Bryce Neu loves the outdoors, the sport of pheasant hunting and camaraderie with other hunters. Thanks in part to Tad Jacobs, D.O.’81, he can enjoy those life’s pleasures despite the spinal bifida that causes him to use a wheelchair. Jacobs […]
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Dale Andres, D.O.’73, this spring accepted an appointment to serve as U.S. Army Reserve ambassador to Iowa. The Reserve operates 22 facilities in Iowa with 169 units and detachments and more than 2,100 soldiers utilizing the facilities. Andres is a
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Joshua Baker, D.O.’14, FAAP, was awarded the 2019 Takeda Next Generation Medical Biochemical Subspecialty Fellowship, announced during the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics annual clinical genetics meeting in Seattle in April. Baker is a clinical genetics fellow in
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Leonard Mermel, D.O.’84, Sc.M., A.M. (Hon.), FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, is one of those DMU graduates with multiple credentials, several titles and seemingly countless awards and achievements. In addition to his hospital and academic appointments, he is a member of several
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Jonathon Strong, D.P.M.’00, FACFAS, was named Employees’ Choice Physician of the Year for 2019 at Capital Region Medical Center. Board-certified in foot and reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Strong is a
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When the American Board of Medical Specialties voted in 1979 to make emergency medicine the nation’s 23rd recognized medical specialty, Patrick Crocker, D.O.’80, M.S., FACEP, says he found himself “in the right place at the right time – I fell
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DMU’s osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) Fellows complete a 12-month experience divided nearly equally in clinical and academic duties. They spend time with attendings in the University’s on-campus OMM Clinic in the mornings and then, in the afternoons, primarily teach in
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On April 2, 2019, the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector to ensure that all children and young adults have the opportunity to live healthy, active lives, announced that Des Moines University (DMU) has
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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
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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
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