Graduation + wedding proposal = new adventures Commencement is typically a day of celebration and excitement for DMU graduates, but for Logan Driscoll, it also brought a case of the jitters. A member of the physician assistant (PA) Class of […]
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For Katie Sorensen, M.S.P.A.’10, PA-C, precepting students brings joy “to a whole new level” in her career. Sorensen has been a physician assistant (PA) in general surgery for 10 years, currently practicing at St. Luke’s Regional Health System in Duluth,
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Abigail Schiltz, PA-C’18, in October joined DMU as a physician assistant in its behavioral health clinic. She joined Adam Bertroche, D.O.’17, in providing behavioral health services to patients. Previously, Schiltz was with the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center.
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“The people who seek care on a given day represent every race, creed, gender, age, socioeconomic level, language, physical and mental ability and educational attainment. To receive the best care, they need health care providers who can understand them, communicate
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Marissa Wraalstad-Tomann, PA-C’20, joined the Essentia Health-Lakewalk Clinic in Duluth, MN, where she specializes in family medicine.
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The health care provider students are gathered around the patient, who came into the emergency room complaining of heartburn and chest discomfort. They are beginning to feel anxious because the patient said her discomfort is becoming worse, and she now has
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Terra Goldsberry, a 2011 graduate of DMU’s physician assistant (PA) program, leaned toward a health care career early, completing certified nursing assistant classes in high school and working in a nursing home. Now on the psychiatry team at Orchard Place,
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Emily Zellmer, PA-C’16, moved to Detroit and joined the Endometriosis Treatment Center of America. The practice has several locations in Michigan.
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In elementary school, Shaun Grammer, D.M.Sc., PA-C’07, would finish his homework and circulate around the classroom to assist other students. He enrolled at Iowa State University with the initial plan of becoming a high school mathematics teacher. He instead changed
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After the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on their final year as DMU students, members of the Class of 2021 had plenty to celebrate during Commencement activities May 26-28. While those events had to occur completely online last year, this year
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