Feb. 5, 2015Thursday booksHero Next Doorpediatrics Paperback writer Hero Next Door: Missouri DO pens health-focused kids’ books The World Inside Us, a new children’s book series by Paul Moniz, DO, explores what happens in the human body.
July 11, 2014Friday Hero Next Doorinternationalosteopathic manipulative medicine Pioneering Physician Hero Next Door: DO broke ground in education, South Africa Karen Steele, DO, created a new OPP-focused admin position at WVSOM. She was also the first DO registered in South Africa.
April 21, 2014Monday Hero Next Doorosteopathic history Century of Progress Hero Next Door: California DO calls it a career at age 101 Doran A. Farnum, DO, ended a 78-year career last fall without much fanfare. “Doran is a quiet, soft-spoken, very sweet man,” a colleague says.
April 2, 2014Wednesday Hero Next Door Giving back Hero Next Door: Early interest in quality of life inspired med student Michael Erickson, OMS III, spent his youth caring for his ailing grandparents. The experience led him to pursue medicine.
Nov. 1, 2013Friday emergency medicineHero Next Doorurgent care Making a difference Hero Next Door: DO establishes network of urgent care centers for underserved Raised by his great-great grandmother in rural Mississippi, Eugene Allen, DO, grew up understanding the effects of poverty.
July 1, 2013Monday Hero Next Doormedical missions ‘Indefatigable’ Michigan DO’s passion for surgery spurs four decades of annual missions Every summer for the past 42 years, Harris M. Mainster, DO, has spent six weeks in the developing world performing surgery.
April 26, 2013Friday Hero Next Doororgan donationpatient care Gift of life Transplant surgeon inspires admiration from patients, colleagues Alan N. Langnas, DO, who heads a renowned transplantation program in Nebraska, fell into the field by chance.
Feb. 27, 2013Wednesday free health care clinicsHero Next Door Voice for the uninsured Serving the underserved in Idaho: How one retired DO changed a community Recognizing the unmet health care needs in her small Idaho town, Sarah Jessup, DO, opened a free health care clinic.