When Amber Bradford-Saffles, D.O.’03, and her family moved to Peninsula, OH, in August 2009, she and her husband, Keith, thought they were getting a wonderful historic home with great architecture, woodwork and other delightful details as well as proximity to […]
Housing osteopathic history Read More
At the White Coat Ceremony every August, students in DMU’s clinical programs don this symbol of professional excellence as hundreds of family members, friends and DMU community members watch with pride and expectation. Donors play a big role, too, by
Coated in compassion Read More
By Lisa Ferdinando, ARNEWS During more than a half-century of military service, Col. Arthur Wittich, D.O.’71, an Army doctor, has helped service members and families across the globe. From his office at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Arthur Wittich looked back
Army doctor, 75, looks back at half-century of service Read More
Ronald Bergman, D.O.’76, M.D., FICS, FAACS, and Bryan Folkers, D.O.’04, FACOS, both love practicing in their specialty and teaching future surgeons. That motivated them to take on the meetings, paperwork and processes of another labor of love: creating a new plastic and
Creating a path for future fellow surgeons Read More
Thomas “Tom” DeGregory was contemplating enrolling in a Pennsylvania allopathic medical school when friends suggested he explore osteopathic medical institutions. Then a junior high school music teacher, he was soon enrolled at the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, now
Alumni make supporting DMU a family affair Read More
Dr. Childe will graduate from the McLaren Greater Lansing orthopedic residency in June 2015 and will then begin a hand and upper extremity surgery fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. She and her husband, J.R., are expecting their first
Jessica R. Johannesen Childe, D.O.’10, M.S.A. Read More
Dr. Byers is a perinatologist at the Center for Maternal and Fetal Care at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, NE.
Benjamin D. Byers, D.O.’01 Read More
The desire to make an impact, extraordinary surgical expertise and some coincidental DMU connections came together in the past year to save one life and change others. THE DECISION – Early last summer, David Drake, D.O.’83, wrote a letter to
Much more than a sum of parts Read More
What exactly is wrong with America’s health care system, and how can it be fixed? ACCORDING TO THE COMMONWEALTH FUND, a private foundation that seeks to promote a high-performing health care system, the U.S. ranks last among 11 industrialized countries on health
Number one in cost, number 11 in quality Read More
We are in a world of pain. From the prick of our first booster to the aches of arthritis, we experience pain at all ages in a variety of ways. Pain can range from irritating to excruciating, but it always serves a