It was a beautiful football Saturday at Drake Stadium on October 3 as Des Moines University and Drake University Law School renewed their rivalry in the Malpractice Bowl. DMU split the games, with the women’s team winning 19-0 and the men’s […]
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Leonard A. Mermel, D.O.’84, had his first senior-authored original article published in the New England Journal of Medicine: He was among the authors of “Intravascular complications of central venous catheterization by insertion site” (New England Journal of Medicine 373: 1220-1229,
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Col. Arthur Wittich, D.O.’71, the oldest soldier in the military district of Washington, on Sept. 25 retired after 44 years of service to his country. His military career began in 1956, when he enlisted in the Navy and served six
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Des Moines University students and employees enjoy the benefit of riding DART for free throughout the year by simply showing their ID badge. During “Try Transit Week” Oct. 4-10, 2015, friends and family can go gratis, too. DART Local, Express, Flex
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Sheena Agarwal is a fourth-year DMU osteopathic medical student with aspirations for a career in primary care and preventive medicine. But on a recent Saturday, she was “Jake,” a tobacco-chewing editor of NASCAR Illustrated; a tough attorney suing a cattle
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Thomas A. Cavalieri, D.O.’76, was appointed by U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan to serve on the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA). Cavalieri is dean of the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine (RowanSOM) in
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Jean and Paul Groben, D.O.’75, a radiologist, are thankful their three children and two grandchildren reside in Des Moines. That’s the home of Jasper Winery, which the Grobens launched when son Mason, a viticulturist and enologist, persuaded them to make
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Robert Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A., FAAEM, FACEP, FACOEP-D, FIFEM, served as the senior executive committee member of the Eighth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress (MEMC) Sept. 5-9 in Rome. MEMC is a collaboration of the Mediterranean Academy of Emergency Medicine, the Global
Robert Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A., FAAEM, FACEP, FACOEP-D, FIFEM Read More
A number of DMU alumni were honored by the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association (IOMA) and were elected to its offices this spring. Elected president-elect was Bruce Ricker, D.O.’83, an osteopathic family physician in Mount Ayr. He is the medical director
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More than 200 DMU students, employees, alumni and friends took the challenge to Run DMU on September 11. Runners and walkers warmed up with a pre-race yoga session and nourished their tired bodies after five tough kilometers with food, refreshments and
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