Establishment
The John A. Burns School of Medicine was established in 1965 at Leʻahi 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 for the remaining two years of medical school. In 1971, the school moved to the newly constructed Biomedical Sciences Building in Mānoa. In 1973, the Hawaii State Legislature made it possible for the school to expand its scope and become a four-year degree granting program. In 1975, the school's first class of sixty-two graduated with medical doctor degrees. About 50% of the practicing physicians in Hawaiʻi are graduates of the school or its residency program.
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