In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Des Moines University celebrates the contributions of a graduate who serves his Native American community. Rudy Papakee, M.H.A.’11, once planned to become a pharmacist, but learning about community and public health as an […]
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Tatem Edwards, D.P.T.’16, joined Makovicka Physical Therapy at its Waverly, NE, clinic. She had been practicing as a physical therapist in Des Moines. She and her husband, Tony, have a two-year-old son, Dawson.
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Within the first year of practice as a physician assistant, Wallace Boeve, Ed.D., PA-C, responded to a request from Grand Valley State University to serve as a clinical preceptor for its physician assistant (PA) students. That sparked his relatively rapid
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Lakeisha Lommel, PA-C’20, joined the cardiology team at St. Luke’s, a regional health care system headquartered in Duluth, MN. She is board-certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Her interests include electrophysiology and interventional cardiology.
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Anatomy is one of the most, if not the most, hands-on aspects of clinical students’ education. Students in DMU’s doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.), doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.), doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.), master of physician assistant studies (PA)
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Ryan Stepan, M.P.H.’18, joined the leadership team of Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, MN, as multispecialty clinic director. He comes to CRMC from UnityPoint Clinic where he spent the last nine years, seven of which were in clinic leadership
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Krista Hoevemeyer, D.O.’21, M.P.H.’21, completed an eight-week virtual internship with United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) during June and July 2020. She was selected to participate in this internship as part of the Department of Global Health’s Distinguished Global
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Researchers at Des Moines University and The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement presented their preliminary results at the American Public Health Association Virtual Annual Meeting and Expo of a scientific research project that analyzed how the Count
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Hailey Huey, D.P.T.’18, is a physical therapist with West Des Moines Physical Therapy, where her clinical interests include working with patients following musculoskeletal injury and pre- and post-surgery and helping athletes to recover from and prevent future injury. She has
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Sarah Abbott, D.P.T.’19, serves patients of all ages at West Des Moines Physical Therapy.
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