Sara “Sally” Sutton contracted scarlet fever when she was in the sixth grade, which forced her and her mother into quarantine in their home’s second floor. Their family physician, a doctor of osteopathy, visited them every day, climbing a ladder […]
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Mark A. Meeker, D.O.’88, FACP, CPE, accepted the role of clinical vice president of primary care services for OSF HealthCare Medical Group in Peoria, IL. In this role, he is accountable for development of superior clinical outcomes across all ambulatory
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Todd Johnson, D.O.’00, FAAFP, was the featured “spotlight” Feb. 11 in the online Direct Primary Care Journal. The journal offers information, statistics and resources for physicians who don’t accept insurance and instead charge patients a monthly fee in return for
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Don N. Peska, D.O.’75, M.Ed., FACOS, is the new interim dean and chief academic officer at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM). He most recently served as the dean of the University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College
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The Class of 1978 at the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (COMS), now Des Moines University, were students when the world mourned the passing of Elvis Presley, celebrated the release of the first at-home game console (the Atari 2600),
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Robert E. “Bob” Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A.’89, FACOEP-D, FAAEM, FACEP, FIFEM, was re-elected to his third board term and elected president-elect of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP). In July, he returned from a Middle East deployment as a colonel
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Valerie Torgerson, D.O.’93, a family physician provider at McFarland Clinic in Ames, IA, was featured in a video on the clinic’s website titled “Angie’s Extraordinary Story – How Her Doctors Found Cancer.” The video was a testimonial by a patient
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Des Moines University looks forward to hosting reunions May 23-25, 2018, for the classes of 1993, 1978, 1968 and earlier years. We invite class members to share their memories of their days as students at DMU, known previously as the
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Lois Weixler-Fisher, D.O.’89, joined the Huntington Internal Medicine Group (HIMG) in Huntington, WV. She has worked in health care for more than 20 years, with the most recent years focused on serving patients in a three-state region.
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John Pham, D.O.’00, recently was promoted to the leadership role of vice dean of Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest campus, in Lebanon, OR. He also is working on opening a medical clinic in