Osteopathic Intelligence Blog

KCU osteopathic medical student Millie Shah always knew she wanted to pursue a career in medicine. Read more about her journey and her scholarship award from the American Osteopathic Foundation.

Carol Kirila was diagnosed with a kidney issue in her twenties. As a result, she focused her career on raising awareness about kidney disease by educating osteopathic medical students and volunteering with the National Kidney Foundation.

KCU Osteopathic medicine students earn residency match placements in primary care, anesthesiology, surgery, and other specialties in Missouri, Illinois, California and beyond during the National Resident Matching Program’s Match Day 2023.

The American Osteopathic Foundation honored KCU medical student Jad Imad with the 2023 COVID-19 Osteopathic Hero Award for his fundraising efforts and social media campaign to raise awareness and provide protective equipment to health care workers during the height of the pandemic.

Jamie L. Jacobsen, DO, (COM ’11), sets the standard for leadership and compassion by dedicating her career to caring for underserved populations who lack reliable access to health care.

Danny and Lauren Neuman, met in medical school at KCU, fell in love and ended up getting married. Both have gone on to become accomplished doctors of osteopathic medicine in their respective specialties of anesthesiology and physical medicine.

An internship at a drug rehab facility ignited Former NFL cheerleader Hennelie Hawes’ passion to heal others through medicine. When the time came for her to apply to medical school, KCU stood out among other schools because of the campus environment.

For many, becoming a teenage mom would make pursuing medicine as a career seem unattainable. But Hannah Newland’s determination enabled her to pursue that dream and overcome extraordinary adversity along the way.

Osteopathic medical students, spent two weeks recently in Masara, Kenya, at the Mama Pilista Memorial Health Care Center where they practiced both clinical skills and compassion treating the local community.