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“Embrace the pursuit,” was a message echoed by Centers for Disease Control Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, in a special forum with the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (UH JABSOM) ʻOhana. As a child she always knew she wanted to become a physician and serve others, one patient at a time. […]

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 […]

When Jonathan Carino was a Pearl City High School student, he never thought he’d end up walking the halls of the John A. Burns School of Medicine as a first-year student. “Growing up, the health care I was used to was traditional and plant-based from my grandma,” Carino remembers. “When we got sick, grandma would […]

Jerris R. Hedges became dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine 15 years ago, inheriting a school facing immediate challenges. During the next decade and a half, under Dean Hedges’ leadership, JABSOM would grow class sizes, offer robust scholarships, and expand its reach beyond Oʻahu, while uniting the school with the rest of […]

Dr. Kanoe Quibelan is a third-year resident of the University of Hawaiʻi Family Medicine Residency Program. She is a 2016 alumna of the Imi Ho’ola Post-Baccalaureate Program and received her MD from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in 2020. As Quibelan is preparing to graduate from residency in June 2023, she shares […]

The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) student interest group, JABSOM Artists and Musicians (JAM), released the third volume of their holiday album on December 25, 2022. Dr. Philip Verhoef submitted his rendition of “Mele Kalikimaka.” The song description explains how he recorded the song in 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic. “Lots of healthcare professionals […]