The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases published an article in March by fourth-year KCOM student Michelle Kim on coccidioidal pneumonia. Kim is currently completing her second year of clinical rotations in the Arizona Region under the supervision of Associate Regional Dean Robert Ligorsky, D.O. Kim’s research interests are breast cancer, polycystic […]
The Still Learning Series is offering informational and interactive lunchtime workshops for ATSU faculty and staff on the Arizona Campus. Mark your calendars for the next two seminars to be held in April and May. For more information, visit www.atsu.edu/events. [read more]
ATSU-ASHS’ Audiology Department is hosting a full day workshop on auditory neuropathy and cerebral palsy, kernicterus, and hyperbilirubinemia with guest speakers Charles Berlin, Ph.D., a clinic and research trained audiologist, and Steve Shapiro, M.D., a neurologist who specializes in child neurology. [read more]
The A.T. Still University (ATSU) Committee on Aging will host its fifth annual Lecture on Aging on April 3 to enhance healthcare providers’ understanding of the challenges and opportunities in treating and caring for older patients, especially in the area of falls prevention. Keynote speaker Dorothy Baker, Ph.D., R.N., will present “From the Halls of […]
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.” […]