Wordless Wednesday: Roberto Fernandez, National Student D.O. of the Year
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DMU’s Roberto Fernandez named National Student D.O. of the Year
Roberto Fernandez, a D.O. student in the class of 2013 at Des Moines University, received the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) National D.O. Student of the Year award. The award recognizes one outstanding student each year from
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DMU student Laura Hoffman honored with leadership award
Laura Hoffman, D.O. ’12, has been named a recipient of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation’s 2012 Leadership Award. This award provides medical students, residents/fellows and early career physicians from around the country with special training to develop their skills
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Alumni spotlight: Kevin R. Emge, D.O.’86, FACOOG
I have been section chief of anesthesiology at Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, IA, for the past four years. Prior to that I was an obstetrician/gynecologist in private practice in Des Moines as well as an associate professor of ob/gyn at Des Moines University. Meeting new patients prior to surgery and working with them as a team to go through […]
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DMU students to spend break providing health care in Honduras
Thirty-three Des Moines University students are skipping the traditional spring break hot spots for a week in Honduras. Instead of spending their time off in the sun or on the slopes, students from all three DMU colleges will be addressing
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Unlocking the “Legos” of life
DMU has a new student organization that’s also a feather in the University’s cap: The Genetics Student Interest Group of Des Moines University recently made DMU one of only seven medical schools in the U.S., and the first and only
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Get a head start
DMU has the perfect way for pre-med students to get a head start… The DMU Health Professions Advanced Summer Scholars Program (Health P.A.S.S.) gives them a taste of what it’s like to be a student in osteopathic medicine, podiatric
COM pass rates set new high
The COM class of 2011 students recorded the best scores ever for Des Moines University on the national licensing exam. The first-time pass rate on the Cognitive Evaluation exam was 94%, best in the nation. On the Performance Evaluation exam,
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How can you keep them down on the farm?
American Medical News recently explored the increasing shortage of physicians in rural areas and the efforts of medical schools to address it. A July report by UnitedHealth’s Center for Health Reform and Modernization noted that five million American residents live
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