The University of Osteopathic Medicine is changing its name to Des MoinesUniversity Osteopathic Medical Center. University President Richard Ryansays the name change gives the university an identity with the city where ithas operated for 101 years.The university is the second largest in the nation for training doctors ofoesteopathic medicine, physcian assistants and other workers in health care.Ryan says he is not concerned the name change will make people think theuniversity’s boundries end at the Des Moines city limits.He says he expects more change as a university committee looks to the year2000.Ryan says nearly 12-hundred of the university’s graduates live and work in90 of Iowa’s 99 counties. The university has an annual enrollment of justover 13-hundred.
