DMU Alumni Board Welcomes New Members
Benjamin Byers, D.O.’01, FACOG, and Rebecca Goldsmith, M.P.H.’13, will begin their terms on the Des Moines University Alumni Board of Directors on July 1, 2024.
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DMU students help make vision clinic a win-win
Over three days in October, three central Iowa organizations, an international nonprofit, two DMU alumni and 17 students came together in an effort that likely saved several individuals’ ability to see. Delta Dental of Iowa and Delta Vision led efforts
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DMU announces 2021 Alumni of the Year and inaugural Rising Star Award recipient
One was a radiologist universally respected by colleagues and loved by patients for his caring bedside manner. Two are former DMU faculty members who have continued to benefit patients and communities, even globally. And one is the recipient of the
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Yogi Shah’s comfort with taking risks opens doors for many
Yogesh “Yogi” Shah, M.D., M.P.H.’13, FAAFM, the 2021 College of Health Sciences Alumnus of the Year, is inarguably impressive on paper. Founding director of the palliative care program at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, he now is Broadlawns’ chief
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Alumni Spotlight: Megan Knox, M.P.H.’13
At a time of tension over the U.S.-Mexico border, an organization that’s worked for more than four decades to diminish divides and enhance public health and health care access continues to thrive thanks in part to a DMU alumna. The
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Megan Knox, M.P.H.’13
Megan Knox, M.P.H.’13, was awarded a highly competitive fellowship that will allow her to attend the 2017 Women Leaders in Global Health (WLGH) conference and a related half-day leadership workshop for emerging and established leaders in global health. WLGH aims
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Megan Knox, M.P.H.’13
Megan Knox, M.P.H.’13, was named the executive director of the FEMAP Foundation, which supports the work of FEMAP/SADEC in Juárez, Mexico, to improve the quality of life of people living in poverty through health care, education, outreach and economic development
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Yogesh Shah, M.P.H.’13, M.D., FAAFM
Yogesh Shah, M.P.H.’13, M.D., FAAFM, is a physician in the geriatric medicine and memory center at Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines. He is board-certified in family medicine, geriatrics and hospice and palliative care. Previously, he had been associate dean of
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Annette Bartel, D.P.M.’13, M.P.H.’13
Annette Bartel, D.P.M.’13, M.P.H.’13, joined the Essentia Health St. Joseph’s-Brainerd Clinic in Brainerd, MN. She provides treatment for a wide range of foot and ankle conditions, from diagnosing and treating ingrown toenails and bunions to flat foot correction, Achilles tendon
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New consortium to probe climate change’s impact on health
While the polar vortex gripping many states this winter had people complaining about the weather more than usual, the discussion by a group gathered in a DMU boardroom on the snowy morning of Feb. 4 was even more somber in
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