John A. Burns School of Medicine
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Seal of the John A. Burns School of Medicine
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The John A. Burns School of Medicine is a public, co-educational institution of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawai'i and is one of the leading medical education institutions in the United States. In 1992, Harvard University identified the John A. Burns School of Medicine as one of ten "leaders in the reform and improvement of medical education." Named after Governor of Hawai'i John A. Burns, it is the only medical school in the State of Hawai'i.
The John A. Burns School of Medicine is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association. Residency programs are affiliated with accredited teaching hospitals: Queen's Medical Center, Saint Francis Healthcare System of Hawai'i, Tripler Army Medical Center.
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National Acclaim
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In addition to being declared one of the ten best medical schools in the United States by Harvard University, the world set its sights on the John A. Burns School of Medicine in 1998 when Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi and his team of scientists made developed what is now called the Honolulu Technique for cloning mice.
Establishment
The John A. Burns School of Medicine was established in 1967 at Le'ahi Hospital on the slopes of Diamond Head near Waikīkī as a two-year program of basic medical sciences for students hoping to enroll in various medical schools on the mainland United States. In 1971, the school moved to the newly constructed Biomedical Sciences Building in Mānoa. In 1973, the Hawai'i State Legislature made it possible for the school to expand its scope and become a four-year degree granting program and in 1975, graduated its first class of sixty-two medical doctorates. Over 60% of its graduates since then have stayed in Hawai'i to practice medicine.
Kaka'ako Waterfront
Former Governor of Hawai'i Benjamin J. Cayetano and former University of Hawai'i President Evan Dobelle presided over the groundbreaking of the new John A. Burns School of Medicine campus on Ilalo Street bounded by Kaka'ako Gateway Park, Kaka'ako Waterfront Park and Fort Armstrong at the Waterfront near downtown Honolulu. The over USD $150 million complex is expected to become one of the most technologically advanced medical facilities, rivaling more renown medical institutions in the world. It is expected to be opened in the fall of 2005 by Governor of Hawai'i Linda Lingle.
Departments
There are eighteen departments and divisions of the John A. Burns School of Medicine covering various fields of the biological and chemical sciences.
- Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology & Reproductive Biology
- Cell & Molecular Biology
Former Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano successfully led a controversial effort to move the John A. Burns School of Medicine to a new campus at the Kaka'ako Waterfront near downtown Honolulu.
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Ecology and Health
- Family Practice & Community Health
- Geriatric Medicine
- Medical Technology
- Medicine
- Native Hawaiian Health
- Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Public Health Sciences & Epidemiology
- Speech Pathology & Audiology
- Sports Medicine
- Surgery
- Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
External links
- University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (http://www.hawaii.edu/)
- John A. Burns School of Medicine (http://hawaiimed.hawaii.edu/)