A generous grant of $142,776 from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, staff members at the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine and International Center for Osteopathic History will be able to effectively start Phase II of the categorization and cataloging of artifacts as they move toward a uniform inventory of their Osteopathic Heritage collection. […]
ATSU Board of Trustees member Richard W. Anderson, D.O., passed away July 31, 2011. Born in Janesville, Wis., he was 88 and resided in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Anderson, a 1946 graduate of KCOM and ATSU board member since 2002, has a lifetime of achievements in osteopathic medicine, volunteerism, and philanthropy. He received the Distinguished Service Award from […]
ATSU recently announced its consolidation of all continuing health professions education programs under the Continuing Medical Education (CME) office, which will soon be renamed. Under the direction of Douglas Wood, D.O., Ph.D., senior vice president-academic affairs, and Jeff Suzewits, D.O., ’88, interim dean of KCOM, an advisory committee is forming and will be chaired by […]
The ATSU Board of Trustees announced that President Jack Magruder will retire on June 30, 2012. The Board has begun a national search to find a new president to take over when he retires. The Board has engaged the firm of R. William Funk & Associates of Dallas to conduct a nationwide search for the […]
Vice Chair of ATSU’s Board of Trustees Ken Jones, D.O., and his wife, Marla, attended the banquet at the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona . Dr. Jones gave a welcome from the board at the school’s inaugural commencement ceremony on June 3.
Effective July 1, the Park University board of trustees approved faculty promotions and designations. ATSU-School of Health Management alumna Gerry Walker, D.H.Ed., ’09, was promoted from assistant professor of nursing to associate professor of nursing. Dr. Walker teaches at Park University’s home campus in Parkville, Mo., a suburb of Kansas City.
Each year, the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) recognizes an Educator of the Year to honor an individual who exemplifies the osteopathic medical profession’s highest standards of excellence in teaching and long-standing contributions to academic advancement. This year’s recipient was Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O., ’80, dean and executive vice-president of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic […]
Michael French, co-director of A.T. Still University’s Area Health Education Centers Program at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, was elected president of the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health (MCOH) at its membership meeting held in Columbia, Mo., on June 17. MCOH is a statewide organization whose mission is to “improve oral health for all […]
As a father of four, college retread and former Major League Baseball player, Brian Banks, D.M.D., ’11, doesn’t fit the average dental school graduate profile. At 40, he is embarking on a two-year residency in pediatric dentistry while most dentists his age are looking back on a decade or more of practice. What also sets Dr. Banks apart […]
Fourteen years ago, Martin S. Levine, D.O., stood before his peers at the American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates meeting delivering the presidential inauguration address for his father, Howard M. Levine, D.O., who listened in from a hospital bed. Today, Dr. Levine, a resident of Short Hills, N.J., with private practices in Bayonne, N.J. and […]