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One Day for DMU Fuels a Great Future for Students

Students representing DMU’s three colleges, Madie Mealey, M.S.P.A.S.’24, Samantha Gantenbein, D.P.M.’25, and Ryan Lei, D.O.’25, competed in a spelling bee to win scholarship dollars for their college. A record number of donors and dollars, a spelling bee and lots of…

Ditch Debt with a Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program

By the time he enrolled in Des Moines University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, David Best, D.O.’02, already had some savings and a 401(k) account from his job as an analytic chemist with a pharmaceutical company. Still, he knew he wouldn’t…

A Hard-Earned Honor

It isn’t surprising that Niru K. Pandeya, D.O.’69, FAAOS, FAACS, FAAPRS, FAIS, FICS, received a 2022 Presidential Citation from the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons for his outstanding contributions to osteopathic plastic surgical education for more than 50 years. He…

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Class Notes

Kanan Kappelman, M.H.A.’13

Kanan Kappelman, M.H.A.'13, is marketing manager for the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

Jennifer Havens, M.H.A.’16, R.N., FACHE

Jennifer Havens, M.H.A.'16, R.N., FACHE, chief executive officer of Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, IA, was a featured panelist during the Evolving Systems of Care for the Future discussion session during the American Hospital Association’s 2023 annual membership meeting.

Travis Klatt, D.P.M.’14

Travis Klatt, D.P.M.’14, became owner and CEO of the Community Foot Clinic in Albert Lea, MN. He has practiced at the clinic since 2017.
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“I come from a family history of D.O.'s. My grandfather was a family practice physician who did manipulation on all of his patients and my father is a DMU graduate and now a general surgeon, and I grew up having OMM done on me. I wanted to follow in my family's footsteps.”

Kimberly Miller, D.O.'23, OMM Fellow

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