Des Moines University
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| Motto | "Improving global human health through higher education" |
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| Type | Private, non-profit |
| Established | 1898 |
| Endowment | 101.5 million |
| President | Angela Franklin, ΦΒΚ, Ph.D. |
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Academic staff
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74 full-time 20 part-time |
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Administrative staff
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331 |
| Students | 1,815 |
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Des Moines, Iowa, United States 41°35′02″N 93°39′43″W / 41.584°N 93.662°WCoordinates: 41°35′02″N 93°39′43″W / 41.584°N 93.662°W |
| Campus | Urban, 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
| Colors |
Purple and White |
| Website | www |
Purple and White
Des Moines University is an osteopathic medical school located in Des Moines, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Des Moines University is the second oldest osteopathic medical school and the fifteenth largest medical school in the United States. There are 14,124 total alumni (10,514 living).
The university is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) and by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
"To improve lives in our global community by educating diverse groups of highly competent and compassionate health professionals."
Des Moines University was founded in 1898 as the Dr. S.S. Still College and Infirmary of Osteopathy & Surgery. It was renamed Still College in 1905 and Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery during the 1940s.
In 1958, the institution was renamed the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. The first satellite clinic was established in 1963. In 1971, the Dietz Diagnostic Center, then a specialty clinic, began operation as a major outpatient facility. In 1980 the University was renamed University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences with a broadened educational mission. The school moved to its present site in 1972. The College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery and the College of Biological Sciences (now the College of Health Sciences) were both established by the college's Board of Trustees in 1980 and are now part of the osteopathic medical university, along with the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery.
The College of Health Sciences established the physician assistant program in 1981 and the physical therapy program in 1988.
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