Medical rotations are full of life-changing moments and career-shaping experiences. For J. Anthony Rakowski, D.O.’05, one such experience occurred during his hospital rotations: His supervisors were “amazed” at what he already knew how to do in the operating room compared to students from other schools. “Surgery had not been on my radar – I thought …
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Troy Ivey, D.O.’89, and his wife, Grace, have always found ways to give back to their community and causes they believe in, including Des Moines University. Dr. Ivey, a surgeon for nearly 30 years who practices at Waverly Health Center in Waverly, IA, is a longtime adjunct faculty member and preceptor for DMU students. “I …
After completing two years of college and then serving as a Navy medic during the Korean War, Martin Diamond decided to become a doctor. He switched his major to biology and applied to multiple medical schools. “I went to Europe to try to get into medical school. When I got back, I had this telegram …
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Norman Rose, D.O.’63, FACOS, FICS, DFACOS, began contemplating a career in medicine when he was six; he decided to become a surgeon at age 12, after he had his appendix removed. “That surgeon made me feel pretty good,” he recalls. Years later, as a second-year student at the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, now …
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Dave Kapaska, D.O.’86, and his wife, Mary Ann, have long supported Des Moines University. Dr. Kapaska serves as chair of the DMU Board of Trustees, and the couple has contributed financially to the University, including to its Purple & Proud Campaign. But their latest gift, to name the Telehealth Room on the new West Des …
The gift that Fred Katz, D.O.’66, FAOCR, recently made to the Purple & Proud Campaign to establish an endowed scholarship fund at DMU is the latest in a long list of contributions he has made throughout his career and life. How he came to support his medical alma mater first began as an act of …
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Among the medical schools he applied to, Robert Good, D.O.’77, MACOI, chose the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (COMS) – now DMU – because of the people he met during his interview. “I was so impressed with the people who cared about my image of medicine and what I thought,” he says. As a …
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 …
