In this issue of Still Magazine, we celebrate our students and their amazing talents and skills. ATSU students are undeniably brilliant, capable people with unique backgrounds and abilities. In addition to progressing through rigorous academic programs, these multifaceted individuals are making time outside of their studies to engage in a wide range of interests and […]
ATSU students are incredible people. They are talented not only in the classroom but also outside the classroom. These versatile future healthcare professionals have skills and interests extending beyond theirfields of study. Among those varied and diverse talents are artistic talents – visual, literary, performing, culinary, and more. With too many healthcare professionals experiencing stress […]
“Resilience” is one word that helps define A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) student Herchran Singh, OMS III. In 2020, her resiliency was tested by the tragic and sudden death of her father, who brought her family to the United States from Canada when she was only 18 months old, and worked […]
From its roots in Kirksville and the farmland of northeast Missouri, to Mesa, Arizona, and the footsteps of the nearby Superstition Mountains, to St. Louis and the iconic Gateway Arch, ATSU’s story of meeting underserved communities’ needs is writing its next chapter in the strawberry fields of the California coast. ATSU, local officials, and guests […]
When David S. Steinbaum, DO, graduated from ATSU-KCOM in 1930, little did he know he would become the first in a long line of family members dedicated to the osteopathic profession. It was the Depression era, and he had returned to Bayonne, New Jersey, to be near his family. He set up his practice in […]
To say Michael Sampson, DO, FAOASM, ’92, delivers care in challenging environments is a complicated understatement. Complicated, because as the ringside physician for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and formerly in the same role with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), some of those challenges are in the script. When he’s tending to a wrestler and their opponent […]
Featuring Poonam Jain, BDS, MS, MPHVice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Advanced Dental EducationSt. Louis Dental Center, ATSU-MOSDOH On the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion at ATSU, I will focus on the St. Louis Dental Center, which houses the main clinic for ATSU-MOSDOH. I will never forget the first time I walked through the […]
Wrestling has always played a significant role in Afsoon Roshanzamir Johnston’s life. Being born in Iran in the early 70s, wrestling was and still is the national sport. Her father was a wrestler and always wanted a son to follow in his footsteps. Although Johnston, MSPT, ’00, was an only child, her father believed she […]
For Chad Taylor, DO, MPH, ’13, chance led to becoming a doctor. Originally a political science major, he was completing his undergraduate studies at Minnesota State University when he finished an Intro to Biology class in the top five – out of 500 classmates. His biology professor asked him what he was planning to do […]
So much of medicine is about relationships. Doctors seeking to work in rural areas are practicing medicine, but taking care of people. That’s a philosophy ATSU-KCOM alumna Katheryn C. Norris, DO, ’02, tries to instill in the residents she manages at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, where she serves as a physician and director of […]