Robert Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A., FAAEM, FACEP, FACOEP-D, FIFEM, served as the senior executive committee member of the Eighth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress (MEMC) Sept. 5-9 in Rome. MEMC is a collaboration of the Mediterranean Academy of Emergency Medicine, the Global […]
Robert Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A., FAAEM, FACEP, FACOEP-D, FIFEM Read More
In just three years since graduating from DMU, Brooke Schweitzer, PA-C’12, has journeyed from “the middle of nowhere” in Kansas to America’s fourth-largest city, from providing emergency room and family medicine care and coverage of two local nursing homes to
Schweitzer shows the impact of PAs in health care Read More
More than 200 DMU students, employees, alumni and friends took the challenge to Run DMU on September 11. Runners and walkers warmed up with a pre-race yoga session and nourished their tired bodies after five tough kilometers with food, refreshments and
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As you’ve likely heard or seen, there was a “debate” about vaccination at the GOP presidential debate on CNN Sept. 16. I happened to be watching the debate, half-watching, half-working while I sat on my couch at home. It caught
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Patrick Cornelius, D.P.T.’07, CCS, ATC, CSCS, became a cardiovascular and pulmonary certified specialist through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. He is the acute hospitalist clinical lead at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, MN.
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The factors defining your health have a lot to do with where you are born, how and with whom you grow up and the resources available to you. Those factors, according to the World Health Organization, are in turn shaped
Global Health Learning Collaborative to explore social determinants of health Read More
Although she earned her dental degree just seven years ago, Abby Shannon, D.D.S., has taken her career far beyond filling cavities and fitting dentures. A student in DMU’s master of public health program and a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public
M.P.H. student melds dentistry and public health Read More
Ideal weather, a distinguished grand marshal, honored “milestone” alumni, a compelling keynote speaker and, of course, the elation of earning their 472 DMU degrees made Commencement a joyous occasion for graduates, their loved ones and all members of the DMU
472 degrees of happiness Read More
After getting a taste of Des Moines University for three weeks one summer, these students returned to campus to complete their main courses. Des Moines University hosts hundreds of prospective students year-round. From Discover DMU to program previews to traditional
Stroke survivors likely never describe their recovery process as fun and games. Therapy can be grueling and gains incremental. Yet the laughter among Des Moines University Stroke Camp participants as they bat a green balloon during a modified game of volleyball make
Stroke Camp uses fun to foster function Read More