D.P.T. students serve rural areas
DMU seeks hard-to-get internship opportunities for P.T. students. Can you help?
In the heart of Harlem
Starting a medical school anywhere is daunting enough. But when Martin Diamond, D.O.’62, was invited to help with such an effort in Manhattan, he agreed only if the school would be located in a neighborhood with few doctors, high needs and a rich history.
Training America’s military medics
Local medics practice at DMU’s Iowa Simulation Center.
Show them the way: Mentor a DMU student
Alums give back by mentoring students
In the battle of the sexes, we’d all be better in this together
Preparing competent leaders in health care is going to take more than cracking the glass ceiling.
Alum participates in global health
Craig Thompson, D.O. ’78, a family physician in Strawberry Point and Manchester, Iowa, traveled with DMU’s Global Health Department to El Salvador in March 2009. Job description: Small town family physician, involved in hospital care, EMS, OB, sports medicine, geriatrics …
Coming together on health care
If America’s health care system were a patient, its doctor might declare “code blue.” Our health status is vulnerable at best: The United States spends more per capita on health care than other industrialized nations yet performs poorly–37th in the most recent World Health Organization ranking–in many key outcomes, such as obesity and infant mortality.
William Anderson: Never Quit
Born in the segregated South, Anderson was determined to become a doctor at a time when many African-Americans had limited access to basic health care.
Giving a day for America’s ‘Greatest Generation’
DMU alums volunteer with Honor Flight