Reem Sheikh, D.P.M.’12, well remembers the early days of the pandemic. As a podiatric surgeon at New York Metropolitan, Lincoln and Harlem hospitals and a surgery faculty member at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, she experienced firsthand how […]
CPMS alumna and her “mommy group” tackle PPE shortage Read More
“The first lesson I learned is how dumb I am. A year and a month ago, given the oxygen saturation levels we were seeing, I couldn’t have imagined not intubating people. We in Iowa got to learn from our confreres
What has health care learned from the pandemic? Read More
In my three years as DMU’s community and public affairs manager, I’ve admired students for their selfless giving of time and talent to our community, but all through the pandemic they really stepped up. They were juggling not only tests
DMU students work to ease pandemic’s burden on community Read More
Like many third-year medical students, Lakshmi Karuparthy, D.O.’22, has a plan for her future. The steps in that plan make her unlike most other medical students, however. “In five years, I’ll be reaching the end of my residency. In 10
The intersection of medicine and filmmaking Read More
By Jasmina Salcinovic-Spahic, DMSc, MMSc, M.H.A.’18, PA-C, DFAAPA The Bosnian War (April 1992 – December 1995) changed the life of Jasmina Salcinovic-Spahic, DMSc, MMSc, M.H.A.’18, PA-C, DFAAPA. She has been a practicing physician assistant (PA) for 12 years and currently
A childhood in wartime inspired a health care career Read More
On March 1, 2021, Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., marked her 10-year anniversary as DMU’s 15th president and CEO. The decade brought some difficult decisions and needed changes, an unexpected pandemic, a successful fundraising campaign and the biggest development in
A Purpose-Driven Decade Read More
Editor’s note: After working at DMU for the past 28 years, including more than two decades as dean of the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Robert Yoho, D.P.M., M.S., FACFAS, will retire as dean at the end of this
A conversation with retiring CPMS Dean Yoho Read More
Planning a Commencement ceremony for hundreds of medical students and guests is no small feat in a good year. Doing so amid a pandemic, however, is nothing short of Herculean. “I have 450-some email messages relating to this year’s Commencement,”
Commencement 2021: The hybrid edition Read More
As an elementary school student, Angela L. Walker Franklin attended summer band camps held on the campus of Furman University. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology, magna cum laude, at Furman and, as a graduate, served
If she was to describe herself in one word, Nehad El-Sawi, Ph.D., says it would be “builder.” The assistant provost for educational innovation and enhancement at DMU knows that as medicine and the health sciences continue to advance, so, too,
DMU assistant provost receives IAMSE Finnerty Award Read More