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Melvin R. Friedman

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Melvin R. Friedman, DO, FCA, has been a practicing physician since 1985, initially in family practice and then specializing in osteopathic manual medicine. He has written professionally, lectured and mentored current and aspiring medical students, and served as president of the Osteopathic Cranial Academy. His deep passion for the principles and philosophy of traditional osteopathy has led him to understand himself and others as a unity of mind, body, and spirit. First inspired and taught by his physician mother, he has devoted his life to service, offering hope to those with chronic pain conditions. Among other rewards, his practice has led him to make sacred pilgrimages to South Asia and deeply explore his own inner landscape in a quest f ...more

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Feb 16, 2022 01:35PM

After years of wishing to honor my Mother and her inspiration as a person and physician, I wrote this book. It has shared lessons from my own medical practice, and reflects on the larger perspective of dealing with my own demons in life and rewards in a career as an osteopath.

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