The $77.2 million for defense projects across Iowa, approved by Congress and President Barack Obama as part of the 2010 Department of Defense appropriations bill, included $1.2 million for trauma response simulation training for Iowa National Guard medical personnel at DMU’s Iowa Simulation Center for Patient Safety and Clinical Skills.
DMU gets defense funds to train military medics Read More
Two students in DMU’s master of biomedical sciences (M.B.S.) degree program won research awards within two weeks of each other in January.
M.B.S. students land research awards Read More
Delivering health care in a third-world country can test any provider’s mettle. Heather Fowler has shown hers is made of steel.
Too poor to boil water Read More
This DMU grad gives new meaning to the phrase, “abs (and everything else) of steel.”
She’s a champion lightweight – really! Read More
Orthopedic surgeon, Ironman, endurance athlete, triathlete, team doctor, sports medicine symposium leader and father, Gerardo Goldberger says, “Multi-tasking is second nature.”
Living life to an exhilarating extreme Read More
Thomas Selznick, D.O.’81, dearly loves being a doctor. The family physician in Livonia, MI, doesn’t mind the stress or long hours. He gives patients his cell phone number and always answers when they call.
DMU grad ‘America’s most loved’ doctor Read More
DMU student Amy Hynek and her family’s rollicking band, Pumptown, may not be the only group to perform with a wide variety of musical instruments. But it may be the only one to incorporate a conch shell, a Maori war chant and topics like bacon – and make it all musically irresistible.
Pumptown serves up musical smorgasbord Read More
In 1987, Kathleen Satterfield arrived in Des Moines ready to dive into her studies in the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery but utterly not ready for Iowa’s winters. Luckily for her, Rebecca Stills, a secretary in the college, came to her rescue with a pair of gloves, a scarf and hat.
Beloved staffer inspires scholarship Read More
As for most people, life is not all good times and gumdrops for Annette Benjamin, a certified billing coding specialist in the DMU Clinic. She’s experienced divorce and has raised her teenage daughter, Gretchen, without her ex-husband’s support or involvement. But at DMU, Benjamin is known as one of the most infectiously sunny and friendly people on campus.
How to look on the bright side of life Read More
Rule number one: Avoid starting one.
Tom Wicks, D.P.M.’94, a podiatric physician in Chickasha, OK, is a volunteer firefighter and chief medical officer for the third-largest fire department and the largest volunteer department in the state.
How to put out a fire Read More