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Biomedical Science T-101
1960 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8287
Fax: (808) 956-5506
Web: medworld.biomed.hawaii.edu
Interim Dean: Sherrel L. Hammar
Associate Dean: Satoru Izutsu
Associate Dean: Gwen S. Naguwa
General Information
The John A. Burns School of Medicine works to improve
the quality, effectiveness, and equity of health-care delivery in
Hawai‘i and the Pacific region. The school provides opportunity for
qualified residents of Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands, including
students from various underrepresented socioeconomic and minority
groups, to qualify for an MD degree; provides MD graduates with
competency to enter postgraduate programs; and provides residency
training programs with emphasis on primary-care specialties.
The school also administers graduate research programs
leading to MS and PhD degrees in the basic medical sciences and
health-related fields; BS degree programs in speech pathology and
audiology and medical technology; and undergraduate courses for majors
in nursing, dental hygiene, biology, nutrition, and other fields.
In addition, the school--together with the Hawai‘i
Medical Association and the Hawai‘i Consortium for Continuing Medical
Education--sponsors continuing medical education for physicians in the
state of Hawai‘i.
The school provides instruction for four major
categories of students:
1. Candidates for the MD degree, admitted directly by the school’s own
admissions committee;
2. Candidates for MS degrees in biomedical sciences (with concentrations
in anatomy and reproductive biology, biochemistry, biophysics, genetics
and molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, and tropical medicine)
or in speech pathology and audiology who apply through the Graduate
Division of the Manoa campus;
3. Candidates for PhD degrees in biomedical sciences with concentrations
in anatomy and reproductive biology, biochemistry, biophysics, genetics
and molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, tropical medicine, and
biostatistics-epidemiology, or to the biomedical sciences
interdisciplinary program (offered by the School of Public Health) or
without a concentration, i.e., interdisciplinary, who apply through the
Graduate Division of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; and
4. Candidates for undergraduate degrees in speech pathology and
audiology or in medical technology, who apply through the undergraduate
admissions office.
Additionally, all graduate medical education programs
in Honolulu hospitals are accredited as University of Hawai‘i School
of Medicine residency programs. Approximately 240 physicians serve as
house staff members in these hospitals under the direction of the
medical school faculty.
Accreditation
The school is accredited by the Liaison Committee for
Medical Education of the Association of American Medical Colleges and
the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association.
Affiliations
The school maintains affiliations with the following
community hospitals and medical facilities for medical student and
resident training: Hawai‘i State Hospital; Hilo Family Medical Center;
Hilo Medical Center; Kaiser Foundation Hospital; Kalihi-Palama Health
Clinic; Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children; Kapi‘olani
Medical Center at Pali Momi; Kuakini Medical Center; Le‘ahi Hospital;
Queen Emma Clinics; Queen’s Medical Center; Rehabilitation Hospital of
the Pacific; St. Francis Medical Center; St. Francis Medical
Center-West; Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children; Straub Clinic
& Hospital; Tripler Army Medical Center; Wahiawa General Hospital;
Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center; and the Veterans Affairs
Outpatient Clinic.
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