The A.T. Still University (ATSU) Center for Occupational and Physical Therapy is now open on the University’s Arizona campus. ATSU students and faculty provide free occupational (OT) and physical therapy (PT) services to community members in an interprofessional learning environment. Each therapy session is led by students and directly supervised by licensed occupational and physical […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, professor and chair, postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, recently published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO). Dr. Park’s article, “Correcting severe scissor bite in an adult,” was co-authored by Drs. Un-Bong Baik, Yunji Kim, Junji […]
A group of students from A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences’ (ATSU-ASHS) Physician Assistant Studies program was staking out a spot on the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, when a woman collapsed nearby. Their quick action saved her life. One of the student heroes, Mikayla Freeman, PA, ’19, told us about […]
In conjunction with professors at A.T. Still’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM), Still OPTI hosted an osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and osteopathic principles and practice (OPP) skills course May 20-23, 2019. Event participants received hands-on instruction from ATSU-KCOM faculty related to OPP including soft tissue, counterstrain and muscle energy techniques, and segmental diagnosis for […]
Monica Makar, OMS III, completed a week-long Summer Institute for Medical Students (SIMS) program at the Hazelden Betty Ford Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center’s Chisago, Minnesota, campus. “As a future physician, I will be prescribing medications that have potential for abuse,” Makar said. “It is important to me to learn more about addiction and […]
Kicking off “Welcome Week” for new students, Lori Haxton, MA, vice president, student affairs at A.T. Still University’s Kirksville, Missouri, campus presented information about the University’s class of incoming students on Wednesday, July 10. According to Haxton, 170 students, including 81 women and 89 men from 29 states and Guam, comprise the incoming Kirksville College […]
Continuing a long-running tradition in the healing professions, first-year students at A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) and Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) participated in a white coat ceremony on Saturday, July 13, 2019. New students took a public oath and received their first white coat, symbolizing and commemorating […]
More than 300 incoming students to A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Arizona-based programs received their first white coats on Friday, July 12. The three ceremonies, held in Mesa, Arizona, honored the dedication of the new students to becoming professionals to being compassionate and competent healthcare professionals. ATSU’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health welcomed 79 […]
When the mother of ATSU-KCOM alumnus Zach Brown, DO, ’03, realized what an impact anatomy lab had on her son’s decision to become a surgeon, she made a promise: upon her death, she would donate her body to the School’s anatomy program. Last year, she made good on that promise. Now, her son has a […]
Richard J. LaBaere II, DO, MPH, FAODME, was invited to give national presentations at both the United States Osteopathic Regulatory Summit in Naples, Florida and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)’s Annual Education Conference in Orlando, Florida this year. Dr. LaBaere, an associate dean of postgraduate training at A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College […]