I completed an orthopedic surgery residency in Toledo, OH, (2001-06) and an orthopedic trauma fellowship in Indianapolis, IN (2006-07). Fixing challenging fractures and getting people back to their previous activities. Meeting my wife. DMU has been such a positive influence in my life. I feel lucky to be given the wonderful opportunity to become an osteopathic […]
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Middle school and high school students from Des Moines and surrounding areas can receive a free school or sports physical on July 30 at Des Moines University. Des Moines University (DMU) has offered free sports physicals to local children for
Free physicals at DMU for students Read More
“We humans have a complicated and ambivalent relationship to pleasure, which we spend an enormous amount of time and reÂsources pursuing. A key motivator of our lives, pleasure is central to learning, for we must find things like food, water,
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Gall is an Anglo-Saxon word for bile. The gallbladder stores bile from the liver. Bile is released into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, when triggered by a fatty meal. Bile is from the Latin word for the
Anatomy word of the month: gallbladder Read More
List of all fireworks displays & events in Des Moines and surrounding areas: Des Moines: Yankee Doodle Pops will be held tomorrow, Friday, July 1 at 6:30 pm by the Des Moines Symphony at the Iowa State Capitol Grounds. Enjoy
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**Photos courtesy of American Heart Association – Central Iowa Facebook page**
Wordless Wednesday: Mobile clinic in action Read More
Metro Arts Jazz in July is a month-long festival that celebrates jazz and art with free outdoor concerts across Greater Des Moines. Each year, interested jazz musicians apply to be a part of the series. The selected list includes returning
An ounce of prevention, Benjamin Franklin said, is worth a pound of cure. When it comes to our health, we could use many ounces of prevention. Obesity, diabetes and heart disease, just some of the health problems that plague us,
An ounce of prevention Read More
You read in the blog about this weekend’s Des Moines Arts Festival, a veritable visual feast not to be missed. Making the festival even better is “the other art show,” the ArtFest Midwest, also this weekend in the air-conditioned Varied
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