Preparing tomorrow's health care leaders
At DMU, we enable our students to make a tangible difference in the world. Our three health sciences colleges house eight different programs, all widely respected and highly competitive. We provide a hands-on learning environment that emphasizes competence, compassion, and community.
We are #DMUProud
1898
year DMU was founded, making us the second oldest osteopathic university
$7 million
received by students in scholarships each year
Improving Lives
in our global community is part of our core mission
#1 City
Des Moines is the most affordable place to live in the U.S.
Providing some of life’s simple pleasures
Meet two alumni who have stretched their careers and hobbies beyond health care. Quick Trigger Brewing Company Louis Velazquez’s medical and military careers have taken him literally from coast to coast, but it was easing into retirement that put him …
3D models enhance education, patient care
Poised on Collin Pehde’s desk, as if waiting for marching orders, are several lower limbs and feet produced with a three-dimensional printer. He holds one that has a satiny blue sheen and points out the ankle deformity that caused a …
Five-plus decades of fabulous
Juanita Buchanan has been “a joy” for generations of students, patients and colleagues Des Moines University owes a lot to Ms. Betty D. Jackson. The typing skills/ business education teacher at Des Moines’ North High School saw so much potential …
Father, daughter give each other the gift of life
In 2017, Reagan Huber was wait-listed after her first interview as an applicant to DMU’s physician assistant studies program. Looking back on that now, she considers it one of those things that happen for a reason – in her case, …
Roadmap to increased access to contraceptives
For her capstone project for her master of public health (M.P.H.) degree, Ayla Heder turned her interest in health policy into a process that could better enable women to decide when to have children. “My idea was to create a …
DMU students are “seeking justice”
Between studying for exams, preparing for simulated patient encounters and cramming for national board exams, a growing group of students at DMU are leading changes in medical education. They are building on DMU’s legacy of diversity and inclusion. They are …
Precepting is my Superpower
You’ll never forget them: the preceptors who helped you gain skills and confidence. The ones who intimidated or shamed you. The ones who made you love a specialty or abandon it altogether. The one who, as Tucker Brady, D.O.’19, describes …
Nominate DMU Alumni of the Year
Take a moment to think about DMU alumni you know (including yourself, if you’re a graduate). Consider the work they do, the positive impact they have, and the leadership and service they provide in their communities, in their professions and …
“During our pre-clinical years, we are immersed in a curriculum that balances innovation and technology with lectures from renowned professors. We are given the tools, resources and opportunities to become compassionate, empathetic and competent clinicians to serve on local, national and even global levels.”
Neel Patel, D.O.'20