Ryan J. Smith works for Mayo Clinic Health System in St. James, MN. The organization, recently named a “Best Minnesota Hospital Workplace” by the Minnesota Hospital Association, has gone through a culture transformation that has improved employee and community engagement […]
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Kyle Duncan says he’s “really good” at complaining, but he learned at an early age that bellyaching about issues isn’t enough. “I’ve always wanted to be in a position to fix things, whether it was being captain of the football
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While the polar vortex gripping many states this winter had people complaining about the weather more than usual, the discussion by a group gathered in a DMU boardroom on the snowy morning of Feb. 4 was even more somber in
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Drew Lewis, D.O., assistant professor of Osteopathic Manual Medicine and clinician in the OMM and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, was named Physician of the Year by the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association (IOMA). The award honors osteopathic physicians who exhibit
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Navigation: Taking a Toms Shoes tack to save lives Following fate to fill needs in Haiti Moved by faith, informed by reality in Uganda DMU leaders like to say the University is “doing a world of good.” A big way
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Adverse childhood experiences and their effect on lifelong health By Caitlin Suginaka, M.P.H.’13 and Barbara Dietrich Boose Imagine a world where rates of hypertension, heart disease, lung disease, mental illness, HIV, arthritis, asthma, cancer, stroke and many other leading health
Kapler and Elyse Tinker were married May 4, 2013, in Fremont, OH. Tinker received her bachelor’s degree in agricultural biotechnology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington in 2009. She attended medical school at Ohio University in Athens, graduating in
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Barnes accepted an offer to become the new practice supervisor in the surgery department at The Iowa Clinic in Des Moines, IA. She oversees 15 physicians and 15 staff members and splits her time between the clinic’s downtown and west locations.
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While several national podiatric medical organizations continue to discuss ways to address the need for more residencies in the profession, that wasn’t a worry for the DMU College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS) Class of 2013. One hundred percent of
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As a DMU osteopathic medical student, Sarah Hemming-Meyer juggled the rigors of classes and studying with giving tours to prospective students, serving as a teaching assistant in anatomy and basic life support instruction and working part-time as an emergency medical nurse. She
Sarah Hemming-Meyer, D.O.’13, gained a “Little” and a lot while at DMU Read More