When Gloria Gutierrez-Medina was laid off from a good job with a financial company, the mother of four thought things couldn’t get any worse – until they did, when her husband was similarly downsized and the family was forced to […]
President Franklin honored for inspiring others Read More
Children who are allowed to spend a lot of time watching TV and playing video games are more likely to gain weight, do poorly in school and get less sleep than they need. The power to prevent those problems may lie in their parents’ willingness to limit
Parents, monitor your kids’ media Read More
Karl “Fritz” Disque, D.O.’07, R.Ph., and colleagues of his family’s Disque Foundation recently coordinated with St. John’s Ambulance to help train medical residents and nursing students at the University of Science of Malaysia on cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques. Disque is the foundation’s executive director and co-founder/chief medical officer
Empowering Malaysia to save lives with CPR Read More
On a recent morning this spring, I had the opportunity to address the 52 new physician assistant students who are members of the PA Class of 2016. I recalled that 27 years ago, I was in their seat, sitting through orientation and wondering what I had gotten myself
Treasured adventures of being dean Read More
Our trip was in conjunction with Global Brigades, an organization with ongoing sites in multiple areas around the world. The Honduran staff for Global Brigades were quite good and prepared for our arrival. They provided translators, although some of our group
“A privilege of service” Read More
The 31 students who participated in the DMU health service trip to Honduras touched the lives of more than the nearly 1,600 patients they saw over five days in March. They also earned the pride of the clinicians who oversaw and guided them onsite. They inspired a
A journey of much more than 1,887 miles Read More
During my 30-plus years as a pastoral psychotherapist, I listened to many stories. I learned to appreciate the fact that the life stories people shared with me were as important as the problem they brought for consultation, and that without the story, there was
The wisdom of stories told, witnessed and co-authored anew Read More
After producing two research papers based on her work with 10 cadaravic limbs last fall, Mindi Feilmeier, D.P.M.’05, FACFAS, was contacted by representatives of the surgical instrument company Stryker. They proposed bringing in equipment for a session with her, podiatric medical residents and Paul Dayton, D.P.M., FACFAS, a podiatric physician
Saturday workshops expand surgical skills Read More
Rachel Reimer, Ph.D., has a proven track record of excellence in teaching and research. After serving DMU’s master of public health (MPH) program as an adjunct faculty member in 2008, she was appointed a full-time assistant professor in 2009 upon
Reimer brings vision as new program director/chair Read More
“I know you want a history of me rather than that of the University,” said William Dyche, Ph.D., when DMU Magazine came knocking on his Ryan Hall office door, “but I find the two hard to separate.” That statement aptly
Leaving behind big shoes and a better DMU Read More