The three associate professors who retired this summer to emeriti faculty status have served the University and its students for more than three decades each. Here they look back and ahead to life after DMU. O’Connell cultivates eclectic interests Having […]
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Mark Rogers, D.O.’03, M.A., CAQSM, was honored in March by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) with the Master Preceptor Award in Austin, TX. The award acknowledges the devotion of a physician who has been a preceptor for
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Des Moines University hosted back-to-back events Dec. 9 to honor and thank individuals who’ve had an especially important impact on the University: past Alumni of the Year (AOTY) and leadership donors. The reception honoring AOTY was a new event hosted
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Earlier this year, the Continuing Medical Education (CME) department submitted its reaccreditation paperwork to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The AOA Council on CME reviewed the information and re-approved Des Moines University with 5-year Accreditation with Commendation as a Category 1
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Later class outperforms the national average, too Graduating from medical school is a worthy achievement, but members of DMU’s osteopathic medical Class of 2016 did something even better – they achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on Level 3
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The reasons for celebrating National Physician Assistant Week, Oct. 6-12, at Des Moines University keep pouring in. The latest cause for celebration is news that Luan Montag, who graduated from DMU’s physician assistant program in 2000, was honored as the
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Jessica M. Gustavson, D.O.’16, was awarded the 2016 Sue Erickson Memorial Scholarship by the Ministry Health Care, St. Michael’s Hospital, Stevens Point, WI. The scholarship is offered solely for students completing fourth-year rotations/preceptorships with Ministry Health Care in Stevens Point.
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Ultrasound — a technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to make images of organs and structures in the body — can give health care providers in-depth insights into their patients’ conditions without using invasive procedures or ionizing radiation, as X-rays and CT
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Des Moines University Continuing Medical Education has implemented an online reporting system for physicians who precept osteopathic medical students. The new system, which launched January 1, replaces the previous method of submitting preceptor hours through student evaluations. The online system
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Dominic Formaro, D.O.’05, joined Des Moines University’s department of specialty medicine in the division of surgery as an assistant professor beginning Jan. 7, 2016. He is a general surgeon practicing in Newton, IA. He has been active as a preceptor
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