On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria — a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds — made direct landfall on Puerto Rico, bisecting the entire island and drenching it with feet of rain. Hurricane Maria pounded the entire island of Puerto Rico, and the scope of the damage is still unfolding to this date. […]
More than 200 new A.T. Still University students received their white coats during the annual White Coat Ceremony July 14 in Kirksville, Missouri. ATSU’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine has 172 new students from 29 different states, including 53 from Missouri and 14 who graduated from Truman State University. ATSU’s Missouri School of Dentistry & […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, PhD, MSD, MS, chair of the postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) was recently published in the Journal of Orthodontics (JCO). Dr. Park’s article, ‘A Current Review of Asymmetry,’ was co-authored by Sireesha Veeranki, BDS, MDS, DMD, Dawn Pruzansky, DMD, Masato Takagi, DDS, […]
The National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibition “Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives” opened for display July 30 in A.T. Still Memorial Library. The exhibit includes six banners, portraying the work of activists, reformers, and nurses who advocated for the recognition of domestic violence as a public health issue, helped victims of domestic violence, and sought […]
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 […]