Wordless Wednesday: Winter wonderland
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Krista N. Nelson, D.P.M.’09
Nelson joined the staff at Alton Memorial Hospital Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine in Alton, IL, in December 2012. She practices one day a week at the Wound Care Center and spends the rest of her week in
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Robert A. Dompkosky, D.O.’95
Dompkosky joined the medical staff of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in Wilkes Barre, PA, in December 2012 and is practicing internal medicine at the clinic in Mountain Top, PA. He is board-certified in internal medicine and completed internal medicine residencies with
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Lee A. Kirsch, D.O.’07
Kirsch joined Mercy Clinic Primary Care in Oklahoma City as a family medicine physician. He completed an OB/GYN residency at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City and resides in Edmond, OK, with his wife, Nicole.
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Fear and loathing at the fiscal cliff
The many consequences unfurling from the legislation that kept the nation from falling over the fiscal cliff last week include changes to health care (you can find links to coverage by various media outlets here). While resolution of the nation’s
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Do extra pounds make you live longer?
Recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association sounds like the perfect post-holiday gift to anyone who resembles Santa a bit more than prior to the season of celebrations: A review of 97 studies involving a combined
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Alumni spotlight: Kelly L. Check, D.P.M.’99
Background information I am originally from southern Indiana. I work at Story Medical Center in Nevada, IA, and have been there for 10 years. Biggest challenge Although residency was demanding with the hours required, I have found a greater challenge
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Research Symposium follow-up
The 2012 Des Moines University Research Symposium was held December 6, 2012. It was another successful year with a great turnout! This year the number of attendees kept steady at 152, the exact number as the previous year’s symposium in
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Anatomy word of the month: bursa
A bursa, Latin for a little bag or purse, is a closed fluid-filled sack that is typically found in places where a tendon crosses a bone or a muscle comes in contact with bone. It acts as a shock absorber
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