The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is part of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and is located on the island of

O‘ahu Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island of O’ ...

, approximately three miles west of the university's Mānoa campus. The school was named after former Hawaiian Governor

John A. Burns John Anthony Burns (March 30, 1909 – April 5, 1975) was an American politician. Burns was born in Montana and became a resident of Hawaii in 1913. He served as the second governor of Hawaii from 1962 to 1974. Early life John Burns was ...

in 1965.

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Official website
Medical schools in Hawaii University of Hawaiʻi Oahu Public schools in Honolulu Educational institutions established in 1965 1965 establishments in Hawaii {{Hawaii-university-stub