Laurel Walton, D.O.’86
Laurel Walton, D.O.’86, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, joined Greene County General Hospital at its My Linton Clinic’s Women’s Health Center in Linton, IN.
Leah Brandon, D.O.’12, M.S.A.’10
Leah Brandon, D.O.’12, M.S.A.’10, medical director and staff physician in internal medicine and pediatrics for ChildServe in Des Moines, was named among the Business Record’s 2021 Forty Under 40 honorees. These 40 local business leaders, who were chosen by past …
DMU prof lands NIH grant to compare genetic and environmental factors
You can hear the excitement in the voice of Jun Dai, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., associate professor of public health at DMU, when she talks about the three-year $488,819 grant she recently was awarded by the National Institutes of Health. A …
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New dean named for DMU’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Kevin Smith, D.P.M., Ph.D., M.S., FACFAS, has been named the new dean of Des Moines University’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS). A 1995 graduate of the college, he will assume his new position on June 1, 2021. He currently …
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DMU students mentor undergrads to support their journey
As the first in their families to study medicine, Kelly Bang and Jiyoon Song, members of the DMU osteopathic medicine Class of 2024, can look back and see the great impact that having mentors would have made when they were …
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Podiatric clinical experiences at DMU: “most exciting yet humbling time in my life thus far”
Acute heart failure, rat bite fever and of course everything related to the lower limb: The clinical rotations experienced by third- and fourth-year students in DMU’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS) are diverse, challenging, rewarding and well-rounded – …
Matthew Dikin, D.O.’96
Matthew Dikin, D.O.’96, moved to Reno, NV, in 2017 and has been working as an intensive care locum during the pandemic. He hopes to add emergency medicine and urgent care as he practiced in Michigan.
DMU Earns U.S. Department of Commerce Investment of $2 Million in Cares Act Recovery Assistance to Facilitate Telehealth Workforce Training
Des Moines University has been awarded a $2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). This funding will help support the acquisition of the latest telehealth technology and equipment that will …
Catherine Wycoff, D.P.T.’08, GCFP, CERP
Catherine Wycoff, D.P.T.’08, GCFP, CERP, is a physical therapist for humans and for horses, a Feldenkrais® Practitioner and a certified equine rehabilitation practitioner in Lovettsville, VA. For more than 30 years, she has helped her patients go from fearing that …