Class of 1998

Provider Profile: Meet Dr. Kari Smith

June 30, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

Name:Kari Smith, D.P.T., ATC Title:Clinic Manager/Assistant Professor Clinic:Physical Therapy Clinic Undergraduate School:South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota Medical School:Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa Additional Degrees/Training:BCIA: Board Certification in Biofeedback-Pelvic Muscle DysfunctionAPTA: Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical TherapyNATA: Certified Athletic Trainer […]

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Scott R. Schinschke, D.O.’98

May 30, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Scott Schinschke joined Prevea Pulaski Health Center in Pulaski, WI, on May 30. He is a family medicine physician who specializes in preventive medicine; health maintenance; routine pediatric and adult care; dermatology care; musculoskeletal injuries including sports, back and neck injuries;

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Alumni spotlight: Alan D. Hilgerson, D.O.’98

May 13, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

Alan Hilgerson, D.O.’98, is a doctor, educator, husband, father and avid car lover. He found his way into medicine through his mother, a nurse in northeast Iowa who often took him to work with her. Hilgerson watched the doctors his

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Anne M. Porter, M.H.A.’98

October 9, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Porter opened A+ Home Care Services & Supplies in Ankeny, IA, and hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Sept. 18, 2013.

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Monique A. Matuskowitz, D.O.’98, M.H.A.’96, M.B.A.

August 27, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Matuskowitz completed her master of business administration degree at Texas A&M University in College Station in May 2013. She is opening her house-call-only, boutique practice Neighborhood Doctor On Call in the fall of 2013.

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Kari Smith becomes first Iowa physical therapist board certified in biofeedback

July 18, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Kari Smith, D.P.T., ATC, BCB-PMD, received board certification in pelvic muscle dysfunction biofeedback by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA). She becomes the only physical therapist in Iowa certified as a provider of biofeedback services. Smith is an assistant professor

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Meet Kari Smith

March 1, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Dr. Kari Smith, PT, D.P.T., ATC is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Des Moines University. She graduated from Des Moines University with a Master of Science degree in physical therapy in 1998 and with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree

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Christine L. Owens, D.O.’98

July 11, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Owens joined St. Anthony’s Medical Center at the Southwest Medical Center in St. Louis. After graduating from DMU, she completed her internal medicine residency at Forest Park Hospital in St. Louis, where she and her husband, Ken, and their four

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Erik N. Nieuwenhuis, M.S.P.T.’98

January 11, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Nieuwenhuis achieved faculty status with the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA). He is one of seven individuals in Iowa to complete four or more WELCOA certifications.

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Smriti V. Wagle, D.O.’98

January 11, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Wagle was chosen to be the director of the stroke program at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, CA. She helped the hospital obtain certification as a primary stroke center last year. She and her husband live just north of

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