Playful razzing or tough love?

Write a caption via this form and submit it by July 31. Winning entries will be featured in an upcoming issue and online at stillmagazine.atsu.edu. Even better, the grand prize winner and a guest will be treated to dinner with Drs. Magruder and Phelps!

Here’s your exclusive scoop on what makes ATSU’s newly named president tick. He sat down with Still Magazine after his designation and answered a few of our burning questions. 

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ATSU President Jack Magruder was presented a King Foundation Education Hero Award by the American Red Cross at their Day of Heroes Banquet on March 23.

Cancer’s thermal enemy

Mark DeSantis, DO, ’93, was granted a U.S. patent for his research on the thermal treatment of cancer using carbon nanotechnology. Dr. DeSantis is a board certified nuclear radiologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in New York.

This jersey, worn by American School of Osteopathy (ASO) baseball team members, is made of 100 percent cotton and proudly adorned with the team name “osteopaths.” The ball and glove were owned by G.C. Flick, DO, 1911.

ATSU, Truman unite for biomedical research

Collaboration continues at symposium

The third annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Symposium, sponsored by the A.T. Still Research Institute (SRI), was held on ATSU’s Missouri campus on Oct. 22, 2011.

1950s

Wilbur T. Hill, DO, ’51, FACOFP, Liberty, Mo., received the Years of Service Award from the Missouri Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians in January. Dr. Hill was a founding member of the ACOFP.

ATSU pays tribute to the following graduates …

Jeff Boyett, PA, befriended exotic wildlife like these 42-inch tall Emperor penguins while on a chilly medical adventure where he worked as a contract medical officer. As such, he supported National Science Foundation scientists and contractors at McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica, from Feb.-Oct. 2011.