President Phelps and the president of Truman University met recently with The Kirksville Downtown Improvement Committee (KDIC) comprised of Kirksville business owners to address ways to make the gap between the universities and the downtown area seamless. Local Kirksville station KTVO also interviewed Dr. Phelps regarding the meeting.
Jackie Price, DO, MBA, SOMA ’11, has been appointed as a chief resident in Family Medicine at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC), Truman Medical Center. In her role as one of three chief residents appointed, she will facilitate communication between residents and faculty and oversee the functioning of the residents with the program. […]
An alumni reception was held for physical therapy alumni on Wednesday, January 23, in conjunction with the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego. Jim Farris, PT, PhD, chair and associate professor of Physical Therapy, A.T. Still University Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS), addressed alumni and friends about the progress ATSU-ASHS […]
Faculty, staff, students, and their families are invited to participate in ATSU’s first Relay for Life event being held May 4 -5 on our Mesa campus. Teams will camp out on the front lawn of the main building, and members of each team will take turns walking – relaying for life! Participants will also remember […]
A full-day cerumen (ear wax) management workshop was held on Jan. 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for audiology students. In addition to lectures presented covering case histories and ear canal anatomy, students—who were faculty-supervised —provided ear exams and wax removal when needed. “Ear wax is protective, but too much wax can cause discomfort, […]
A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) students and staff were part of an annual fundraiser for Hope’s Kitchen in Kirksville, Mo. The soup kitchen serves more than 400 meals a month, in addition to delivering meals to homebound and disabled residents. The latest fundraiser brought in more than $9,000. Alpha Phi Omega […]
There will be an all-campus lockdown at the Mesa campus on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 9:00 a.m. This drill should take approximately five minutes or less to conduct. Campus buildings (5850, 5845, and 5835) will be participating in the drill. Dental and orthodontics staff will notify patients of the five-minute drill. Anyone working with patients […]
The annual “Baby Lab” for the PT students enrolled in Human Development will be held on Jan. 28. Deanne Fay, PT, MS, DPT, PCS, director of curriculum and an associate professor of physical therapy, is leading the initiative. “For these labs, we need several babies for the second-year PT students to get a chance to […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, director of the postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, was recently published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. Park’s article, “Unilateral delayed eruption of a left mandibular permanent canine, maxillary first and second molars, and agenesis of […]
The A.T. Still University Student Association will sponsor a team for the 2013 CLARION National Case Competition, April 19-20, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hosted by the University of Minnesota, the CLARION asks teams of four students, representing no less than two health professions, to conduct a root-cause analysis of a sentinel healthcare event and make appropriate recommendations for […]