The Zoom screens featured all smiles during the virtual Match Day celebration on March 17 for Des Moines University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2023. And for a good reason: All 204 members of the class successfully matched, with […]
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It isn’t surprising that Niru K. Pandeya, D.O.’69, FAAOS, FAACS, FAAPRS, FAIS, FICS, received a 2022 Presidential Citation from the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons for his outstanding contributions to osteopathic plastic surgical education for more than 50 years. He
Gary Stuck, D.O.’83, FAAFP, the chief medical officer of Advocate Health in Charlotte, NC, in February 2023 was listed by Becker’s Healthcare as one of the “110 hospital and health system chief medical officers to know.” In his role, Stuck
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Facilities, equipment and technology all are critical aspects of a medical and health sciences university, but people are what make DMU the collegial community it is. Here are two examples. For many, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic brought “lows”
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Garth Summers, D.O.’17, a physician at MercyOne North Iowa’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, now also serves patients at a new specialty clinic, the Gynecology Care Clinic, at the Hancock County Health System’s Britt Medical Clinic in Britt, IA.
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Rachel Vo Christenson, D.O.’23, was among the seven outstanding minority medical students nationwide who in 2022 received the prestigious William G. Anderson, D.O., Minority Scholarship from the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF). Appropriately, she shares the passion to serve with the
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Research, the fine arts, winemaking, public health work, pageant competition: Students bring a wide range of interests and perspectives to DMU in part because of what they did before enrolling. Meet some who pursued other paths on their way to
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Thomas Cavalieri, D.O.’76, was named the inaugural senior vice provost of the recently formed Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences and chief academic officer of Virtua Health. The college is a partnership between Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ,
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Bryan Folkers, D.O.’04, was named medical director for the UnityPoint Health-Des Moines Wound Healing Center in Des Moines. He also practices in plastic, hand and reconstructive surgery and wound care at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines.
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Luke Groben, D.O.’06, a cardiologist and board member at the Iowa Clinic in West Des Moines, in January received the inaugural Consultant of the Year Award from UnityPoint-Des Moines. Its emergency department physicians voted to give him the award for
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