It was another celebratory year as Des Moines University awarded 455 degrees in nine programs at the 118th annual Commencement Ceremony on May 25. Family, friends, faculty and staff celebrated the graduates throughout the week with programs, awards and a campus […]
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Jennifer Havens, M.H.A.’16, a registered nurse and administrator who has worked in health care for more than 28 years, was appointed as chief executive officer at UnityPoint Health-Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, IA. She will assume day-to-day leadership of
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Sean Williams, M.H.A.’97, has been named president and CEO of Mercy Iowa City, IA, effective May 1. He had served in his current role as president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, IA, for the past eight years.
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Todd Johnson, D.O.’00, FAAFP, was the featured “spotlight” Feb. 11 in the online Direct Primary Care Journal. The journal offers information, statistics and resources for physicians who don’t accept insurance and instead charge patients a monthly fee in return for
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Robert E. “Bob” Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A.’89, FACOEP-D, FAAEM, FACEP, FIFEM, was re-elected to his third board term and elected president-elect of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP). In July, he returned from a Middle East deployment as a colonel
Robert E. “Bob” Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A.’89, FACOEP-D, FAAEM, FACEP, FIFEM Read More
At a time of tension over the U.S.-Mexico border, an organization that’s worked for more than four decades to diminish divides and enhance public health and health care access continues to thrive thanks in part to a DMU alumna. The
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Travis James, D.O.’12, M.H.A.’12, is a board-certified dermatologist with Advanced Dermatology and Skin Surgery, which has offices in Spokane Valley and Spokane, WA, and Coeur d’Alene, ID. He completed a transitional internship at Largo Medical Center in Florida prior to
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Elisa Williams, D.O.’06, M.P.H.’06, M.H.A.’06, joined Essentia Health-Fargo in Fargo, ND. She completed a residency in anesthesiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology.
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Patients who seek services from Free Clinics of Iowa (FCI) often struggle with access to a variety of resources in addition to health care, including limitations in food security, clothing, housing, transportation, insurance assistance and technology access points, among others.
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Eric Neverman, D.O.’12, M.H.A.’11, was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). To qualify for this prestigious designation, a physician must have received initial certification in pediatrics from the American Board of Pediatrics or the American Osteopathic
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