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Marcel Fraix, DO
Background

Marcel Fraix
Education
  • Western University of Health Sciences / College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP); Pomona, CA; Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 2003
  • University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA ; B.S., Physiological Science, 1996

Board Certification

  • Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; 2008
  • Diplomate, American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2009
  • Board eligible, American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
Current Position at Western University/COMP
Assistant Professor; Departments of Osteopathic Manual Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Honors and Awards
  • Edward and Jacqueline Perris Award for Academic Excellence / COMP
  • Joseph Weiss Memorial Scholarship for exemplifying tenets of Osteopathic Medicine / COMP
  • UCLA Alumni Scholarship, Lew and Edie Wasserman Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa / UCLA
Research/Publications
  • Osteopathic Manual Medicine for the Treatment of Vertigo; Principal Investigator: Marcel Fraix, DO; Downey Regional Medical Center/Western University of Health Sciences; 2007 - present
  • Endurance trail running and the effects of climactic variables on the finish rate in the 2006 Western States Endurance Run; Principal Investigator: Martin Hoffman, MD; University of California at Davis / Northern California VA System; 2006 - present
  • Rehabilitation of a Patient with Locked-In Syndrome Secondary to Neuromyelitis Optica: A Case Report; Abstract: Arch Phys Med and Rehab, November, 2006

Last Updated:05/31/2009