The South Dakotan M.D. is the story hub of the USD Sanford School of Medicine. Here you’ll find stories and news highlighting the meaningful contributions of our students, faculty and staff, and alumni.
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Nov 15, 2022
USD Establishes First HOSA Collegiate Chapter in South Dakota
The University of South Dakota has recently established the first postsecondary/collegiate chapter of HOSA-Future Health Professionals in South Dakota, helping and equipping students who want to find a career in the health sciences.
Nov 15, 2022
South Dakota HOSA Chapter Earns National Standards of Excellence Recognition
The South Dakota chapter of HOSA-Future Health Professionals was recently recognized as a GOLD Award Recipient at the inaugural HOSA-Future Health Professionals’ Standards of Excellence Recognition Program held in Alexandria, Virginia.
Sep 02, 2022
Gottsleben is Recipient of Prestigious Diversability Recognition
The Sanford School of Medicine’s Center for Disabilities staff member Kendra Gottsleben has received international recognition by Diversability as one of its “D-30 Impact” 2022 honorees.
Jul 27, 2022
FARM: Maria Koenen Finds Home Away from Home in Parkston
Maria Koenen’s immersion into the community of Parkston, South Dakota, and its Frontier And Rural Medicine (FARM) program at Avera St. Benedict Hospital would likely be considered a homecoming.
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Justice Through Science: The Life and Logistics of a 'Last Responder'
It’s Dr. Meredith Reynolds’ job to figure out the life of her patients, even when death is the only thing for her to examine.
The Foundation of a Physician
Although all timeframes of a four-year medical education contribute to the construction of a physician, certain segments are more likely to remain singularly memorable.
Mobridge, South Dakota, Benefits from Homegrown Physicians
There’s a rustic flair to Mobridge, a charm enhanced by its remote location. It’s long been a frontier kind of community with its own identity. Gateway to ranch country. A railroad town. A town on a big river. Mobridge was wisely nestled onto blufftops above the Missouri River’s broad floodplain, and no community relocations were necessary when the river was dammed and its broad valley transformed into an enormous lake.
Press Releases
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Artwork by South Dakota Physician and USD Clinical Professor on Display in the I.D. Weeks Library
Summary: Artwork from the series “Power Grid Cat” by Judith R. Peterson, M.D., MPH, is currently on display on the first-floor gallery of the I.D. Weeks Library building in Vermillion now through Dec. 6.
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Mary Jo Olson Named Recipient of Edward J. Batt, M.D. Memorial Teaching Award
Summary: The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine (SSOM) has awarded its Edward J. Batt, M.D. Memorial Teaching Award to Dr. Mary Jo Olson, a 1997 graduate and medical chief of staff at Sanford Vermillion.
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Office of Research & Sponsored Programs Awarded $400,000 from South Dakota Board of Regents
Summary: The University of South Dakota is pleased to announce the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs was awarded $200,000 from the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) with a $200,000 match.
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USD Alumni Daugaard, Hart, Reed Named to SD Hall of Fame
Summary: The University of South Dakota is proud to announce that three esteemed alumni, Dennis Daugaard ‘75, Charles Hart ‘73 and Ronald Reed ‘60, have been selected for the 2022 South Dakota Hall of Fame for their contributions to the state.
Guest Column
Guest Column | Lizz & Robbie Nicholas
Elizabeth (Hoffman) Nicholas, a Eureka, South Dakota native, and Robert Nicholas, a Huron, South Dakota native, met at the University of South Dakota when they were both in the Alumni Student Scholars Program, each with the dream of becoming a doctor.