Douglas L. Wood, D.O., Ph.D. As the inaugural senior vice president – academic affairs, the former SOMA dean is now the university’s top academic leader. What he brings to the position: Dr. Wood, former dean of the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, not only has held the SOMA post since 2005 but led the […]
by Kathryn Stroppel & Heinz Woehlk At ATSU, change is constant From the university’s formation in 1996, to the addition of four schools, to a change in presidential leadership, ATSU constantly has striven to improve student learning, create a positive working environment, and communicate its mission within its own walls and to the outside world. […]
ATSU pays tribute to the following graduates Jean Kenney 1917-2010 Jean Elizabeth Hedden Kenney, of Yarmouth, Maine, died after a brief illness on April 7. A graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College, Kenney moved to Kirksville in 1963 when her husband, Richard Kenney, D.O., joined the faculty of ATSUKCOM. Kenney soon began keeping records and […]
A unique perspective For Michael Musso, OMS I and KCOM class of 2013 representative, photography is part of the family. His father is an avid photographer and “always has a camera with him to document our family outings,” Musso says. Although his interest stemmed from his dad’s hobby, Musso was attracted to photography “because it […]
1950s Maynard Amelon, D.O., ’51, was the subject of a profile in The Desert Sun newspaper in March. At 19 and a pre-med student at the University of Missouri in Columbia during World World II, Dr. Amelon was drafted into the U.S. Army military police, where he trained sharpshooters, patrolled brothels in what was then […]
William J. Swords, D.O., ’67, and his wife, Cheryl, were presented the Honored Patron lifetime giving award ($15,000-$24,999). Dr. and Mrs. Swords live in Okemos, Mich. David K. Young, D.O., ’81, right, received the Honored Patron lifetime giving award ($15,000-$24,999) from Randy Rogers, CFP®, associate vice president for institutional advancement. Dr. Young is a pulmonologist […]
by Lee Cashatt Sound bytes from Deana Berrey Deana Berrey, OMS IV, is one of five 2009 Preferred Merchants Scholarship winners. The scholarship fund, created in 1989, involves local merchants and professionals in an advertising/scholarship program to benefit area KCOM students. Berrey was selected based on her academic and leadership qualities. Currently on a four-week […]
by Kathryn Stroppel Student doctor donates bone marrow, extends a second chance. During his first year of medical school at ATSU-KCOM, Chicago native Jonathan Terry, D.O., ’09, learned his father had acute myelogenous leukemia, AML. Nothing short of a bone marrow transplant could save him. Although a match was identified, the elder Terry did not […]
by Kathryn Stroppel Like many of SHM’s students, the majority of whom are working moms, Kenya Brown, M.H.Ed., ‘10, juggles numerous responsibilities. Mom to three girls, and researcher at a pharmaceutical research company, Brown says her online education allowed her to manage all her roles at her own convenience. She could make her own schedule, […]
Learn more about ASDOH dean, honored at SHM graduation ATSU President Jack Magruder honored ASDOH Dean and 2010 SHM commencement speaker Jack Dillenberg, D.D.S., M.P.H., with a proclamation at the School of Health Management’s June commencement.