Facilities, equipment and technology all are critical aspects of a medical and health sciences university, but people are what make DMU the collegial community it is. Here are two examples. For many, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic brought “lows” […]
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Garth Summers, D.O.’17, a physician at MercyOne North Iowa’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, now also serves patients at a new specialty clinic, the Gynecology Care Clinic, at the Hancock County Health System’s Britt Medical Clinic in Britt, IA.
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Rachel Vo Christenson, D.O.’23, was among the seven outstanding minority medical students nationwide who in 2022 received the prestigious William G. Anderson, D.O., Minority Scholarship from the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF). Appropriately, she shares the passion to serve with the
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Most Des Moines University graduates pursue wellness-related careers, but some aren’t confident about their own financial wellness. Getting information about managing one’s finances, including student loan debt, was a top response when the DMU Alumni Board surveyed graduates on how
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Research, the fine arts, winemaking, public health work, pageant competition: Students bring a wide range of interests and perspectives to DMU in part because of what they did before enrolling. Meet some who pursued other paths on their way to
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Thomas Cavalieri, D.O.’76, was named the inaugural senior vice provost of the recently formed Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences and chief academic officer of Virtua Health. The college is a partnership between Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ,
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If the old saw “podiatrists eat their young” – a belief that experienced podiatric physicians seek to hold back younger “competitors” – still stands, Stephanie Oexeman, D.P.M.’17, AACFAS, DABPM, has dealt it a blow with her podcast, “She’s a D.P.M.”
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Madeleine Stenzel, PA-C’22, joined UnityPoint Health-Des Moines (IA) Cardiology.
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Bryan Folkers, D.O.’04, was named medical director for the UnityPoint Health-Des Moines Wound Healing Center in Des Moines. He also practices in plastic, hand and reconstructive surgery and wound care at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines.
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Katherine Raspovic, D.P.M.’09, FACFAS, was among the authors of the article “Identifying risk factors for nonunion of the modified lapidus procedure for the correction of hallux valgus,” published in the September/October 2022 issue of The Journal of Foot and Ankle
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