It may look (and feel) like a Q-tip to your brain, but a common type of coronavirus test is actually a nasopharyngeal swab – and DMU clinicians and students are offering it to other University employees and students as well […]
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Townsen Kennington’s externship back in February with Gage Caudell, D.P.M.’05, FACFAS, at Fort Wayne Orthopedics in Indiana was everything an aspiring podiatric physician could want. “He placed me as his assistant in surgery. It’d be him, the scrub tech and
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Linda Auer, D.O.’92, an ophthalmology specialist, began providing cataract surgery at OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, IL. She has provided outpatient services at OSF Galesburg Clinic for the OSF Medical Group for more than 22 years.
After nearly a year of adjusting and acclimating to all the changes and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, DMU students did something that reflects the kind of health care professionals they will become: They demonstrated kindness and gratitude. In January,
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One would be hard-pressed to imagine what Patrick Crocker, D.O.’80, M.S., FACEP, did not experience in his nearly 40 years in emergency medicine in Texas. Babies found in dumpsters. Patients who seemed beyond help who somehow rallied and recovered. Those
Alumnus’s new book reveals the “human theater” of emergency medicine Read More
When she reflects on the hardships of being a first-year student in DMU’s physician assistant (PA) program, Emily Delzer concludes, “It’s not about me.” Delzer made that conclusion in her Humanities in Gross Anatomy (HuGA) project, a requirement for the
A covid twist on a traditional assignment Read More
Two of the many challenges that the coronavirus thrust upon frontline medical providers were having to treat very sick patients for a disease the providers were largely learning about in real time, and facing risks to their own health in
Applying an established therapy to a new disease Read More
Shelly Sedberry, D.P.M.’15, M.S., AACFAS, has a private practice, Shoal Creek Foot and Ankle Center, in Joplin, MO. She also sees patients at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Cedar County Memorial Hospital and Ellett Memorial Hospital. She completed her residency at
Shelly Sedberry, D.P.M.’15, M.S., AACFAS Read More
For Andy Michalowitz, D.O.’14, the last 12-plus months were supposed to be a “relaxed but focused year” to hone his surgical skills and clinical acumen at New York University Langone Health in the largest orthopedic surgery training program in the
Ortho joins motley but heroic crew of medicine during New York City surge Read More
A bunion, also referred to as hallux valgus, looks like a bump on the side of the big toe, but it’s really a structural change in the front part of the foot. According to the American College of Foot and
What caused my bunion, and what can I do about it? Read More