Catherine A. Brooks, D.O.’09
Brooks is completing a neonatology fellowship in Albuquerque, NM, where she and her husband reside. She will graduate from the fellowship in 2015.Â
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Mohammed A. Jayber, D.O.’94
Jayber was appointed chief of medicine at Elyria Medical Center in Elyria, OH, and will complete a two-year term. He practices family medicine at EMH Regional Medical Center in Avon, OH.
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Albert L. Pizzica, D.O.’73
Pizzica recently retired from neonatology and is now the president and CEO of a medical management firm in Philadelphia, PA. He and his wife, Susan, reside in Wayne, PA.Â
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Brooke N. Johnson, D.O.’09
Johnson and her husband, Brandon, welcomed a daughter, Addison Nicole, on Dec. 20, 2012. Brooke is currently chief resident at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, OH, and has signed an emergency medicine contract for this fall with TeamHealth in Chattanooga, TN.Â
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Cynthia Hoque, D.O. ’14, awarded Branstad-Reynolds Scholarship
Cynthia Hoque, a Des Moines University osteopathic medical student, received the Medical and Health Related Scholarship from the Branstad-Reynolds Scholarship Fund. Hoque was presented with the $4,000 award by Governor Terry Branstad on February 6. The scholarship recognizes Hoque’s commitment
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Justin Bloomberg, D.O. ’14, receives Kathie J. Lyman Scholarship
Justin Bloomberg, a Des Moines University osteopathic medical student, has been awarded the Kathie J. Lyman Scholarship by the Polk County Medical Society (PCMS). He was presented with a $1,000 scholarship at the PCMS Annual Meeting on January 30. The
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Anatomy word of the month: retinaculum
A “cord or cable” in Latin. Retinacula are thickenings of tissue underneath your skin that serve to bind down tendons of muscles so they don’t “bowstring” at certain joints, meaning pop up when the joint is flexed or extended. For
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Alumni spotlight: Saul Jeck, D.O.’57
Saul Jeck, D.O.’57, professor and chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), received the college’s highest award, the O.J. Snyder Memorial Medal, on Jan. 25 at its annual Founders’ Day celebration. A
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Burt N. Routman, D.O.’68
Routman will receive the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians’ (ACOFP) 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award during the ACOFP’s 2013 Annual Convention and Scientific Seminars, March 21-24 in Las Vegas. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an outstanding osteopathic family physician who shows career-long service to patients, the
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Ali R. Pescetto, D.P.M.’03, and Micah G. Pescetto, D.O.’04
Ali (Davis) and Micah on Jan. 15, 2013, welcomed their second son, Enzo Davis, weighing in at 9 pounds, 2 ounces. Enzo was also welcomed home by his brother, Gino. Ali is a podiatrist at Kansas City Internal Medicine in
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