Graduation + wedding proposal = new adventures Commencement is typically a day of celebration and excitement for DMU graduates, but for Logan Driscoll, it also brought a case of the jitters. A member of the physician assistant (PA) Class of […]
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Some people may look at a drift of pigs and see pork chops and bacon. Lisa Rochette, D.V.M., M.P.H.’15, sees creatures that help feed the world and bolster the economy. “They produce a fair amount of meat compared to what
Doing her part to help feed the world – safely Read More
It started with the seed of an idea that has since grown: to transplant some of the small burr oak saplings on the University’s current campus to the site of the new West Des Moines campus.
Transplanting our roots, literally Read More
Sean Grambart, D.P.M.’01, FACFAS, assistant dean for clinical affairs in the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS), was a student and more recently a colleague of Robert Yoho, D.P.M., M.S., FACFAS, who retired in May after 28 years at
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DMU’s new West Des Moines campus is still a work in progress, but Dave Kapaska, D.O.’86, M.B.A., and his wife, Mary Ann, already have made their mark on it by naming the Telehealth Room, to be located in the Innovation
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Ryan Dow, M.P.H.’12, M.H.A.’12, led a team at a major Iowa-based agriscience company to implement a massive coronavirus testing program. Three states to the west, Braden Ainsworth, M.P.H.’12, pivoted his public health care role to join the pandemic response. In
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For Katie Sorensen, M.S.P.A.’10, PA-C, precepting students brings joy “to a whole new level” in her career. Sorensen has been a physician assistant (PA) in general surgery for 10 years, currently practicing at St. Luke’s Regional Health System in Duluth,
2021 Preceptor of the Year always has a student by her side Read More
As a girl growing up in Bulgaria, Elitsa Ananieva, Ph.D., wondered why some people died of diseases such as cancer and why so little was known about how to prevent or treat them. “I promised myself that one day I
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In November 2019, my husband, Todd, and I set off on the adventure of a lifetime as volunteers for three months in the Kingdom of Bhutan. We are both medical professionals: I am a DMU Class of 2003 graduate board-certified
On May 30, 2020, Thalia Brown and her husband were enjoying a date night when she got a phone call: Her son, Johnathan Tate Jr., 22, had taken three bullets to the head during a violent shooting at a Gastonia,
The miracle of medicine Read More