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Osteopathic Free Clinics Abroad and at Home

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The woman pictured with the children in the school next door is Dominica, also the name of the Orphanage.  She is truly an inspiration to us all.
 
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Dr. Kisiel’s oldest son led a group of fellow high school students to do service projects at the orphanage.  My son Cam (in the blue shirt) joined in for as much of the program as our schedule allowed.
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In the center (“tall Steven” is his nickname) is my colleague from Massachusetts who is leading the seventh trip in 4 years.  These colleagues became like family to my wife and myself, a beautiful global group hailing from England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Japan and the U.S.
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It was inspiring to have my wife (Beth) be one of my fellow other treating Osteopaths.
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One evening we had an opportunity to visit Old Santo Domingo.
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We found an Ocean of love in the Dominican Republic 
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We treated 262 of the 500 children in
Three days, the children often finding deep rest to allow deep healing to take place.
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This is the room where I treated children along with 12 of my Osteopathic colleagues from around the world.
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This is from the training manual of My longtime teacher, James Jealous D.O.  It was life changing to experience many of these principles in such a loving context with grace, silence and serenity — healing forces have this uncanny ability to go where they are needed most.
For more information about Dr. Kisiel's Dominican Republic Clinic, please see his website,
Stephen Kisiel, DO - Traditional Osteopathic Studies, PC
There is a link on his page where donations can be made to help the clinic.

In the Bay Area, I helped chaperone Student Run Osteopathic Clinics in Berkeley and Vallejo through The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine from 2009 to 2019.  With my involvement in the Tomales Community treating patients, I hope to help start a student run clinic  later this year, so stay tuned...