Throughout the pandemic, DMU students have volunteered to serve central Iowa health care employees and food distribution efforts. They virtually mentored undergraduates interested in health care careers. And they adapted to new ways of online learning and maintaining a steadfast […]
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Gregory Margolin, D.O.’97, FCCP, FCCM, knows that a vaccine won’t make the coronavirus magically disappear. “We’re not going to be able to completely shield ourselves from this disease,” he says. “We’re going to have to learn to live with it.”
Medical pros practice “MacGyverism” to tackle pandemic pressures Read More
After working with patients for four years at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, the largest hospital in Spokane, WA, Anastacia Lee wanted to help drive “systemic changes needed in our health care system.” She completed her master’s degree in public
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In addition to her surgical mask and eye shield, Cheryl Scott’s form of personal protective equipment is a rock-solid commitment to her colleagues at HonorHealth Rehabilitation Hospital in Scottsdale, AZ. The 2007 graduate of DMU’s doctor of physical therapy program
During lockdown, providers become patients’ “family, motivator, friend” Read More
When it became apparent the coronavirus was going to blow up, some of Christina Floyd’s colleagues at the Fort Mojave Indian Health Center, where she is the director, wondered if they were going to stay open. The facility provides primary
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As a child, Madison Galligan gave check-ups to her stuffed animals. Now a second-year DMU osteopathic medical student, she likely was influenced in part by her parents, Don Galligan, D.O.’84, and Doreen Rioux-Galligan, D.O.’85, who met at DMU. “Growing up,
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They say the eyes are the window to the soul, but the spaces above them can reveal a person’s identification. These holes in the skull can fill the “holes” in a forensic investigation when a dead body is discovered. “The
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While water blasting at a wall of frozen mud in Yukon, Canada, a gold miner made an extraordinary discovery: a perfectly preserved wolf pup that had been locked in permafrost for 57,000 years. The remarkable condition of the pup, named
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Brian Meeker, D.O.’84, a physician with the Vinton Family Medical Clinic in Vinton, IA, was elected vice president of the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association (IOMA) this spring. He completed his residency at St. Luke’s Medical Center and internship at Davenport,
DMU grads elected officers and trustees of the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association Read More
John Harris, DMU’s director of facilities management, got the first memo on the coronavirus on Jan. 30 from UG2, the private facilities services company the University contracts with. As he continued to get weekly updates and the virus “started getting
DMU copes with coronavirus, comprehensively Read More