With President Barack Obama’s healthcare summit dominating headlines across the nation, many families are wondering how the current economic and political climate will affect future access to affordable, quality healthcare. A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Women’s Wellness program will tackle this subject head-on at a luncheon and panel discussion entitled “Will Care Be There?” on Tuesday, […]
ATSU-ASHS physical therapy alum Elizabeth Darling’s, MPT, ATC, OCS, dreams of going to the Olympics are revealed in the October 20, 2008 issue of Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. “The sporty 16-year-old played soccer and softball, but specialized in rhythmic gymnastics. She eventually made the national team and competed at the Pan American […]
KCOM alum Steve Rubin, D.O., ’84, received the 2009 American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) Family Physician of the Year award at the 46th annual ACOFP convention in Washington, D.C., held March 4-8. Dr. Rubin currently practices in Fair Lawn, N.J., and is past president of ACOFP.
Rob Baer, Ph.D., professor, physiology, has been recognized as an outstanding physiology teacher in Advances in Physiology Education. Dr. Baer also received the 2008 A.T. Still Award for excellence in teaching. His teaching responsibilities at ATSU-KCOM include lectures in cellular and respiratory physiology, body fluid balance, and cardiac function to 170 first-year medical students and […]
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) member Philip C. Slocum, D.O., dean of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine at A.T. Still University, was appointed to the editorial board of the American Journal of Medicine, the official journal of the Association of Professors of Medicine, a prestigious group comprised of chairs of departments of internal medicine at […]
[cincopa belt2 10473364] Laura Bank, PH.D., PA-C, Physician Assistant program academic coordinator at ATSU’s Arizona School of Health Sciences and co-author of the best-selling book “Wake Up…Live the Life You Love – Wake Up…Moments,” reveals the secrets to achieving and maintaining wellness during each week in 2009 with her recently published book “Pearls of Wellness.” […]
[cincopa belt2 10473357] The American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) on February 9-12 in Las Vegas featured presentations by ASHS faculty members Pam Bosch, Ph.D., PT; Jim Farris, Ph.D., PT; and James Roush, Ph.D., PT, ATC, ATL. The CSM brings together more than 7,000 physical therapy professionals from around the nation for five […]
Jack Dillenberg, D.D.S., M.P.H., dean of A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH), was a featured speaker at an Institute of Medicine workshop entitled “Sufficiency in the U.S. Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade” in Washington, D.C., on February 9-11. [read more]
The “Running Doc” Dr. Lewis G. Maharam is the world’s premier running physician and the Runner’s World “Ask the Running Doc” blogger who answers all your pressing running questions. In his January 8 post, Dr. Maharam looked to ATSU’s very own ASHS Dean Randy Danielsen, Ph.D., PA-C, for answers in “A Word about Nurse Practitioners.” […]
The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) announced that their selection of osteopathic medical educators as inaugural members of its recently launched National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME) includes two faculty members of A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM). [read more]