“The 2017 Des Moines University Mock House of Delegates will come to order,” announced House Speaker Pamela Duffy, P.T., Ph.D., M.Ed., OCS, RP, FAPTA, on a recent Wednesday in a DMU lecture hall. It’s a call Dr. Duffy, assistant professor […]
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Larry J. Baker, D.O.’77, FACEP, was appointed medical director of DMU’s physician assistant program. He has practiced in central Iowa for more than 30 years and has remained involved with the University by serving on the board of trustees, including
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Col. Robert E. Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A.’89, in October received the Lewis Aspey Mologne Award, the 2016 Surgeon General’s Award for Military Academic Excellence. He was chosen from a select group of senior Medical Corps officers who, according to the U.S.
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Does including public health students on interprofessional teams increase attainment of interprofessional practice competencies? That is the title and topic of a paper published this month in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), authored by DMU faculty Pamela
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Shannon Layton Scruggs, PA-C’13, recently was awarded the specialty credential, Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She received the CAQ in emergency medicine, a distinction earned by meeting licensure, education and experience
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Paul M. McCoy, PA-C’11, recently was awarded the specialty credential, Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. He received the CAQ in emergency medicine, a distinction earned by meeting licensure, education and experience
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Megan Knox, M.P.H.’13, was named the executive director of the FEMAP Foundation, which supports the work of FEMAP/SADEC in Juárez, Mexico, to improve the quality of life of people living in poverty through health care, education, outreach and economic development
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Traci Bush looks upon her life as a “series of fateful events that led to a series of opportunities.” From being adopted at two months by “the most incredible parents a person could have” to feeling “terrified” when asked to
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Taera Stille Mulder, M.P.A.S.’07, and Christopher Mulder, D.O.’09, welcomed a daughter, Riley Claire, on Feb. 15, 2017. She joins big sister Hadley, 6, and big brother Camden, 3. The family resides in Colorado Springs, CO.
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Robert Suter, D.O.’89, M.H.A.’89, in January 2016 was presented by the U.S. Army with what he called “the opportunity of a lifetime – to take charge of the Army medical units in the Middle East as the commander of the
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