ASHS 20th Anniversary Timeline
Patriot Day is annually recognized as a “National Day of Service and Remembrance” to honor those that were lost due to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony was held on the courthouse lawn in downtown Kirksville. Local firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical service teams were on hand to show their support for […]
ATSU-ASHS’ occupational therapy program held their annual research day on September 8 on the Mesa campus. The half-day event provided third-year students the opportunity to share project topics, methodologies used for gathering data and research results. Research presentations included: “The relationship between leisure interests and outcomes of outpatient hemodialysis” Research presenters: Katherine Rolston, Raymond Robinson, […]
At the August 21, 2015, meeting of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Institutional Review Committee (IRC), action was taken to move Still OPTI from institutional pre-accreditation status to initial accreditation as an institutional sponsor in the single accreditation system for GME. This means individual programs that submit program applications to ACGME with […]
The team was led by Gerry Keenan, MMS, PA-C, associate professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies didactic faculty, and clinical director for Healthy Athletes Arizona MEDFest. He was joined by Harvey Simon, MD, pediatrician and adjunct faculty for the ATSU Physician Assistant program and full-time faculty with the ATSU School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona […]
Altruism During the past 12 months, A.T. Still University (ATSU) had more than its share of students, faculty, staff, and associated loved ones affected by health, financial, and additional challenges. Whether facing a student’s home destroyed by fire, an employee injured or ill, or passing of a loved one or classmate, it was humbling and […]
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Athletic Training program has been selected to collaborate on a national study to observe player health and safety among youth football athletes. Directed by USA Football and the Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention, ATSU will observe the effectiveness of Heads Up Football®, a program developed by USA Football […]
“Weight bias is one of the only remaining areas of discrimination where social norms currently say it is okay,” said Dr. Puckett. “So many people continue to think of weight as a motivation, commitment, or just plain lazy issue, and that isn’t true at all. Science has proven, in so many ways, how obesity is […]
A.T. Still University (ATSU) and Near North Health Service Corporation came together to celebrate the University’s newest community health center partnership and its inaugural class in Chicago today. “Our students are very energetic and eager to learn, and importantly share a close bond,” said Munawar Sultana, MD, Near North physician and ATSU-SOMA regional director of […]
The ATSU Department of Audiology presented two awards at a graduation dinner held on Aug. 6 at the Arizona Golf Resort in Mesa, Ariz. Rex Banks, AuD, ’15, MA, CCC-A Reg., CASLPO, was awarded the Professional Leadership Award for the transitional AuD program. The award recognition was announced by Tabitha Parent Buck, AuD, chair, Department […]