James Jarvis, PA-C’01, is one of only 220 certified physician assistants nationally to earn a specialty credential called a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). He was awarded a CAQ in […]
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Margaret Galvez, R.N., M.P.H.’14, was selected as one of the 2016 DFW Great 100 Nurses, which honors 100 registered nurses annually in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Honorees are nominated by their peers for nursing excellence and are selected based upon
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From our earliest days of building an osteopathic college to our current status as a medical/health sciences university that educates tomorrow’s health care workforce, Des Moines University has always been a remarkable institution. Through evolutions in health care and medical
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Karl “Fritz” Disque, D.O.’07, R.Ph., in February visited his undergraduate alma mater, Purdue University, to share his personal journey with students and faculty. A practicing cardiac anesthesiologist at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Illinois, he co-founded National Health Care Provider Solutions
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Genny Maroc, M.H.A.’09, vice president of clinical services with the hospital and home services group of CoxHealth, Springfield, MO, was accepted into the doctor of science in administration-health services at the University Alabama in Birmingham.
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David Leszkowitz, D.O.’86, is board-certified in family medicine and passed his boards in addiction medicine. In practice with White Lake Family Medicine in White Lake, MI, he plans to subspecialize in adolescent and young adult substance abuse and substance abuse
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David E. Drake, D.O.’83, spent 10 days in January as part of a 13-member medical delegation to Gaza, organized by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. His assignment was to facilitate a seminar over several days for postgraduate students in mental
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Matthew Johnson, D.P.T.’08, M.H.A.’13, in February was promoted to chief executive officer and president of Cherokee Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Cherokee, IA. He began his career at CRMC eight years ago as a staff physical therapist. In 2010, he
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Todd Wical, D.O.’13, and his wife, Suzanne Wical, M.D., celebrated the birth of their daughter, Hadleigh Jo Wical, on Oct. 30, 2015, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX.
Troy Boffeli, D.P.M.’90, FACFAS, received the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) Distinguished Service Award at the organization’s 74th Annual Scientific Conference Feb. 11-14 in Austin, TX. The event drew the largest number ever of foot and ankle
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