Summerfield Still /DMU (11)

Question 1

Summerfield Still

Answer 1

nephew of AT- founded SS Still College and Infirmary of Osteopathy

Question 2

Ell “Dougherty” Still

Answer 2

Co-founder of SS Still College and Infirmary of Osteopathy (wife of Summerfield Still)

Question 3

fall 1898

Answer 3

SS Still Colelge and Infirmary of Osteopathy

Question 4

Abraham Flexner

Answer 4

wrote reviews on medical schools- said DMU was a business- none in iowa were acceptable

Question 5

Effects of Flexner’s review

Answer 5

many colleges closed and DMU and others reformed

Question 6

1911

Answer 6

SL Taylor became president- School renamed “Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy” -became non for profit

Question 7

S.L. Taylor

Answer 7

became pres. 1911- 15 years

Question 8

Pharmacology in osteopathy

Answer 8

did not teach this until 1920

Question 9

DO four year curriculum

Answer 9

not until 1920

Question 10

Des Moines General Hospital

Answer 10

main teaching site for DMSCO into 21st century

Question 11

DO’s during WWII

Answer 11

excluded from military- became more widely known because MD’s were all in the military

Question 12

1958

Answer 12

school renamed College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (COMS)

Question 13

1950

Answer 13

Still College Hospital opened- residencies for surgery, OBGYN, and peds

Question 14

Thomas Vigorito, DO

Answer 14

Pres 1968-1971 -was supportive of transitioning to MD but quit after this was denied

Question 15

Leonard Azneer

Answer 15

1971-1996 -moved school to current location

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Question 16

1981

Answer 16

became university by adding college of podiatric and health sciences