DMU’s osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) Fellows complete a 12-month experience divided nearly equally in clinical and academic duties. They spend time with attendings in the University’s on-campus OMM Clinic in the mornings and then, in the afternoons, primarily teach in […]
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When Karl “Fritz” Disque, D.O.’07, R.Ph., was in Haiti to help provide relief after the island nation’s catastrophic earthquake in 2010, he and his team encountered a woman who went into labor while digging her family out of the rubble.
Alumnus and his team train millions to save millions more Read More
Allen Auerbach, D.O.’73, contributed to his community and society in multiple ways. He was an adored husband of his wife, Terry, and the beloved father of five, grandfather of three and a family member and friend to numerous others. He
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“I am currently completing my last 2 months of medical school in Tanzania with my fellow classmate Paul Guzik. We just got back from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and made it successfully to the summit. To help with our aches and
Spotlight: Jesse Dalton, D.O.’18 Read More
Recent research conducted in a lab at Des Moines University shed new light on monitoring the transport of ions in and out of cells by specialized transporter proteins. The researchers used proton-selective electrodes and patch clamping methods to measure the
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On a day in the DMU life of Michelle Brenner, D.O.’19, you might have found her presiding over a meeting of the Pediatrics Club, of which she was a first-year liaison. She could have been volunteering at St. Baldrick’s Day,
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Muhammad Spocter, Ph.D., has been awarded a fellowship that, in a way, will take him home. The associate professor of anatomy received a Carnegie Alumni Diaspora Fellowship from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he earned his bachelor’s,
Faculty Spotlight: Muhammad Spocter, Ph.D. Read More
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) appointed American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) nominee Kimberly Brown, Ph.D., M.Ed., vice president of enrollment management and student affairs at Des Moines University (DMU), to serve as an alternate negotiator representing financial
DMU VP of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs appointed to USDE committee Read More
Bret Ripley, D.O., FACOFP, FPLI, chair of family and internal medicine and a DMU family medicine clinician, received the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association’s Physician of the Year Award during the annual IOMA meeting in May. He was nominated by multiple
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When he was 10 years old, Thomas Benzoni was happily hurtling downhill on his bicycle when the front wheel fell off. So did Benzoni, who sustained injuries and gained an interest in medicine thanks to the care he received. “The
Adjunct faculty spotlight: Thomas Benzoni, D.O., AOBEM, FACEP, ABFM Read More