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The most complex thing we do is think, but that’s not reimbursed. Too often doing things to, as opposed to for, the patient is what generates income. She was short of breath. In Room 6. It’s where we put people …
The most complex thing we do is think, but that’s not reimbursed. Too often doing things to, as opposed to for, the patient is what generates income. She was short of breath. In Room 6. It’s where we put people …
Sheena Agarwal is a fourth-year DMU osteopathic medical student with aspirations for a career in primary care and preventive medicine. But on a recent Saturday, she was “Jake,” a tobacco-chewing editor of NASCAR Illustrated; a tough attorney suing a cattle …
Thomas A. Cavalieri, D.O.’76, was appointed by U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan to serve on the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA). Cavalieri is dean of the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine (RowanSOM) in …
Alumnus named to National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation Read More
Jean and Paul Groben, D.O.’75, a radiologist, are thankful their three children and two grandchildren reside in Des Moines. That’s the home of Jasper Winery, which the Grobens launched when son Mason, a viticulturist and enologist, persuaded them to make …
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 …
In just three years since graduating from DMU, Brooke Schweitzer, PA-C’12, has journeyed from “the middle of nowhere” in Kansas to America’s fourth-largest city, from providing emergency room and family medicine care and coverage of two local nursing homes to …
Demonstrating our DMU pride This Honor Roll expresses DMU’s deep gratitude toward the people and organizations that contributed financially during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015. A snapshot of their impact: Number of donors: 1,650 …
John “Jack” Hardy, D.O.’65, FACOS, didn’t travel out of his time zone to attend his DMU 50-year reunion, but he has left his comfort zone several times in a career that’s taken him from surgery to cancer-fighting to photography and …
Julie Meachen, Ph.D., is fascinated by carnivores and willing to spelunk to find their remains. Her explorations in Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave in summer 2014 and 2015 may provide clues about our own future amid climate and temperature change. Eric …
DMU researchers attract grants with diverse research Read More