July 14, 2016Thursday community servicedisaster relief Disaster relief ‘Everyone knows somebody who’s lost someone’: WVSOM gives back after deadly flood WVSOM faculty, residents, medical students and staff are teaming up to coordinate donations and medical care in hard-hit towns.
July 11, 2016Monday community serviceleadership Doctor’s office The mayor will see you now: How a Haitian-American DO is leading his community Smith Joseph, DO, PharmD, leverages his position as a leader and physician to inspire the next generation.
June 30, 2016Thursday Research ‘If you do it right, you can get funded’: DO shares insights on entry-level PCORI support Daniel Pearce, DO, has received $40,000 in PCORI funding to study ways of improving appointment attendance among HIV patients.
June 24, 2016Friday residency Overcoming adversity Using touch to treat patients: Legally blind DO thrives despite vision loss Jeffrey Gazzara, DO, is beginning a neuromusculoskeletal medicine residency in Michigan.
June 23, 2016Thursday mental healthrural medicine ‘One place patients trust’ DO’s trailblazing rural health clinic combines primary care, mental health James Greenfield, DO, founded a clinic that provides one-stop care for patients in a rural, underserved Pennsylvania community.
June 21, 2016Tuesday PCORIresearch Research ‘Patients are the real experts’: DO wraps up $1.2 million PCORI project Jeffrey James Swigris, DO, MS, is partnering with pulmonary fibrosis patients to research how supplemental oxygen affects quality of life.
June 16, 2016Thursday performing arts medicine The music man From cowboy fiddler to DO: How a violin injury changed one physician’s life A severe case of tendinitis forced David Shoup, DO, to learn to write with his non-dominant hand—until he found relief through OMT.
June 9, 2016Thursday prescribing opioids Risks vs. benefits Q&A: What physicians need to know about safe opioid prescribing Katherine Galluzzi, DO, explains how physicians can weigh the risks and benefits of treating pain with opioids.
June 6, 2016Monday minority health carestudentsunderserved areas DO Difference PCOM student’s nonprofit preps underserved high school girls for medicine Cierra Lewis, OMS III, wants to give younger students early exposure to med school and help them hone the skills they’ll need to get there.
June 1, 2016Wednesday advocacy AOA in action Advocacy wins buoy osteopathic physicians in Minnesota Among other victories, new legislation grants DOs equal opportunity to serve on the state medical board and retake licensure exams.