Megan Knox, M.P.H.’13, was named the executive director of the FEMAP Foundation, which supports the work of FEMAP/SADEC in Juárez, Mexico, to improve the quality of life of people living in poverty through health care, education, outreach and economic development […]
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Des Moines University continues to improve lives in our global community by educating diverse groups of highly competent and compassionate health professionals. This extends beyond DMU faculty, staff and students into our local health care community, which is particularly important
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People have known for many years that what they eat can have a big impact, positive or negative, on their heart health. Today, Jun Dai, Ph.D., M.D., M.Sc., is looking at a lesser-understood factor relating to diet and heart health:
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Bradden Cannon, M.P.H.’08, M.H.A.’08, completed all the requirements to become a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and use the credential, FACHE. He is the director of cardiovascular services at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville.
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Sara Zelinskas, D.P.M.’10, and David Zelinskas, D.O.’10, M.P.H.’15, shared news: She joined Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group (TPMG Foot and Ankle) in Virginia Beach, VA, where she has hosted a free foot and ankle injury clinic for runners and walkers the
Sara E. Zelinskas, D.P.M.’10, and David Zelinskas, D.O.’10, M.P.H.’15 Read More
Yogesh Shah, M.P.H.’13, M.D., FAAFM, is a physician in the geriatric medicine and memory center at Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines. He is board-certified in family medicine, geriatrics and hospice and palliative care. Previously, he had been associate dean of
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Annette Bartel, D.P.M.’13, M.P.H.’13, joined the Essentia Health St. Joseph’s-Brainerd Clinic in Brainerd, MN. She provides treatment for a wide range of foot and ankle conditions, from diagnosing and treating ingrown toenails and bunions to flat foot correction, Achilles tendon
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Murray R. Berkowitz, D.O.’96, M.A., M.S., M.P.H., has been appointed interim assistant dean for clerkships and core site development at the Georgia campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Berkowitz is a tenured associate professor of neuromusculoskeletal medicine and
Murray R. Berkowitz, D.O.’96, M.A., M.S., M.P.H. Read More
DMU is proud that its master’s degree program in public health (M.P.H.) provides outstanding education that prepares public health leaders. That pride was recently affirmed by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). On June 18, CEPH reaccredited DMU’s
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Roberta Wattleworth, D.O.’81, M.H.A.’99, M.P.H.’04, will join the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) on July 12, 2016, as chief physician for test development for the board’s assessment services department. A member of the NBOME Board of Directors since
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