Alayne Yates, MD, initiated pediatric and adolescent psychiatry program at JABSOM Paula Bender, JABSOM News The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) mourns the passing […]

Pre-COVID-19 Career Night in February 2020, faculty participants who spoke with the medical students about their specialties. By Paula Bender, JABSOM News   In February, JABSOM class of 2023 AAMC representative Kevin Pham planned a Career Night that had his colleagues getting to the next specialty conversation STAT. While there were 15 minutes a session, […]