Sep. 7, 2022
Interprofessional Education Day prepares students for careers with hands-on, collaborative practice
Students from clinical disciplines participated to learn about interprofessional collaboration.
Aug. 30, 2022
Dee Sharrock: New faculty Q&A
Assistant Clinical Professor, Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound What classes are you teaching this semester? Normal Ultrasound Clinical DMU 3309 Problems in DMU (WI) DMU 4085W Ultrasound Clinical II DMU 4493 What do you love about teaching? What are you most looking forward to? I love helping students acquire skills in the scan lab! I am looking forward to the progress the students will make over the course of the semester. Tell us a little about yourself! What is your background? I have been working as an ultrasound technologist at MU Health Care for the last 13 years. Prior to that, I…
April 20, 2022
Alice Townsend to become next Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound undergraduate program director
April 20, 2022 Alice Townsend has been named director of the MU undergraduate Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound (DMU) program, effective Sept. 1. She will start Aug. 8 to transition in this role before Moses Hdeib retires. “Alice comes to CDS with successful program director experience, recent clinical management experience, and familiarity with the MU DMU program,” said Kathy Moss, Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences department chair and clinical professor. “I am confident she has the tools to guide the DMU program into the future.” Townsend graduated from the MU DMU program in 2008. She has five years of experience as assistant…
April 20, 2022
Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound program director to retire
April 20, 2022 Moses Hdeib, program director and clinical professor for the Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound (DMU) program, will retire Sept. 1 after 22 years of service to MU. During his tenure, Dr. Hdeib created Missouri’s first bachelor’s program for Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound, and the first master’s program for Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound in the United States. Both were approved by the Board of Curators in October of 2001. “Mizzou DMU is a well-regarded and nationally recognized program that far exceeds accreditation standards,” said Kathy Moss, chair of the Department of Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences. “Our graduates successfully challenge multiple board examinations…
April 14, 2022
School of Health Professions receives more than $400,000 to enhance student success
The School of Health Professions received six grants totaling $402,445 from the University of Missouri President’s “Enhancing Student Success at Mizzou” program. This funding will be used mostly to update technology and equipment in our clinical teaching labs. New interdisciplinary Image Analysis Laboratory in Clark Hall New Nuclear Medicine Teaching Laboratory in Lewis Hall Two cutting-edge ultrasound machines for the Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound teaching lab in Lewis Hall New equipment and supplies for the Department of Occupational Therapy Laptops for Tiger OT, PhysZou and the Speech and Hearing clinics so that students can access patient Electronic Health Records Refurbish Clark…
March 11, 2022
Respiratory Therapy online program ranked No. 1
March 11, 2022 Congratulations to the Respiratory Therapy program! The online Bachelor’s Respiratory Therapy program was recently ranked No. 1 by Value Colleges. Value Colleges ranked the top 25 respiratory therapy programs according to their tuition rate, student satisfaction and graduate salary. Read the article. …
March 8, 2022
Mary Sebacher retires from radiography program
March 8, 2022 Updated May 3, 2022 After more than 50 years of service to the School of Health Professions’ radiography program, Mary Sebacher is fully retiring. Sebacher served as the director of the MU Radiography program from 1972–2003. In 2003, she stepped down as director and retired from the university, but continued to serve as an adjunct instructor. During her time at Mizzou, she served in various leadership roles within the radiography program. These roles include: coordinator, technical director-instructor, technical director-assistant professor, director-assistant professor and assistant clinical professor. Sebacher is a strong proponent of the campus writing program…
March 8, 2022
New Radiography courses offered
March 8, 2022 The Mizzou Radiography program is pleased to announce new online coursework in Cardiac Interventional Radiography and Vascular Interventional Radiography, both designed by Dr. Richard Wall, a practicing cardiac cath lab tech from Las Vegas, Nevada. Radiographers who want to expand their skills to another advanced modality can use those courses to not only expand their professional skillsets and certifications, but also apply them toward a certificate or degree. Advanced certificate programs Bachelor’s degree for registered technologists Master’s degree with an emphasis in medical imaging…
March 2, 2022
Jennifer Keely named Director of Respiratory Therapy Programs
March 1, 2022 Jennifer Keely, M Ed, RRT, RRT-ACCS, has been named director of MU respiratory therapy programs effective March 1. She served as interim director for the past year while a national search was conducted. “Professor Keely has been a leader in the design and implementation of quality online instruction in the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences,” said Kathy Moss, department chair and clinical professor. “I am confident that she is the right person to lead our respiratory therapy programs as we look to the future.” An associate clinical professor, Keely has been teaching in the School of…
Feb. 7, 2022
Douglas Clem wins first place in scientific presentation competition
Feb. 7, 2022 The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography recently awarded Douglas Clem first place in its National Scientific Presentation Competition. Clem is a clinical coordinator and clinical professor of the diagnostic medical ultrasound program in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions. The Scientific Presentation Competition evaluates sonographers’ original summary papers on clinical research, educational techniques, patient care, sonography department management, case studies presenting a diagnostic challenge, or other areas related to diagnostic medical sonography. Clem presented the paper “Atypical presentation of an adult man following repair of multiple coronary artery fistulas connecting to the main pulmonary artery…