Paul Berger III, D.O.’08, FCCP, is division chief of pulmonary and critical care for the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine and lead investigator at Sanford Health for “I-SPY COVID-19,” a national trial to reduce mortality and ventilator […]
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Linda Auer, D.O.’92, an ophthalmology specialist, began providing cataract surgery at OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, IL. She has provided outpatient services at OSF Galesburg Clinic for the OSF Medical Group for more than 22 years.
One would be hard-pressed to imagine what Patrick Crocker, D.O.’80, M.S., FACEP, did not experience in his nearly 40 years in emergency medicine in Texas. Babies found in dumpsters. Patients who seemed beyond help who somehow rallied and recovered. Those
Alumnus’s new book reveals the “human theater” of emergency medicine Read More
Two of the many challenges that the coronavirus thrust upon frontline medical providers were having to treat very sick patients for a disease the providers were largely learning about in real time, and facing risks to their own health in
Applying an established therapy to a new disease Read More
For Andy Michalowitz, D.O.’14, the last 12-plus months were supposed to be a “relaxed but focused year” to hone his surgical skills and clinical acumen at New York University Langone Health in the largest orthopedic surgery training program in the
Ortho joins motley but heroic crew of medicine during New York City surge Read More
A Zoom conversation with DMU alumni who are physicians and leaders with the health organization MercyOne in Des Moines epitomized the realities of the pandemic, both grim and good: The virus is very real and deadly for some people; it
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Joseph Yankey, D.O.’08, is medical director at Vitality Healthcare, a West Des Moines, IA, practice that provides regenerative medicine, plasma therapy and joint fluid therapy. He completed his family practice residency at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines and has
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Throughout the pandemic, DMU students have volunteered to serve central Iowa health care employees and food distribution efforts. They virtually mentored undergraduates interested in health care careers. And they adapted to new ways of online learning and maintaining a steadfast
Need hope? Look to tomorrow’s health care professionals Read More
Amy Petersen, D.O.’06, is a board-certified pediatrician with Cornerstone Pediatrics and Family Allergy in West Des Moines, IA.
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Gregory Margolin, D.O.’97, FCCP, FCCM, knows that a vaccine won’t make the coronavirus magically disappear. “We’re not going to be able to completely shield ourselves from this disease,” he says. “We’re going to have to learn to live with it.”
Medical pros practice “MacGyverism” to tackle pandemic pressures Read More
