When it became apparent the coronavirus was going to blow up, some of Christina Floyd’s colleagues at the Fort Mojave Indian Health Center, where she is the director, wondered if they were going to stay open. The facility provides primary …
“Rookie” helps lead organizational change at Indian Health Center Read More
Within the first year of practice as a physician assistant, Wallace Boeve, Ed.D., PA-C, responded to a request from Grand Valley State University to serve as a clinical preceptor for its physician assistant (PA) students. That sparked his relatively rapid …
Boeve brings diverse, broad experiences to CHS deanship Read More
Marc Wachtfogel, Ph.D., has had diverse roles in public and private sectors, in human resources, management consulting and global marketing. He emphasizes the critical components of effective human resources management, such as transparency, communication, inclusivity and a team mindset. But …
New human resources chief brings a focus on service Read More
Hijinio Carreon, D.O.’03, chief medical officer of MercyOne Central Iowa, has been working 16-hour days, plus additional late-night email messages, phone calls and weekend shifts in the emergency department. Jason Kruse, D.O.’11, an internal medicine physician at Broadlawns Medical Center …
DMU grads tagged “heroes of hope” in local magazine Read More
June 17, 2016, was the first time I lost Ava. While walking through the camp, I turned around and saw her lagging behind. “Ugh,” she moaned, “I’m tired of walking.” I laughed and walked back to join her. At the …
He’s the first D.O. in the role since 1981 Kevin Klauer, D.O.’92, EJD, FACEP, says the personality traits that drove him to become a paramedic and then an emergency medical physician are the same ones that led to his latest …
S. Vincent Grasso, D.O.’91, M.S.I.S., M.B.A., strives to give clinicians an invaluable new tool in providing health care that’s truly high-quality, hands-on and patient-centered: artificial intelligence (AI). The surgeon, solution/software architect and medical informaticist is the global practice lead in …
Alumnus promotes high tech in keeping the high touch in health care Read More
Grad stars in “My Feet Are Killing Me” Ebonie Vincent, D.P.M.’15, M.B.S., sees a wide variety of patients and conditions in her Orange County, CA, practice. One day, she’s inserting a cadaver bone into a patient’s foot to correct her …
Timing, communication and coordination are critical in health care, intensely so in transplant medicine. When an organ becomes available through the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the private, nonprofit organization contracted by the federal government to serve as the …