Des Moines University and Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) have a long-standing relationship that allows DMPS students to visit campus for hands-on experiences in anatomy and other areas. That partnership is about to expand thanks to a $20,000 Innovate Learning […]
Des Moines Public Schools receive grant to expand partnership with DMU Read More
In the ancient Greek army a row of troops was called a phalanx. To later anatomists, the rows of bones of the fingers and toes were reminiscent of rows of troops; hence, the plural word, phalanges. The term has modern
Anatomy word of the month: phalanges Read More
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) will applaud two members of the College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2015 among award recipients at the organizations’ honors event on Oct. 24. Katie Eggerman, D.O.’15, M.P.H., will receive
Two students receive prestigious awards Read More
When Amber Bradford-Saffles, D.O.’03, and her family moved to Peninsula, OH, in August 2009, she and her husband, Keith, thought they were getting a wonderful historic home with great architecture, woodwork and other delightful details as well as proximity to
Housing osteopathic history Read More
At the White Coat Ceremony every August, students in DMU’s clinical programs don this symbol of professional excellence as hundreds of family members, friends and DMU community members watch with pride and expectation. Donors play a big role, too, by
Coated in compassion Read More
By Lisa Ferdinando, ARNEWS During more than a half-century of military service, Col. Arthur Wittich, D.O.’71, an Army doctor, has helped service members and families across the globe. From his office at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Arthur Wittich looked back
Army doctor, 75, looks back at half-century of service Read More
Ronald Bergman, D.O.’76, M.D., FICS, FAACS, and Bryan Folkers, D.O.’04, FACOS, both love practicing in their specialty and teaching future surgeons. That motivated them to take on the meetings, paperwork and processes of another labor of love: creating a new plastic and
Creating a path for future fellow surgeons Read More
Thomas “Tom” DeGregory was contemplating enrolling in a Pennsylvania allopathic medical school when friends suggested he explore osteopathic medical institutions. Then a junior high school music teacher, he was soon enrolled at the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, now
Alumni make supporting DMU a family affair Read More
Dr. Childe will graduate from the McLaren Greater Lansing orthopedic residency in June 2015 and will then begin a hand and upper extremity surgery fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. She and her husband, J.R., are expecting their first
Jessica R. Johannesen Childe, D.O.’10, M.S.A. Read More
Dr. Byers is a perinatologist at the Center for Maternal and Fetal Care at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, NE.
Benjamin D. Byers, D.O.’01 Read More
