Why We Give to JABSOM 2017

A psychiatrist in training almost dropped out because he couldn’t afford medical school tuition, currently around $37,000 a year for Hawai’i residents. Another, now a family medicine doctor, feared he wouldn’t be able to afford to travel to U.S. Medical Residency Programs to apply for required training that follows medical school. A third, a future general surgeon, said he will be able to practice in Hawai’i because scholarships helped to lessen the huge tuition debt he accumulated during four years of college and four years of medical school. Hear them say mahalo, in their own heartwarming words–
Apple ProRes 422 HQ. University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Communications Office. 2017. Tina Shelton, Amanda Shell and Vina Cristobal. [phone]