Gary Stuck, D.O.’83, FAAFP, is chief medical officer for Advocate Aurora Health, the 10th largest nonprofit integrated health system in the U.S. With more than 8,100 physicians on staff and 27 hospitals, Advocate Aurora Health was formed when Advocate Health […]
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The Sixties are known as a period of great political, social and cultural change in the United States and much of the world. That was true of osteopathic medicine, too, as members of the profession fought for equal recognition of
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Not all health care is provided in giant organizations, and not all medical school graduates remain saddled with tuition debt for decades. On Feb. 26, DMU students had lively discussions with nine DMU graduates who have been entrepreneurial in starting
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That Marie-Elena Dragonetti, D.O.’94, will attend her 25-year reunion at DMU in May is a testament to her fond memories of the University and her superb patient care. Although she has not been back to campus since she graduated, she
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When Karl “Fritz” Disque, D.O.’07, R.Ph., was in Haiti to help provide relief after the island nation’s catastrophic earthquake in 2010, he and his team encountered a woman who went into labor while digging her family out of the rubble.
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Like many college undergraduates, Stephanie Greiner wanted to earn some extra cash. She landed the best-paying job on the University of Iowa campus: soliciting alumni for contributions through the university’s phonathon program. “Everyone around me hated the job, but I
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Thanks to a group of DMU students, more than 80 people are newly trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) organized the training session, which took place Feb. 9 at the Science Center of Iowa, in
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Scott Nelson, D.P.M.’00, FACFAS, on Feb. 15 took office as president-elect of the 7,600-member American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) during the college’s 77th annual scientific conference in New Orleans. He is a foot and ankle surgeon with
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Des Moines University knows that students in its eight graduate medical/health sciences degree programs need to understand how to work well with people in other health professions. That’s why its clinical students will be among more than 1,000 medical/health sciences
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Peter Cohen, D.O.’90, joined Jaffrey Family Medicine and Monadnock Community Hospital in Jaffrey, NH. He completed his residency at Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center in Portland, OR. Board-certified in family medicine, Cohen previously was a primary care physician at
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