Early this year Heather Opseth, M.P.A.S., PA-C, assistant professor and assistant director of DMU’s physician assistant (PA) program, was scheduled to give a lecture on pediatric dermatologic conditions. Instead, she and her husband were at a local children’s hospital with […]
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Stacie Schaible, B.S.P.A.’90, is one of the founding providers at Desert View Family Medicine in Gilbert, AZ. She has worked as a family practice physician assistant for more than 20 years. Her practice emphasizes preventative medicine and wellness for patients
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Physician assistant (PA) degree programs can seem – and be – intimidating given the volume and scope of material to be mastered in just two years. Shaun Grammer, M.S.P.A.’07, D.M.Sc., however, says DMU’s PA program was his “best educational experience.”
Des Moines University’s 2022 alumni honorees represent some of the best qualities of DMU graduates: highly competent and compassionate patient care, professional leadership, community service, active support of their future fellow practitioners and even some “star power.” “DMU alumni contribute
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Loren Eberhard, PA-C’08, serves patients of all ages at Village Medical in Gilbert, AZ. During his career, he also has mentored many medical, physician assistant and nurse practitioner students.
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Dayna Soukup, PA-C’16, joined Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA, where she provides skin specialty services. Previously, she provided urgent care services in Cedar Falls and Waterloo, IA.
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During recent lab sessions in DMU’s Munroe Building, groups of students struggled with their vision, hearing, mobility and dexterity. There wasn’t anything wrong with them; rather, they had to complete a number of tasks while outfitted with vision-distorting goggles, sound-muffling
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Courtney Bolluyt, B.S.P.A.’00, is a dermatology physician assistant with Dakota Dermatology at Spirit Lake, IA.
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After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the DMU Department of Global Health is slowly resuming some international rotations. This year, we have a small number of students, 14, scheduled to travel to three of our international sites – Hillside
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Morgan McGinn, PA-C’18, is a physician assistant with Dermatology PC in central Iowa. Prior to joining the practice in 2019, she worked in family medicine in Colorado.
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