A book by Robert “Tim” Yoho, D.P.M., M.S., dean emeritus of the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, epitomizes the human condition that even the most heartbreaking tragedies can inspire goodness through the actions of the people involved. Life After […]
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Three DMU graduates are leading an innovative program in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to embed physical therapists into the primary care setting and enhance the holistic care veterans receive. Mark Havran, D.P.T.’05,
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When Rodricka Brice-Curry, a student in DMU’s master of health care administration program and a staff sergeant in the Air Force, had to deploy to Qatar for more than seven months in 2021, it was the first time she and
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Facilities, equipment and technology all are critical aspects of a medical and health sciences university, but people are what make DMU the collegial community it is. Here are two examples. For many, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic brought “lows”
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Rachel Vo Christenson, D.O.’23, was among the seven outstanding minority medical students nationwide who in 2022 received the prestigious William G. Anderson, D.O., Minority Scholarship from the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF). Appropriately, she shares the passion to serve with the
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Research, the fine arts, winemaking, public health work, pageant competition: Students bring a wide range of interests and perspectives to DMU in part because of what they did before enrolling. Meet some who pursued other paths on their way to
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If the old saw “podiatrists eat their young” – a belief that experienced podiatric physicians seek to hold back younger “competitors” – still stands, Stephanie Oexeman, D.P.M.’17, AACFAS, DABPM, has dealt it a blow with her podcast, “She’s a D.P.M.”
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The infectious disease consulting physician, director of antimicrobial stewardship and medical staff president at MercyOne Des Moines was recognized by the Des Moines Business Record. If you had to pick two words to describe Dr. Aneesa Afroze’s purpose in life,
Aneesa Afroze, M.D., M.P.H.’18, Honored as a “Woman of Influence” Read More
At the opening of the Dr. S. S. Still College and Infirmary of Osteopathy in 1898, only the most optimistic observers could have foreseen the school’s survival into the twenty-first century. After all, Still College was one of many proprietary
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Gary Freed, D.O.’73, FAAP, FACOP, a member of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Georgia osteopathic medicine clinical education department, received the Leila D. Denmark Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Nov.