Des Moines University students are passionate about promoting healthy, active lifestyles to local youth. For several years, the Iowa Medical Society (AMA/IMS) student organization has worked with other student clubs to host “Mission: Active,” an on-campus event geared to inspire kids to […]
DMU students team up with YMCA for Healthy Kids Day Read More
In 2011, when first-year DMU student Matthew Sabongi was encouraged by a fellow student to join the National Marrow Donor Program’s Be The Match bone marrow registry, he readily agreed. A blood donor since he was in high school and
Student gives life-saving gift Read More
As an all-American defensive tackle on the University of Northern Iowa football team, Ben Boothby caught the eye of more than one NFL recruiter. However, the effective treatment he had received for a badly injured wrist and a torn meniscus in
Glanton Scholarship donors set new record Read More
There are a lot of things about Jennifer Pesola, D.O.’99, an otolaryngologist physician with Affiliated Community Medical Centers (ACMC) that you might not know. You’d never know she was in and out of the hospital because of a rare bone
Childhood experiences lead alumna to ENT Read More
If we are what we eat, it seems wise to know all we can about what’s in our food. Sharing some of that knowledge was the goal of a group of DMU students who staffed a twice-monthly “Food Is Medicine”
Students offer food for thought Read More
Dr. Pettit has been at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSUCHS) since 2002. In March 2015, he was appointed provost and senior associate dean for academic affairs at OSUCHS. Pettit is also a professor of family medicine
William J. Pettit, D.O.’77 Read More
When Dominic Formaro Jr., D.O.’05, FACOS, spoke on campus last November, he laughed that the reason students came to the Ruza Lecture Hall was for the free pizza. The real reasons, however, were students wanted his insights on practicing as
Alumnus shares views on small-town surgical practice Read More
As president of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) in 1969-1970, Sara “Sally” Sutton, D.O.’53, raised some eyebrows when she invited two DMU students to attend the AAO annual convocation. The unprecedented move also raised interest among students of the
Sutton cookbook supports student learning Read More
The DMU Board of Trustees welcomed three new members in 2014 and will add two more in March. At its December 2014 meeting, the board approved the appointments of Marcia Grassman Hammers, B.H.A.’88, R.N., FAHM, CHC, and Nicki Nigro, D.P.M.’89,
New members join DMU board Read More
Drew Lewis, associate professor of osteopathic manual medicine at DMU, was among the authors of “Predictive Relationship of Osteopathic Manual Medicine Grades and COMLEX-USA Level 1 Total Scores and Osteopathic Principles and Practice Subscores” published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic
Drew Lewis, D.O.’03, FAAPM&R Read More