The Missouri Dental Association (MDA) and MDA Foundation’s Missouri Mission of Mercy (MOMOM), a dental clinic that provides free oral healthcare to underserved patients, hosted their seventh annual clinic at Truman State University’s Pershing Arena in Kirksville, Missouri, Aug. 3 and 4. The clinic provided more than $815,000 in free dental care to approximately 1,200 […]
Cailee Welch Bacon, PhD, ATC, associate professor of athletic training at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS), recently received the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Young Professional’s Committee National Distinction Award. The award recognizes a young professional athletic trainer who has made an immediate and definitive impact on the profession. “I am honored […]
The A.T. Still University (ATSU) Board of Trustees met July 21, 2018, in Vergennes, Vermont, to appoint officers and elect new members at its quarterly meeting. The following trustees were selected as officers: Gary Wiltz, MD, of Franklin, Louisiana, is chair; Linnette Sells, DO, FAOASM, ’82, of Alpharetta, Georgia, is vice-chair; and Bertha Thomas of […]
J. Matthew Halverson, DO, ‘92, graduated from A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) in 1992, the University’s 100th anniversary. Six years later, he opened James River Family Practice in Newport News, Virginia. This fall, he and his team will celebrate the practice’s 20th anniversary. More than two decades ago, Dr. Halverson was […]
On Friday, July 13, A.T. Still University (ATSU) President Craig Phelps, DO, ’84, presented the first President’s Medallion Award to Irvin Silverstein, DDS, MSEd. The award recognizes a community member for outstanding service and support to ATSU. Recipients have positively impacted programs, students, faculty, and staff across the University. “I am very honored to receive […]
Students from A.T. Still University’s Physician Assistant Studies program recently volunteered to provide physical exams for campers at Arizona Camp Sunrise and Sidekicks. The camp is for children who have been affected by cancer, including children who have had the disease and their siblings. The goal of the program is simply to provide a fun […]
Iulia Badea, a dual-degree student at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) recently undertook a challenging public health practicum of her own accord and traveled to Romania to study the recent measles outbreak and the deadly effects it is having on Europe. Fear of potentially deadly diseases has been replaced […]
A.T. Still University’s Athletic Training Student Association (ATSU-ATSA) is committed to educating the public about the athletic training profession and increasing awareness about safe participation in youth sports. At the start of the year, upon recommendations from Athletic Training Student Association (ATSA) Faculty Advisor Bart Anderson, DHSc, AT, ATC, ’03, ATSA voted to participate in […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, chair of the postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) was recently appointed as the scientific program chair for the 2021 College of Diplomats of the American Board of Orthodontics (CDABO) annual session. CDABO is an organization of orthodontists who […]
David McCall, DO, MSEd, ’13, recently moved back to his hometown of Waco, Texas to begin his career as a surgeon. After four years of medical school and five years in a general surgery program, the A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) alumnus is ready to apply his skills as a medical […]