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.
by Dan Rettke On June 5, ATSU-SHM graduated its latest class of master’s degree recipients in geriatric health, public health, health administration, and health education; and doctoral degree recipients in health education. “Spending a weekend with our graduates face to face is a rewarding experience,” said SHM Dean Kimberly O’Reilly, D.H.Ed., ‘08. “These students have […]
by Robyn Siroky Friends and family cheered as A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health’s class of 2010 entered the Ikeda Theater at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Ariz., for commencement ceremonies on June 12. The 55 members of ATSUASDOH’s fourth graduating class received their doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.) degree, 12 […]
by Lee Cashatt 21 KCOM graduates enter military medicine “What we bring to the fight.” Perhaps it is because we live in a time of war. Or perhaps it is that D.O.s possess an innate passion for service – especially service at the nation’s calling. Over the last decade, the number of KCOM military graduates […]
by Kathryn Stroppel The self-proclaimed Imelda Marcos of cowboy boots, Associate Professor Maria Evans, M.D., has worn purple cowboy boots at KCOM commencement since her first in 2001. At last count, her collection contains 15 pairs of boots, including a complete set of colors for the liturgical church calendar – blue, white, purple, red, and […]
by Kathryn Stroppel Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Grand Marshal Michael D. Lockwood, D.O., ’81, led the procession of ATSU-KCOM’s newest class of 172 graduates at Baldwin Hall Auditorium on the campus of Truman State University on May 15. Carl G. Bynum, D.O., M.P.H., ’85, chair of the ATSU Board of Trustees, welcomed graduates […]
Physician, teacher, and alumnus John C. Collins, D.O., ’97, is Family Physician of the Year named by the Missouri Society of the American College of Family Physicians (MSACOFP). Immediate past president of the society and a Missouri delegate for the national ACOFP, Dr. Collins received the award at the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and […]