On behalf of all of the AT faculty and staff, I hope this annual newsletter finds you doing well. This has been a busy and productive year for the Athletic Training Programs. In January we celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Doctor of Athletic Training Program and are pleased with the success of the DAT […]
The A.T. Still Research Institute is pleased to welcome J. Michael Menke, DC, PhD, MA, as its new associate director, based on the Arizona campus. Dr. Menke, originally from Gettysburg, Ohio, earned his master’s in applied behavioral science from Wright State University and his doctor of chiropractic degree from Palmer College West. He then earned […]
Since graduating from her medical residency in 2002, Ruth Michaelis, MD, Regional Director of Medical Education (RDME), A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA), has served at HealthPoint Community Health Center (CHC) in Seattle, Washington. Having experienced a problem-based learning curriculum in medical school, she decided that alternative learning and underserved care were […]
A.T. Still University’s physician assistant (PA) students provided the emergency medical services at a local karate tournament, supporting the non-profit ASO/USA Karate program serving students and adults from across Arizona. This is the fourth year that ATSU’s PA program has provided first aid and injury care services for USA Karate Arizona ASO. USA Karate Arizona […]
Ann Spolarich, RDH, PhD, A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) course director of clinical medicine and pharmacology and director of research, was recently recognized by the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society with a 2016 Alumni Award of Merit. The award was presented at the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Weekend in May. […]
A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) celebrated its 2016 graduating class on Friday, June 3 at Gilbert High School. The graduating class comprised 75 graduates, who earned their Doctor of Dental Medicine degrees. Among the 2016 graduating class were nine military graduates. Said ATSU-ASDOH Dean Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH, “To […]
A.T. Still University’s College of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU-CGHS) celebrated the 2016 graduating class at the Mesa Arts Center on Friday, June 3. The graduating class comprised 212 graduates, who earned their degrees in Master of Health Administration, Master of Science in Kinesiology, Master of Public Health, Doctor of Health Education, Doctor of Health Sciences, […]
Sue Falsone PT, MS, SCS, ATC, CSCS, COMT, RYT®, associate professor, Athletic Training, A.T. Still University, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, presented “Integration of rehab and performance: Best practices to unite a team,” at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Sports Medicine Annual Symposium in May. Falsone was an invited speaker to give the first annual […]
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Tamara Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA, and Eric Sauers, PhD, ATC, FNATA, have been selected as National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) 2016 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award recipients. Dr. McLeod is professor and director of the Athletic Training program at ATSU-Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS), and Dr. Sauers is a professor […]
Soon-to-be ATSU-ASHS graduate Kelly Boyce has her athletic training career path set. She has already started her new position as minor league athletic trainer for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Growing up in Poplar Grove, Illinois, Boyce was a gymnast for 10 years and her coach was an athletic trainer. “I have been an athlete all my […]