As a pre-health major at Central College in Pella, IA, Benjamin Byers thought he would become a veterinarian. When his adviser suggested he consider human medicine instead, Dr. Byers decided to enter a now-defunct program in which DMU enrolled promising Central undergraduates as a way to recruit future physicians. “I feel that DMU had such …
Marc Baumert, PA-C’14, and Morgan Baumert, M.H.A.’15, shown above with daughters Claire, left, and Reece Watson Gutowski, D.O.’58, has donated to DMU every year since 1972. He and his wife, Catherine, also established the Catherine A. Gutowski and Watson A. Gutowski Endowed Scholarship Fund to benefit DMU students. “It has been an honor and my …
Clifford Houseman, D.O.’07, FACOS, was in fourth grade when he told his parents he planned to become a physician. It wasn’t until his third year as a DMU osteopathic medical student, however, that he decided to pursue neurosurgery as his career. During rotation, he assisted with an emergency surgery on an 18-year-old woman whose prognosis …
Joseph McNerney, D.O.’37, FACOI, was a pioneer and practitioner in internal medicine, a devoted DMU graduate and a lecturer and teacher for more than 50 years. His deep commitment to patient care, osteopathic medicine and medical education inspired and enhanced decades’ worth of students, interns, residents and fellow physicians. He also was a father of …
Growing up, Robert Lowry and his family received medical care from Donald Evans, D.O., a 1937 graduate of Des Moines Still College, now Des Moines University. Years later, the quality of that care inspired Dr. Lowry to pursue his own osteopathic medical degree at DMU. His mentors in medical school including Byron E. Laycock, D.O., …
Pamela Duffy, P.T., Ph.D., FAPTA, is grateful for many things – the lessons of service she learned from her parents, the many faculty mentors she’s had and the opportunities she has now to teach and advise students. The associate professor of public health, health care administration and global health recently demonstrated her gratitude for those …
In the 1950s, an era when osteopathic physicians were viewed by some as inferior to allopathic physicians, Murray Goldstein, D.O.’50, M.P.H., blazed trails. He was the first osteopathic physician to be appointed as a commissioned medical officer in the uniformed services (the U.S. Public Health Service, in 1953); the first D.O. to achieve star rank …
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Gene Holst of Bettendorf, IA, always appreciated the care he received from his osteopathic physician, Dr. Jack Hannum, who became a good friend. Recognizing that Holst, then a banker, had valuable financial skills, the physician asked him to join the board of the Davenport (IA) Osteopathic Hospital.
As a second-year student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (COMS), now DMU, Michael Witte, D.O.’77, got involved in student government. So did his friend and classmate, Larry Baker, D.O.’77. “Perhaps that participation spurred each of us to continue a relationship with the school since,” Dr. Witte says. “Larry followed in the footsteps …
Years ago, Paul Morris, D.O.’78, FACOFP, was encouraged by a fellow physician to get involved with the New Jersey Osteopathic Education Foundation. “He said it would involve only a meeting or two a year,” he says. That launched decades of Dr. Morris’ advocacy for osteopathic medicine: He has served as president of the New Jersey …
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