For Your Health

The North Dakota chapters of the American College of Physicians and Society of Hospital Medicine are joining the North Dakota Medical Association for its 2022 annual meeting on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, at Delta Hotels by Marriott in Fargo, N.D. The resident poster competition and “Doctor’s Dilemma” events will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 5 […]

Trista Sager is the new assistant director of the Office of Alumni & Community Relations, focusing on social media, marketing, and events. Trista graduated from Mayville State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. Trista started her UND journey at the UND Alumni Association & Foundation as […]

One of the best-known health care providers in the country, based in the Midwest, just completed a mass mailing to physicians with an appeal to return to the Midwest to practice medicine. Susan and I got such a flyer in the mail earlier this week. It highlights a supply chain problem that we at the […]

The UND Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2024 “Entrance Into Professional Service Ceremony” was held in the UND Memorial Union on July 14, 2022. At the event, guest speaker Dr. Karen Rasmusson, a three-time alumna of the UND Department of Physical Therapy, spoke of her life as a PT. Dr. Rasmusson has worked […]

The UND Office of Records Management is pleased to announce Free Shred Day, provided by MinnKota Secured Document Destruction, on Friday, Aug. 12. Please stop by the Chester Fritz Auditorium parking lot on the UND campus between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to have your personal paper records securely destroyed onsite. This event is open […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, to be held on Thursday, July 28, Dr. Sammantha Kouba will present on “Neurologic Manifestations of Systemic Infections.” The event will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. via Webex and at the Brain & Spine Clinic (2301 25th Street S.) in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. […]

Additional training and resources will be coming to assist the 55 Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) throughout North Dakota over the next year. The North Dakota Rural Health Clinic Network has received a Rural Health Network Development Planning Program grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to assist the Network in providing support for the rural […]

This has been a busy week at your UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, largely related to the arrival last week of the 78 freshman medical students in the Class of 2026. This past Wednesday, Susan and I hosted a reception for the new students, as has been our custom over the years. We […]

Zelko Leon, M.D., will present “Reflections of a psychiatrist” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. This presentation will be broadcast via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Zelko Leon is clinical professor at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences and a psychiatrist at […]

Daniall Deis is an education coordinator for the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. At the CRH, Daniall is responsible for supporting Quality Service Providers (QSP) and QSP agencies across the state with various levels of resources and training, and will offer one-on-one help from […]