We recently connected with Emmy Lawrason-kobobel and have shared our conversation below.

Emmy, appreciate you joining us today. Let’s go back in time to when you were an intern or apprentice – what’s an interesting story you can share from that stage of your career?

I feel so lucky to have had a rich internship and residency experience. I spent my intern year in Marquette, MI up in the rural upper peninsula of Michigan. I had the privilege of working with patients in the hospital, some of them very sick. I remember one patient who I will call Aaron. Aaron was an older gentleman, who was known to be very difficult. He and I ended up working very closely together and we built a trust that made me realize that if you listen to your patients, gain their trust and set up a partnership as physician and patient, then you can work through so many hard things. Sadly, Aaron did pass away a few short months later- I still have a sweet gift his sister gave to me.
After my intern year, I went to residency in the Bronx, in New York City at St. Barnabas hospital. This hospital is located in the South Bronx- a poor underserved area. I felt lucky to offer hands-on osteopathic services to my patients there. I’m sure they gave me more than I could have ever given to them- seeing how these people made it in a very rough place and all the health disadvantages that go hand in hand with poverty. We treated babies, post partum moms, children with asthma and gunshot wounds, adults in the hospital and in out patient clinics. I felt lucky to offer a more holistic solution and heartened to see that they were eager to look at health in a different way, from a hands-on approach. I learned so much more than just treating patients. I learned more about kindness, compassion, and gratitude.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I grew up in Maine and first learned about Osteopathic Medicine from the book “Spontaneous Healing” by Andrew Weil, MD. I was inspired by Dr. Weil’s description of the late Dr. Robert Fulford, an osteopath who treated patients using osteopathic manual medicine. Two years after college, I went to osteopathic medical school and I received my medical degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, CA.
I completed her internship at Marquette General Hospital in Marquette, Michigan and my residency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, NY.
I treat everything from low back pain, neck pain, headaches and joint pain to motor vehicle accidents and sport injuries to traumatic brain injury. We can treat anyone from ages 0 to 100! The approach is a gentle form of manipulation called cranial osteopathy.
Another area of focus and excitement for me is working with men’s and women’s hormones. I completed an endocrinology course with a company called A4M that trains physicians in functional medicine. Since that training, I have been working with men, peri and post menopausal women, fertility patients and even adolescents.

If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?

I would never change this journey and I feel so lucky to be doing what feels like my life’s purpose.

Other than training/knowledge, what do you think is most helpful for succeeding in your field?

Listening to my patients, period!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.dremmy.com
• Instagram: durango_osteopathic_care
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