Omar Lateef, D.O.’99, will take on the system-wide role of president and CEO of the Rush University System for Health (RUSH), effective July 1, while continuing to serve as president and CEO of RUSH University Medical Center. RUSH includes the […]
Alumnus named president/CEO of Rush University System for Health Read More
DMU graduates every day make life-changing contributions in their professions and communities. Louis Reznick, D.O.’70, who died Jan. 21, 2022, did that and more: He made people laugh. An old lady asks her lawyer to prepare her will and requests
An alumnus I wish I’d met: Louis Reznick, D.O.’70 Read More
Molly Lechtenberg, D.P.T.’08, CMTPT, and Libby Trausch, D.P.T.’08, combined their training and expertise, passion for patient care and personal experiences to establish Breathe. Physical Therapy and Wellness in Des Moines’ Beaverdale neighborhood in 2016. Now with three locations, a fourth
As someone who grew up in rural Iowa, Abby Flannagan, D.O.’18, has always had a passion for rural medicine, particularly rural obstetrics. Abby Stroeh, D.O.’18, was influenced by an older sister, Kim, a midwife who she says “set the stage
DMU alumni lead critical OB fellowships in Iowa Read More
Alumni share what has disheartened and sustained them during the pandemic – and lessons learned in the process. The tolls taken by nearly three years of the COVID-19 pandemic are evident in the health care workforce, shifting attitudes toward science
“All about the mission” Read More
You can hear the delight in Robert Pushkin’s voice when he talks about his latest endeavors. At 86, the 1961 graduate of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (COMS, now DMU), has plenty in the works and the passion
Alumnus, 86, continues to enjoy “noble profession” Read More
In March 2020, a local attorney submitted an opinion essay to me for publication in the Des Moines Register. He also mentioned his brother was an emergency room physician in town. That certainly got my attention. A novel virus was
Two years of pandemic-related interviews with an ER doc Read More
Early this year Heather Opseth, M.P.A.S., PA-C, assistant professor and assistant director of DMU’s physician assistant (PA) program, was scheduled to give a lecture on pediatric dermatologic conditions. Instead, she and her husband were at a local children’s hospital with
PA students stick the compassion competency Read More
Overcoming negative perceptions of D.O.s wasn’t the highest hurdle Grady Carter had to clear. Grady Carter III, D.O.’72, FACA, has constructed a successful career and a full life. An anesthesiologist and now clinical medical director at several plasma centers in
The newest member of the DMU Board of Trustees brings to the University decades of business experience and acumen. By any measure, Bernard Swift Jr., D.O.’76, M.P.H., took a big risk in 1982 when he launched a practice using a
Meeting urgent needs with a new medical model Read More