Healthcare is spurred by the latest and greatest advances in technology. Instead of a manila folder and pen in hand, doctors use iPads to update patients’ electronic medical records. Dentists help perform a root canal on a special needs patient from a thousand miles away via video telecommunications systems. Physical therapists use social media to […]
In May 2012, the USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) departed from San Diego, Calif., for a unique mission of training and service. Each year, the mission—known as Pacific Partnership—brings together knowledge and skills of the U.S. military, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and international partner nations to “prepare in calm to respond in crisis.”
Kids and sports go together like a ball and glove. Kids are competitive, energetic, active. Sports are fun, fast, lively. If only sports and safety were as synonymous. Consider the nearly four million sport-related concussions that occur annually in the United States. The large number of athletes sustaining this injury, their young age, and the […]
The senseless attack at the Boston Marathon turned a day of triumph into a day of horror. Two bombs, which left three dead and more than 144 injured, rocked the city of Boston and impacted communities across the country. For the ATSU community, an alumnus and a faculty member, both of whom participated in the […]
Two ASHS alumni received inaugural awards in recognition of their contributions to their professions, communities, and alma mater.
1930s Doran A. Farnum, DO, ’36, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., celebrated his 100th birthday Nov. 6, 2012. He also was featured in The Orange County Register in the article “Nearing 100, doctor is still in,” which highlighted his long, successful career.
Norman Gevitz, PhD, has been named the University’s new senior vice president – academic affairs, effective July 2013. “Dr. Gevitz will be joining ATSU at a pivotal time in our history,” said ATSU President Craig M. Phelps, DO, ’84.
Michael V. Altamura, DO, ’80, Scottsdale, Ariz., died Nov. 15, 2012. Grant E. Atwell, DO, ’41, Meyersdale, Pa., died Jan. 16, 2013, at age 98. He was born Aug. 8, 1914, in Emlenton, Scrubgrass Township, in Venango County, son of the late James Edwin and Bess (Lyttle) Atwell.
“The number and types of diseases we saw was not what I was prepared for. And I saw some devastating things,” said dermatologist G. Scott Drew, DO, FAOCD, ’87, while describing a January 2012 expedition with Passion to Heal in which he joined 16 healthcare providers serving 11 vulnerable communities in rural Kenya for 10 […]
The Museum of Osteopathic Medicine™ held its annual Medicinal Plant Garden Tea on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. The Kirksville and ATSU communities were invited to a luncheon and tea party, with the opportunity to observe the latest plantings in the medicinal garden. This year’s featured speaker […]