A big round of applause to all DMU physician assistant students, alumni, faculty and staff during National PA Week, Oct. 6-12. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds acknowledged these health care providers on Oct. 4 by signing a proclamation praising their “quality, …
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Thirty-four DMU students spent their spring break week participating in DMU’s Department of Global Health’s service trips March 10-17, 2018. This year the department offered three service trips – groups of students returned to Monte Cristi in the Dominican Republic …
The reasons for celebrating National Physician Assistant Week, Oct. 6-12, at Des Moines University keep pouring in. The latest cause for celebration is news that Luan Montag, who graduated from DMU’s physician assistant program in 2000, was honored as the …
Kathy Mercuris, PT, D.H.S., associate professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, was selected as a 2016-2017 Iowa Campus Compact Engaged Scholar Faculty Fellow. The fellowship provides an opportunity for faculty interested in developing and expanding their engaged scholarship practice. Mercuris is developing a …
Laura Delaney, PA-C, M.P.A.S., assistant professor in DMU’s physician assistant program, was named the 2015 Physician Assistant of the Year by the Iowa Physician Assistant Society. She also became DMU’s first faculty member to be named an Iowa Campus Compact …
Assistant professor named PA of the Year and an Engaged Scholar Faculty Fellow Laura Delaney, PA-C’99, M.P.A.S., had provided health care to patients in the West African nation of Mali before she joined DMU’s physician assistant faculty in 2008. That’s why …
Laura Delaney, M.P.A.S., PA-C, assistant professor in the Physician Assistant program, was selected as one of four faculty members from across the state to serve as Iowa Campus Compact 2015-2016 Engaged Scholar Faculty Fellows. Faculty Fellows are from Iowa Campus Compact …
Thirty-three DMU students spent spring break on medical service trips, treating hundreds of patients in the Dominican Republic and Biloxi, Mississippi. A few students stopped by the Admissions office to share stories from their amazing week-long opportunity. A common theme emerged talking with the students: …
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It’s not even cold season, yet there’s a major cough epidemic making news. This isn’t any normal cough; it can last up to three months and lead to pneumonia, convulsions, inflammation of the brain and even death. Pertussis, commonly known …