In the spring/summer 2026 issue of Still Magazine, we asked readers to share who influenced them the most during their ATSU education. The responses highlighted some of the beloved former professors from ATSU’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. From Jack Stinogel, DO, ’84 Influencer: Pressley Crummy, PhD, former anatomy professor “He had a quiet, easy-going […]
Dr. Workman serves as regional medical director for Rural Physicians Group and chief hospitalist at Sterling Regional Medical Center in Colorado. He is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Rocky Vista University School of Medicine, where he received the 2023 Educator of the Year award for the Northern Colorado Family Practice Residency. Additionally, he […]
ATSU received the 2026 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Champion Award from Insight Into Academia magazine. The Champion Award is a national honor recognizing U.S. health sciences colleges and universities with an unyielding commitment to higher education excellence and belonging throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative […]
When it comes to joining ATSU’s Board of Trustees, Alan Morgan, MPA, says it was a “perfect fit” both personally and professionally. Morgan was born in rural northeast Kansas and has always been passionate about rural healthcare and serving underserved populations. He dreamed of becoming a newspaper reporter; however, his career path ultimately took him […]
ATSU Don Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD, ’12, vice chancellor, academic support, retired from ATSU on July 31. Since joining the University in 2006 as director of public health & research at ATSU-ASDOH, Dr. Altman has served in numerous leadership roles across ATSU-ASDOH, ATSU-SOMA, ATSU-CGHS, and ATSU-MOSDOH. He was appointed vice chancellor for academic support in […]
Richard J. Burman, DO, ’59, Magnolia, Texas, died April 23, 2025, at age 92. Born on April 5, 1933, Richard lived a life marked by kindness, generosity, and dedication to helping others. Richard was a devoted physician specializing in internal medicine, a career through which he touched countless lives with his compassion and care. His […]
Growing up in Salinas, California, Jennifer Hernandez Ramos, D2, understood early on how much it matters for patients to see themselves reflected in their healthcare providers; an insight that now shapes her path through A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH), class of 2029. A 2021 graduate of University of California, […]
Stephanie McGrew, DHSc, MPH, MHA, ’25, director, Diversity & Inclusion, and Dreamline Pathways program manager, has been selected for Society for Science’s 2026–2027 Advocate Program, a national initiative that supports educators mentoring students as they conduct original scientific research and participate in science competitions. Dr. McGrew will receive a $3,000 stipend, part of the program’s […]
The American Student Dental Association (ASDA) chapter at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) hosted its annual Prophy Cup golf tournament on Saturday, September 12, at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix. The annual tournament is held in memory of Timothy Lukavsky, DDS, FSCD, former director of Special Care Dentistry […]
For Jason Antonio Castaneda, PA, ’27, the path to A.T. Still University’s College for Healthy Communities’ (ATSU-CHC) Central Coast Physician Assistant program (CCPA) began at a Federally Qualified Health Center, where he saw firsthand how language and cultural barriers shape access to care for Spanish-speaking and low-income patients. That experience, and his own identity as […]