David Connett, D.O., FACOFP (dist.), is dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences. Connett has a distinguished career spanning decades. A 1984 graduate of the Western University of Health Sciences – College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, he completed his postgraduate training at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. His professional journey includes distinguished service in the United States Air Force as a board-certified family physician and flight surgeon, where he notably served as chief of aerospace medicine.

Connett has also served as the chief medical officer of an osteopathic teaching hospital and has been an integral part of the faculty at Western University of Health Sciences since 2007, progressively assuming roles as the dean of postdoctoral training, vice dean, and acting dean. He is a national consultant in residency development. A distinguished fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, he was inducted into the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Board of Governors in 2018.