One of the seemingly countless big steps in pursuing medical degrees and careers is landing a medical residency, the multi-year postgraduate training that individuals undertake after earning their medical degrees. During a recent week in October, several graduates of DMU’s
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Benjamin Chao, D.O.’16, is a family medicine physician at SSM Health in Wisconsin in Janesville. He completed family medicine residencies at UnityPoint Trinity in Bettendorf, IA, and Monroe Clinic – University of Illinois in Rockford.
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Over three days in October, three central Iowa organizations, an international nonprofit, two DMU alumni and 17 students came together in an effort that likely saved several individuals’ ability to see. Delta Dental of Iowa and Delta Vision led efforts
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Sean Grambart, D.P.M.’01, FACFAS, assistant dean for clinical affairs in DMU’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS), served on a team of physicians who designed a better way to help patients with lower-limb fractures: the Volition™ Ankle Fracture Plating
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Gary Leo, D.O.’79, a neurologist at Columbia St. Mary Hospital in Milwaukee, WI, gave a lecture about common sleep problems that affect people with Parkinson’s disease as part of the 2021 provincial conference of the Parkinson Society-British Columbia.
Abigail Schiltz, PA-C’18, in October joined DMU as a physician assistant in its behavioral health clinic. She joined Adam Bertroche, D.O.’17, in providing behavioral health services to patients. Previously, Schiltz was with the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center.
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Jake Redden, M.P.H.’11, M.H.A.’11, DHSc, was appointed chief executive officer of Madelia Health in Madelia, MN. He has spent more than 15 years overseeing health care operations, strategic management, quality, medical staff engagement and performance improvement. Most recently he was
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When Brian Huber of Waukee, IA, collapsed during the 20-kilometer EMC Dam to DSM race in Des Moines on August 28, he was fortunate that one of his fellow runners was Tom Benzoni, D.O.’83, EM, AOBEM, FACEP, an emergency medicine
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Erica Berger, D.O.’16, M.P.H.’16, opened Driftless Integrative Psychiatry in Lansing, IA. She completed a four-year psychiatry residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and then practiced as an outpatient psychiatrist at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Viroqua and
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When Allen Kempf, D.P.M., M.S., and Jarrod Smith, D.P.M., FACFAS, joined the faculty of the DMU College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS) this year, they didn’t need a campus tour to get to know their way around. Both men
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