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Feb 2018
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273: Let's Talk About Osteopathic Docs a...

RYAN GRAY
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Dr. Daniel Clearfield is a Family and Sports Medicine trained OMT doc. We talked about his journey to DO school, some struggles that DOs have and much more.

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