Cameron Phipps, D.P.M.’09, AACFAS, is the founder of Catoctin Foot and Ankle Center in Leesburg, VA. Board-certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, he is clinically and surgically trained in forefoot and rearfoot reconstruction, […]
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On Feb. 20, Scott C. Nelson, D.P.M.’00, FACFAS, took office as the 69th president of the 7,700-member American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS). The official induction took place during the college’s Annual Scientific Conference in San Antonio. The
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Lauren Wurster, D.P.M.’16, joined Arcadia Foot and Ankle P.C. in Phoenix. She completed her three-year foot and ankle surgical residency at Dignity Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, where she served as chief resident of the program in her
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Travis Langan, D.P.M.’15, AACFAS, was among the authors of “Surgical treatment and management for chronic dislocated subtalar joint,” published in the March-April issue of the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. He is a resident in the podiatric medicine and
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The explosion of a gas station near Des Moines University’s campus tossed a recent Saturday morning into chaos. Gas station employees and others in the vicinity who suffered burns, broken bones and other serious injuries were transported to DMU’s Olsen
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Last year the DMU Department of Global Health signed a memorandum of understanding with Juan N. Corpas University in Bogotá, Colombia, making it one of our newest international sites. Founded in 1971, Juan N. Corpas is a university and teaching
The team’s patient, Harriett, was a 67-year-old woman who had been brought by ambulance to the rural hospital’s emergency room after a neighbor discovered she’d fallen in her home and was unable to get up. She had high blood pressure,
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Members of Des Moines University’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) are working to change the world of health care, one interaction at a time: In addition to their on-campus activities, they are engaging with minority grade school, middle school and
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Jeff Weber, D.P.M.’13, AACFAS, was among the authors of the article “Surgical treatment of subtalar joint instability: safety and accuracy of a new technique in a cadaver model,” published in the January-February 2020 issue of the Journal of Foot and
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Eric So, D.P.M.’15, AACFAS, was among the authors of the literature review and case report titled “Complications of en bloc osteochondral talar allografts and treatment of failures,” published in the January-February 2020 issue of the Journal of Foot and Ankle
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