Amanda M. Olinger Hjeltness, PA-C’13, joined the gastroenterology team at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. She specializes in pancreaticobiliary disorders.
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Juanita Baranowski, PA-C’96, her colleague Alan Berg, D.O., and their staff provide care according to their clinic’s moniker. Juanita Garcia Baranowski, PA-C’96, grew up proud of her family’s medical legacy. Her great-grandfather Pompilio Martinez Navarette performed the first open heart
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Yogesh Shah, M.P.H.’13, M.D., FAAFM, is a physician in the geriatric medicine and memory center at Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines. He is board-certified in family medicine, geriatrics and hospice and palliative care. Previously, he had been associate dean of
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Runners who completed the IMT Des Moines Marathon and Half-Marathon rounded the finish line and — after receiving their medal and a slice of pizza — were in for a real treat: the DMU athlete recovery zone. Dozens of Des Moines
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Matt Scotton, D.P.T.’08, athletic trainer for Newton, IA, High School, was named recipient of the 2016 Sports Medicine Award from the Iowa High School Athletic Association. A physical therapist at Kinetic Edge Physical Therapy and the Newton clinic manager, he
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The reasons for celebrating National Physician Assistant Week, Oct. 6-12, at Des Moines University keep pouring in. The latest cause for celebration is news that Luan Montag, who graduated from DMU’s physician assistant program in 2000, was honored as the
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National Physician Assistant Week takes place each year Oct. 6–12 to celebrate the physician assistant profession and its contributions to the nation’s health. This year is particularly special, as it marks the beginning of the profession’s 50th anniversary! Oct. 6 is
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Neisha Lundberg Strait, M.S.P.T.’00, joined the clinical team at Cooperative Performance and Rehabilitation in Eugene, OR. She has 16 years of experience with an emphasis on orthopedics and women’s issues.
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Heather Young Dederman, PA-C’09, and her husband, Nick, welcomed son Barrett Nicholas on Aug. 29, 2016. He joins siblings Katelyn, 4, and Carley, 2. After her maternity leave, Dederman plans to continue her seventh year in the emergency department at
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Memory Johannsen Eltjes, M.S.P.T.’03, ATC, LAT, was among six graduates of Northern State University (NSU) in South Dakota who will be honored at the NSU Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni Banquet on Sept. 30. The Tolstoy, SD, native graduated
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