Jami Haberl was recently named executive director of the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative, a privately led, public initiative intended to inspire Iowans and their communities to improve their health and happiness. The community-focused effort is using the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index® to measure […]
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Omar Lateef, D.O.’99, was not one of those people who knew since grade school he wanted to become a doctor. An undergraduate religious studies major, he later found himself at DMU nervously “surrounded by all these very smart people.” He
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Steven I. Seidman, D.O.’83, will be honored as a fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, earning the designation FAOCR, during the annual convention and awards ceremony on April 22 in Las Vegas. He is a neuroradiologist with the Michigan
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Kari Dyjak was a full-time biopharmaceutical representative and mother of two preschool children when she enrolled in DMU’s M.H.A. program in 2010. She did so for two big reasons, she said at the time: “The M.H.A. program, combined with my
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Ryan Meyer always knew he wanted a career in health care administration. As soon as he completed his bachelor’s degree, he enrolled in DMU’s M.H.A. program. The knowledge he was gaining on quality improvement was particularly relevant to the internship
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After finishing his undergraduate degree in health care management, Kyle Kellum became director of diagnostic and therapy services at a health care center in Grangeville, Idaho. Because of experiences his own family had had in the health care system, he
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Blessy Varghese Peacedale was a practicing physician in Kerala, India, when her spouse’s employer transferred him to Marshalltown, Iowa. Her decision to accompany him required her to make another decision – whether to pursue an American medical license. “To complete
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A nurse since 1979, Kathy Goetz increasingly took on administrative and management roles in her positions with the Iowa Heart Center. She decided earning her M.H.A. degree would allow her “to bring value” to the organization. “I am a life-long
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Ms. Brown recently accepted a position with Public Health Services of San Joaquin County in California. She is a public health educator in the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program.
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Dr. Joe Kimball practices in family medicine and Dr. Amy Kimball, in pediatrics, at Madison County Health Care System in Winterset, IA.
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