Grothaus joined Floyd Medical Center’s family medicine residency program in Rome, GA. The program provides three years of academic and clinical post-doctoral education, and, during the residency, physicians complete a rotation schedule that provides in-depth learning experience in surgery, internal […]
Reuben J. Grothaus, D.O.’12 Read More
Three Des Moines University researchers have received a $5,000 grant from the Iowa Science Foundation, the foundation arm of the Iowa Academy of Science. Marie Nguyen, Ph.D., Martin Schmidt, Ph.D., and Muhammad Spocter, Ph.D. all submitted proposals and were fully
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The “trumpeter” in Latin. Our cheek muscles, the buccinator, assist the tongue during chewing movements to hold food between our teeth. Otherwise food would accumulate between our cheek and gums making chewing much less efficient and much more frustrating to
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Swisher joined McCrary-Rost Clinic in Gowrie, IA, with his wife, Kari L. Swisher, ARNP-C, and specializes in family care including obstetrics, newborn care and women’s health. His services now give women the option of receiving obstetric care in Gowrie. “The
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Holt is an emergency and family medicine physician at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, IA, and is also trained in tropical medicine, which he puts to use two to three times each year on trips to Uganda. Holt began traveling
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Coleman joined the Wesley Medical Group-Oak Grove clinic at Wesley Medical Park in Hattiesburg, MS. He is board-certified in family medicine and has been practicing in the Hattiesburg area since 2001.
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Perkins was named the 2011 National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) Item Writer of the Year for the COMLEX-USA Level II. He has worked with the NBOME for the past two years in test development and review of items
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Goebel was named Metro Health Hospital’s 2012 Nursing-Chosen Physician of the Year. The award is given annually by Metro Health’s Professional Nursing Council (PNC) to recognize a physician who exemplifies best practices and supports the role of nurses as part
Peter G. Goebel, D.O.’97 Read More
Klein was awarded the 2012 Preceptor of the Year Award from Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) in Harrogate, TN. The award is presented annually to an individual who consistently provides outstanding clinical instruction to LMU-DCOM third and
Dennis M. Klein, D.O.’96 Read More
Reporter and National Public Radio science correspondent Robert Krulwich recently shared a suspenseful and true story about a woman in Barcelona struck by tuberculosis. Rather than have her left lung removed, she agreed to receive a transplanted trachea. The woman,
A tale of two tracheas Read More