A day to remember: graduation 2010
Des Moines University’s 110th commencement was a mixture of joy, excitement and sadness over the loss of a DMU friend.
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Grooming the next generation
You might say R. Tim Yoho, D.P.M., FACFAS, dean of the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, is looking for his replacement. Long-term, that is.
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Glanton Dinner to honor former Gov. Robert Ray
For these and other worthy acts, Ray will be honored at DMU’s Glanton Scholarship Dinner Oct. 14 at the Meadows at Prairie Meadows, Altoona, IA.
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Osteopathic champion earns top AAO honor
Alum Boyd Buser earns the 2010 Andrew Taylor Still Medallion of Honor, the highest award conferred by the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO).
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New award honors “Papa Joe” McNerney, excellence in internal medicine
Joseph “Papa Joe” McNerney, D.O.’37, was a pioneer in internal medicine and a practitioner, lecturer and teacher for more than 50 years. His deep commitment to patient care, osteopathic medicine and medical education inspired and enhanced decades’ worth of students, interns, residents and fellow physicians.
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Let’s get oriented…
Welcome to campus! We promise you’ll figure out where everything is soon and be able to ditch the map & compass. We’re not a very huge campus, plus everyone’s friendly so feel free to ask a passer-by if you’re not
Anatomical Visualization Tools Inspire Clinical Understanding
Kenneth Hisley, Ph.D., a faculty member in DMU anatomy department, is manipulating a human torso to reveal the thoracic cavity of a human subject – slicing it horizontally, observing the lungs and thorax obliquely to show the spatial relationshipsof the
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Grasso takes high tech to extreme heights
On the topic of technology, Vincent Grasso says embrace the machine – it benefits patients, takes health care to underserved areas and complements osteopathic medicine’s holistic approach. S. Vincent Grasso, D.O.’91, has taken telemedicine to the most remote place on
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Grad guides electronic medical record use
Andrew Burchett, D.O.’03, admits with a laugh that when he agreed to become his health system’s medical information officer, he didn’t know what he was getting himself into. He took on the role in 2007, when the Avera health system
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Anatomy word of the month: buccinator
The “trumpeter” in Latin. Our cheek muscles, the buccinator, assist the tongue during chewing movements to hold food between our teeth. Otherwise food would accumulate between our cheek and gums making chewing much less efficient and much more frustrating to
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