From Tipping Point To Turning Point
Alumna Terrie Wurzbacher, D.O.’75, reflects on her life’s challenges and triumphs with raw honesty in her books, including her journey through ultra-endurance events.
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Lisa Uganski, M.P.H.’16, R.D., CHES
Lisa Uganski, M.P.H.’16, R.D., CHES, was appointed the deputy health officer of the Ottawa County, MI, Health Department effective June 3, 2024. She previously was the department’s health planning and promotion manager. She joined the department in 2000 as a
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Lauren Wurster, D.P.M.’16
Lauren Wurster, D.P.M.’16, FACFAS, was elected to serve as the young physician member on the American Podiatric Medical Association Board of Trustees at the 2024 APMA House of Delegates meeting in Washington, DC, in March 2024. She will serve a
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Paul Lentz, D.O.’11
Paul Lentz, D.O.’11, joined SSM Health Monroe Clinic Medical Group in Monroe, WI. He primarily focuses on sport-related injuries, neck and back pain and other musculoskeletal conditions that keep patients from being active.
O.T.D. Students Inspired To Offer Holistic, Patient-Driven Care
Hear from the first students in Des Moines University’s inaugural Doctor of Occupational Therapy program.
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Danielle Swanson, M.S.P.A.S.’13, PA-C
Danielle Swanson, M.S.P.A.S.’13, PA-C, was promoted to medical director of the three urgent care clinics operated by HealthPartners Riverway Clinic in Anoka, MN.
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Amanda Sedlacek, D.O.’15
Amanda Sedlacek, D.O.’15, was named the 2023 South Dakota American College of Physicians Early Career Physician of the Year in recognition of her achievements with interdisciplinary education and palliative medicine support during the pandemic. Sedlacek is a board-certified internal medicine
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New Executive Director is Ready to Take Research to the Next Level
Pravin Mishra, Ph.D., M.B.A., brings a rare combination of experience as Des Moines University’s executive director of research.
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Spellbinding Science with the Amazing Timothy Steele
Like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, Timothy Steele, Ph.D., discovered the wonder of microbiology. It cast a spell on him that was so powerful it would shape his life’s trajectory.
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Alternative Therapies
Several alumni are applying their health care and public health expertise beyond traditional boundaries, promoting lifestyle medicine, healthy nutrition and a love for all earth’s creatures.
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