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Pictured: LC physician mentors and moku directors. Back Row (L to R): Drs. Jannet Lee-Jayaram, William Fong, Daniel Murai, Dee-Ann Carpenter, Sandi Uchida, Ricky Amii, Kyra Len, Richard Kasuya, Travis Hong, Mark Pian, David Horio. Middle Row: Drs. Sheri Fong, Celia Ona, Christian Kitamura, Laurie Tam. Front Row: Drs. Jill Omori, Martina Kamaka, Vanessa Wong. […]

Calvin C.J. Sia, MD, FAAP,  June 3, 1927 — August 19, 2020 Paula Bender, UHMed News A champion for children with special needs, abused children, and those children without access to medical care, Dr. Calvin C.J. Sia affected broad changes in both the national and international worlds of children’s medical and emergency care for more […]

Pictured: JABSOM Dean Dr. Jerris R. Hedges with Howard Lee, UHA president and CEO. Melia Young photo. The initiative connects JABSOM students with physician mentors twice a week throughout medical school By Melia Young, Director of JABSOM Event Management Services The University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (UH JABSOM) received a $100,000 […]

Pictured: A third of the digital audience at the first virtual ʻImi Hoʻōla Program Open House. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, Interim Director of Communications Usually Dr. Winona Lee would be standing in front of a podium at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) but this time, she welcomed family and new students of […]

Pictured: V. Andrew Stenger, PhD and Wei-Kung Wang, MD, ScD, JABSOM faculty. By Paula Bender and Deborah Manog Dimaya, JABSOM Communications The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently awarded R01 grants to two researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa medical school. The UH John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) currently has […]

Pictured: FMIG members at the 2019 Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Race at Kapiolani Park. FMIG creates a JABSOM team to complete the race in support and raises/donates money to have a tent at the race. Photo courtesy of Rylie Wada, MD 2023 candidate. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, Interim Director of Communications For the first […]