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Dr. Allen teaching a small group of students high
velocity osteopathic manipulative techniques on
Saturday mornings.
Second from left, Dr. Allen
attends the seventh annual
Commencement exercises.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse (L.A. CADA). L.A. CADA provides
residential treatment, mental health services, addiction
treatment, family therapy, HIV/AIDS education, re-entry services The College of Osteopathic
for incarcerated women, and many other services to those in Medicine of the Pacific would
need. not exist without Dr. Ethan
Allen’s leadership. More
The Allens started this organization to help Vietnam War importantly, the osteopathic
veterans who were returning home traumatized and addicted to profession would not exist in
drugs. L.A. CADA’s residential treatment program was named in California without his
the Allens’ honor. “Allen House” provides men and women 18 advocacy, his leadership, and
and older with a comprehensive and integrated treatment model his commitment to our people
that addresses complex substance use and/or co-occurring
disorders. Clients live at Allen House for three to six months and and community. This legacy
receive counseling and vocational preparation, as well as conflict of his will positively affect
resolution training. current and future physicians
and their patients and
“There is no place in the United States like Allen House,” Allen families forever.
said. “When a new person comes in I would say 99 percent of
COMP Dean Paula M. Crone, DO ’92
the time they’re comfortable practically the moment they get
there. They say, ‘This is where I need to be.’”
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velocity osteopathic manipulative techniques on
Saturday mornings.
Second from left, Dr. Allen
attends the seventh annual
Commencement exercises.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse (L.A. CADA). L.A. CADA provides
residential treatment, mental health services, addiction
treatment, family therapy, HIV/AIDS education, re-entry services The College of Osteopathic
for incarcerated women, and many other services to those in Medicine of the Pacific would
need. not exist without Dr. Ethan
Allen’s leadership. More
The Allens started this organization to help Vietnam War importantly, the osteopathic
veterans who were returning home traumatized and addicted to profession would not exist in
drugs. L.A. CADA’s residential treatment program was named in California without his
the Allens’ honor. “Allen House” provides men and women 18 advocacy, his leadership, and
and older with a comprehensive and integrated treatment model his commitment to our people
that addresses complex substance use and/or co-occurring
disorders. Clients live at Allen House for three to six months and and community. This legacy
receive counseling and vocational preparation, as well as conflict of his will positively affect
resolution training. current and future physicians
and their patients and
“There is no place in the United States like Allen House,” Allen families forever.
said. “When a new person comes in I would say 99 percent of
COMP Dean Paula M. Crone, DO ’92
the time they’re comfortable practically the moment they get
there. They say, ‘This is where I need to be.’”
Continued on page 10
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