It isn’t surprising that Niru K. Pandeya, D.O.’69, FAAOS, FAACS, FAAPRS, FAIS, FICS, received a 2022 Presidential Citation from the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons for his outstanding contributions to osteopathic plastic surgical education for more than 50 years. He […]
Charles Vonder Embse, D.O.’69, received the 2020 Trustee Award from the Ohio Osteopathic Association. The retired family physician has been active in osteopathic organizations at the local, state and national levels since he graduated from DMU.
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Juanita Buchanan has been “a joy” for generations of students, patients and colleagues Des Moines University owes a lot to Ms. Betty D. Jackson. The typing skills/ business education teacher at Des Moines’ North High School saw so much potential
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The Sixties are known as a period of great political, social and cultural change in the United States and much of the world. That was true of osteopathic medicine, too, as members of the profession fought for equal recognition of
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Nirmalendu “Niru” Pandeya, D.O.’69, FAAOS, FAACS, FAAPRS, FAIS, FICS, overcame more barriers than most to achieve his goal of becoming a doctor. A native of India, he was denied admission to medical school for years because he was “not a
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The transition from one year to the next typically includes reflecting upon those we’ve lost. For the Des Moines University community, those individuals include Max McKinney, D.O., FACFP, a member of the DMU College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 1969,
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A number of DMU alumni were honored by the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association (IOMA) and were elected to its offices this spring. Elected president-elect was Bruce Ricker, D.O.’83, an osteopathic family physician in Mount Ayr. He is the medical director
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Gertrude Doughten, D.O.’69, in May received the Life Service Award of the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association, which recognizes active IOMA members who have spent the greater part of their lives delivering health care to Iowans, utilizing osteopathic practice and principles.
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Richard Shaffer, D.O.’69, in May received the Life Service Award of the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association, which recognizes active IOMA members who have spent the greater part of their lives delivering health care to Iowans, utilizing osteopathic practice and principles.
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Ronald Bergman, D.O.’76, M.D., FICS, FAACS, and Bryan Folkers, D.O.’04, FACOS, both love practicing in their specialty and teaching future surgeons. That motivated them to take on the meetings, paperwork and processes of another labor of love: creating a new plastic and
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