Cameron French, PA-C’03
Cameron French, PA-C’03, joined Alpine Dermatology in Rexburg and Idaho Falls, ID. He had practiced dermatology in Rigby, ID, for the past 17 years.
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Amanda Van Wyk, PA-C’10
Amanda Van Wyk, PA-C’10, joined the Adair County Health System as a dermatology provider at its specialty clinic in Greenfield, IA.
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Committed to health equity for his community
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Des Moines University celebrates the contributions of a graduate who serves his Native American community. Rudy Papakee, M.H.A.’11, once planned to become a pharmacist, but learning about community and public health as an
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Tatem Edwards, D.P.T.’16
Tatem Edwards, D.P.T.’16, joined Makovicka Physical Therapy at its Waverly, NE, clinic. She had been practicing as a physical therapist in Des Moines. She and her husband, Tony, have a two-year-old son, Dawson.
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Boeve brings diverse, broad experiences to CHS deanship
Within the first year of practice as a physician assistant, Wallace Boeve, Ed.D., PA-C, responded to a request from Grand Valley State University to serve as a clinical preceptor for its physician assistant (PA) students. That sparked his relatively rapid
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Lakeisha Lommel, PA-C’20
Lakeisha Lommel, PA-C’20, joined the cardiology team at St. Luke’s, a regional health care system headquartered in Duluth, MN. She is board-certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Her interests include electrophysiology and interventional cardiology.
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DMU faculty rise to the challenge of teaching anatomy amid a pandemic
Anatomy is one of the most, if not the most, hands-on aspects of clinical students’ education. Students in DMU’s doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.), doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.), doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.), master of physician assistant studies (PA)
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Ryan Stepan, M.P.H.’18
Ryan Stepan, M.P.H.’18, joined the leadership team of Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, MN, as multispecialty clinic director. He comes to CRMC from UnityPoint Clinic where he spent the last nine years, seven of which were in clinic leadership
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Student explores climate change’s effects on the pandemic
Krista Hoevemeyer, D.O.’21, M.P.H.’21, completed an eight-week virtual internship with United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) during June and July 2020. She was selected to participate in this internship as part of the Department of Global Health’s Distinguished Global
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Preliminary study results link app use to positive birth outcomes
Researchers at Des Moines University and The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement presented their preliminary results at the American Public Health Association Virtual Annual Meeting and Expo of a scientific research project that analyzed how the Count
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