Sheltering-at-home and social distancing are not options for front-line health care employees. Working to provide some relief to these individuals and their families are more than 80 Des Moines University students, representing all eight of DMU’s graduate medical and health […]
Jennifer Gerres, D.P.M.’10, a podiatrist with Foot and Ankle Specialists of the Mid-Atlantic LLC, was interviewed by The Mighty about the best shoe brands for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which can have a particularly painful effect on the feet.
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Members of DMU’s Student Chapter of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (SCACFAS) are outstanding representatives of the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS) and the entire University, and they demonstrated that again at a national podiatric
DMU podiatric students present winning poster Read More
Cameron Phipps, D.P.M.’09, AACFAS, is the founder of Catoctin Foot and Ankle Center in Leesburg, VA. Board-certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, he is clinically and surgically trained in forefoot and rearfoot reconstruction,
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On Feb. 20, Scott C. Nelson, D.P.M.’00, FACFAS, took office as the 69th president of the 7,700-member American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS). The official induction took place during the college’s Annual Scientific Conference in San Antonio. The
Alumnus surgeon elected president of national surgical society Read More
Lauren Wurster, D.P.M.’16, joined Arcadia Foot and Ankle P.C. in Phoenix. She completed her three-year foot and ankle surgical residency at Dignity Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, where she served as chief resident of the program in her
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Travis Langan, D.P.M.’15, AACFAS, was among the authors of “Surgical treatment and management for chronic dislocated subtalar joint,” published in the March-April issue of the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. He is a resident in the podiatric medicine and
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The explosion of a gas station near Des Moines University’s campus tossed a recent Saturday morning into chaos. Gas station employees and others in the vicinity who suffered burns, broken bones and other serious injuries were transported to DMU’s Olsen
Gas station “explosion” sparks real-world learning Read More
Last year the DMU Department of Global Health signed a memorandum of understanding with Juan N. Corpas University in Bogotá, Colombia, making it one of our newest international sites. Founded in 1971, Juan N. Corpas is a university and teaching
The team’s patient, Harriett, was a 67-year-old woman who had been brought by ambulance to the rural hospital’s emergency room after a neighbor discovered she’d fallen in her home and was unable to get up. She had high blood pressure,
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