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“He was always at the Osteopathic
“Dr. Allen teaches students the importance of helping other Physicians & Surgeons of
people and viewing everyone as important and valued,” California conventions and was
generous with his time in
Tran said. “The way that he talks about everyone is they
instructing all of us in his
have potential, we just have to help them. When he shares techniques. I still marvel at his
these stories, he’s grounding us to keep us humble.” facility in OMM. It just seems to
be a natural part of his thought
process and an extension of his
Despite his many accomplishments, Dr. Allen is very healing. I think Dr Allen is a great
humble and focuses on service rather than on his own role model. He came into medicine after a distinguished
career in electrical engineering, including working on the
accolades. Manhattan Project. He embodies the family practice doctor by
always looking to help his patients in whatever way he can.
“He’s not above anyone else,” Tran said. “He’s there to help His incorporation of osteopathic principles and practice flows
naturally from his mindset. I believe he has inspired many
students, to help people. He asks us how we’re doing.” students to see OMM as an asset and encouraged them to
practice osteopathic medicine.”
Dr. Allen in turn draws inspiration from the younger
COMP alumnus and Chairman of the WesternU Board of
generations. Trustees Richard A. Bond, DO ’82, DrPH
“I enjoy being with the students,” he said. “They’re exciting
and wholesome people.” “He started his morning by
rounding on patients in the
community hospital. He then
Teaching future generations of osteopathic physicians is came back to his clinic and
important to Dr. Allen. It just takes them time to get started seeing patients. He
went from one patient to the
confidence, he said. next flawlessly. Each patient
had different needs. He could
“When they do an adjustment on the low back, sometimes be giving an injection in one
room and moved right into
they let out a yell and the whole class knows they were treating a patient with leg length discrepancy using OMT in
successful,” he said. “I like to relate with the students and another room. He would then go to see another patient with
high blood pressure and then saw a pediatric patient for
encourage them to believe in the profession and continue to
autism. He even did cranial treatment. My experience with
work to improve their skills.” how he practices medicine as an osteopathic physician
influenced my own practice as a family physician. I strived to
incorporate as much osteopathic principles and practices in
my approach to each of my patients.”
COMP Chair and Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Dat Q. Trinh, DO ’03, learned HVLA from Dr. Allen and
shadowed him as a COMP student.
Watch a special video presentation of Dr. Ethan Allen’s OMM workshops.
A Saturday morning Ethan Allen OMM workshop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9EeXcVsSZ8
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“Dr. Allen teaches students the importance of helping other Physicians & Surgeons of
people and viewing everyone as important and valued,” California conventions and was
generous with his time in
Tran said. “The way that he talks about everyone is they
instructing all of us in his
have potential, we just have to help them. When he shares techniques. I still marvel at his
these stories, he’s grounding us to keep us humble.” facility in OMM. It just seems to
be a natural part of his thought
process and an extension of his
Despite his many accomplishments, Dr. Allen is very healing. I think Dr Allen is a great
humble and focuses on service rather than on his own role model. He came into medicine after a distinguished
career in electrical engineering, including working on the
accolades. Manhattan Project. He embodies the family practice doctor by
always looking to help his patients in whatever way he can.
“He’s not above anyone else,” Tran said. “He’s there to help His incorporation of osteopathic principles and practice flows
naturally from his mindset. I believe he has inspired many
students, to help people. He asks us how we’re doing.” students to see OMM as an asset and encouraged them to
practice osteopathic medicine.”
Dr. Allen in turn draws inspiration from the younger
COMP alumnus and Chairman of the WesternU Board of
generations. Trustees Richard A. Bond, DO ’82, DrPH
“I enjoy being with the students,” he said. “They’re exciting
and wholesome people.” “He started his morning by
rounding on patients in the
community hospital. He then
Teaching future generations of osteopathic physicians is came back to his clinic and
important to Dr. Allen. It just takes them time to get started seeing patients. He
went from one patient to the
confidence, he said. next flawlessly. Each patient
had different needs. He could
“When they do an adjustment on the low back, sometimes be giving an injection in one
room and moved right into
they let out a yell and the whole class knows they were treating a patient with leg length discrepancy using OMT in
successful,” he said. “I like to relate with the students and another room. He would then go to see another patient with
high blood pressure and then saw a pediatric patient for
encourage them to believe in the profession and continue to
autism. He even did cranial treatment. My experience with
work to improve their skills.” how he practices medicine as an osteopathic physician
influenced my own practice as a family physician. I strived to
incorporate as much osteopathic principles and practices in
my approach to each of my patients.”
COMP Chair and Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Dat Q. Trinh, DO ’03, learned HVLA from Dr. Allen and
shadowed him as a COMP student.
Watch a special video presentation of Dr. Ethan Allen’s OMM workshops.
A Saturday morning Ethan Allen OMM workshop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9EeXcVsSZ8
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