“Advocacy is an essential part of being a physician regardless if you are an osteopathic or allopathic physician. Physicians advocate all day long on behalf of their patients and their needs. Therefore, I think it is essential that as medical …
DMU students flex advocacy muscles during DO Day in DC Read More
On Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, the Des Moines University Continuing Medical Education (DMU CME) office hosted the annual Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Workshop through our ongoing partnership with MercyOne Des Moines and UnityPoint Health – Des Moines. The University welcomed more …
Hands-on ultrasound workshop well attended and highly appreciated Read More
When Brian Huber of Waukee, IA, collapsed during the 20-kilometer EMC Dam to DSM race in Des Moines on August 28, he was fortunate that one of his fellow runners was Tom Benzoni, D.O.’83, EM, AOBEM, FACEP, an emergency medicine …
Tom Benzoni, D.O.’83, this spring became secretary-treasurer of the Polk County (IA) Medical Society. He is an assistant professor of family medicine at DMU and an emergency medicine physician with UnityPoint Health in Des Moines.
About 10 years ago, DMU alumnus and emergency medical physician Tom Benzoni, D.O.’83, EM, AOBEM, FACEP, looked out on the horizon of health care and saw an emerging technology: ultrasound. “I thought I’d better learn about it. I’ve got to …
Oct. 19 workshop offers hands-on ultrasound training Read More