Adverse childhood experiences and their effect on lifelong health By Caitlin Suginaka, M.P.H.’13 and Barbara Dietrich Boose Imagine a world where rates of hypertension, heart disease, lung disease, mental illness, HIV, arthritis, asthma, cancer, stroke and many other leading health […]
Fourth-year osteopathic medical student Melissa Deer says many of the patients she’s interacted with have positively influenced her amid the challenges of medical school, but her “absolute inspiration” came in the form of a 35-pound spitfire who would soon lose
Student seeks ‘Woman of the Year’ title for a good cause Read More
DMU makes diversity a priority in attracting and retaining employees; in creating an inclusive work environment; in its marketing and advertising; in raising awareness through education and communication about the importance of diversity and inclusion; and in supporting diversity in
Des Moines University wins Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Inclusion Award Read More
Des Moines University has been approved by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit to eligible physician assistant preceptors. Physician assistants can earn a maximum of 10 hours of credit for clinical precepting
PA preceptors can now earn CME credit Read More
This fall, Maggi Schutte, D.P.T.’16, invited her classmates to join her in supporting an organization she loves, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A group of physician assistant students saluted a beloved faculty member by benefitting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
DMU students take walks, sleep outside to help others Read More
Article and photo by Mike Spencer, The Leelanau Enterprise. Sander Kushner, D.O.’60, FACOFP, gave up his family practice a few years back, but the Suttons Bay, MI, doctor never gave up being a family physician. The 78-year-old doctor of osteopathic
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The Odon Device, a life-saving invention that aids in obstructed labor, has been licensed for production by medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company. The device was invented by Jorge Ernesto Odon, a car mechanic from Argentina, and first tested
Odon Device in line for additional testing, manufacturing Read More
Reprinted courtesy of the San Angelo (TX) Standard-Times and gosanangelo.com. San Angelo, TX, doctor and DMU alumnus warmly recalls mission to Antarctica. The temperature wasn’t expected to get above minus 45, and with the wind chill, it felt like minus 75. One of the harshest terrains
Murray Goldstein, D.O.’50, M.P.H., was the first osteopathic physician appointed a commissioned medical officer in the uniformed services, the first D.O. to achieve star rank and the first to receive a presidential commendation, among other “firsts.” He’s still opening doors for others with his support of DMU.
Alumnus continues to open doors for others Read More
Tom Mueller, Ph.D., dons a special article of clothing at three points during each osteopathic medicine class’s tenure at DMU: orientation, the Rite of Passage and Commencement. It isn’t a super hero’s cape, but it has a similar effect.
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