The JABSOM Lens 2017-2018

THE JABS M LENS ISSUE 02

THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I MĀNOA

Moving Forward It has been a good year for JABSOM, with high marks for our programs teaching future physicians and training MDs in Residency and Fellowship programs. We’ve also grown our faculty practice plan to deliver medical care in community settings. Several large research grants centered on Hawai‘i health needs have strengthened the state’s economy and will enhance the health of Hawai‘i. We hope these images from the past year illustrate some of the School’s exciting successes. Jerris R. Hedges, MD, MS, MMM Professor and Dean JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges Barry & Virginia Weinman Endowed Chair

RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE National Award for Student Innovation

“Top Docs” of 2017 with JABSOM ties attend the June 2017 reception at the medical school.

Producing Hawai’i’s Top Doctors Year After Year Once again, a significant number of Hawai’i’s “Top Docs” for 2017 either graduated from JABSOM, its residency or fellowship programs or serve as faculty. Some have done all three! Dean Hedges hosted the “Top Docs” at a donor-funded reception in July to recognize the service they provide to Hawai‘i and the example they set for our future doctors. Some of the more than 350 top doctors affiliated with JABSOM appeared in this photograph in Honolulu Magazine.

Dr. Trudy Hong (JABSOM MD 2017) was one of only five overall winners at the National Abstract Research Poster Competition during the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. Her research about a heart anomaly was enriched by a 3-D image of a heart that literally jumped off the surface of the poster when viewed in an augTrudy Hong demonstrates how the mented reality app. Dr. Hong is phone app works. working with JABSOM Anatomy and Radial 3D, a small startup company at JABSOM, to broaden the use of digital technology in medical and educational settings.

A mock crime scene, part of the forensics course.

Innovative, Collaborative UH Forensics Workshop Wins Best Course Award An MD student examines a patient’s heartbeat.

Kaua‘i MD Alumni Honored Alumni Dr. Paul Esaki (JABSOM 1976), Dr. Craig Netzer (JABSOM 1998) and Dr. Lisa Splittstoesser (JABSOM 1999) were named “Best of the Best” in the Physician Category by The Garden Island newspaper in November 2017.

The JABSOM, the UH Mānoa Outreach College and UH West O‘ahu collaborated to create a first-of-its-kind Forensics Workshop in July 2017, and the effort earned an award from the Western Association of Summer Session Administrators. The course was recognized with the award for the best non-credit course.