On May 5, 30 first- and second-year podiatric medical students and physical therapy students teamed up to provide health screenings to participants in Easter Seals Iowa’s Walk for Independence at Camp Sunnyside near Des Moines. They took pulses, tested strength […]
Good cause sparks interprofessional insights Read More
For several months earlier this year, a four-member health team worked diligently to help two 64-year-old individuals overcome their addiction to opioids. Adding to the patients’ challenges were the fact they live in a rural West Virginia mining community racked
Interprofessional DMU-Drake team takes top prize at national competition Read More
The annual awards bestowed by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) include a new one beginning this year: The AACOM Board Chair Special Recognition Award was created to honor individuals who have made an incalculable impact upon
Boyd Buser, D.O.’81, FACOFP, awarded new AACOM honor Read More
In March 2017, then-first-year DMU osteopathic medical students Pat Gilson and Valeriya Korchina were stuck at St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport when their flight back to Des Moines was delayed. As delegates for DMU’s Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) chapter,
DMU SOMA chapter wins the Golden Femur Read More
The victims arrived in droves, severely burned, bruised, struck by shrapnel or all of the above. Many suffered smoke inhalation and open fractures. A mass-casualty gas explosion had created a nightmarish scene. DMU osteopathic medical students and clinicians worked valiantly
DMU deals with disaster Read More
G. Bradley Klock, D.O.’81, FAAO, has constructed a holistic osteopathic medical career, one could say. He has provided inpatient and outpatient care, taught hundreds of students, provided institutional leadership, authored publications and presentations, and served in leadership positions in the
G. Bradley Klock, D.O.’81, FAAO, awarded A.T. Still Medallion of Honor Read More
On a recent Wednesday evening, a group of individuals gather to sing and move to old-time favorites such as “My Bonnie,” “Home on the Range,” “Ain’t She Sweet” and “Roll Out the Barrel.” This is no ordinary group of steppers,
Students, Parkinson’s patients enjoy a moving experience Read More
Rick Wilkerson, D.O.’80, received the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Humanitarian Award for his volunteer work around the world. He was honored at the academy’s 2018 annual meeting for his nearly 30 years of helping people in areas underserved by
Rick Wilkerson, D.O.’80, receives AAOS Humanitarian Award Read More
Kong Neyail, a student at Grand View Christian School, literally felt the impact of smoking by holding a smoker’s lung and comparing it to a nonsmoker’s lung. His classmate, Grant DeMeulenaere, was excited to hold an actual human heart and
Students learned a lot at Live from the Heart Read More
During their meeting on December 8, 2017, members of the DMU Alumni Association Board of Directors chose Jami Haberl, M.P.H.’03, M.H.A.’03 as president-elect and Paul Morris, D.O.’78, FACOFP, as vice president. They were elected to fill the open seats and
New Alumni Board officers elected Read More