Dr. Bryan L. Frank is a medical missionary with over thirty years of experience in a US-based private practice of anesthesiology, natural pain and sports medicine, integrative anti-aging medicine and medical acupuncture, as well as in extensive travel medicine and medical missions.
As President of Global Mission Partners, Inc. (GMP), a 501-c-3 Not-for-Profit charitable corporation that serves the poor in developing parts of Asia, Africa, South America and North America, he has used natural therapies for maintaining health or treating common and exotic medical conditions around the world. He has traveled to more than 60 countries, currently serving in Nepal, India, Kenya, Haiti, Ecuador and México nad previously serving in Russia, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Appalachia and Native American reservations.
GMP receives applications for its projects from physicians, dentists, nurses, optometrists, chiropractors, therapists as well as non-medical general volunteers, students and pastors. GMP cares for those with little or no access to healthcare around the globe. Past projects, future plans and applications are available at www.GlobalMissionPartners.org.
Dr. Frank has extensive travel and trekking experience, treating team members while on treks in the Himalaya, the Matterhorn, Tour de Mt. Blanc and Machu Picchu, or while in bustling cities or tiny oxcart villages of Asia, Africa and Latin America. He has authored the chapter, Principles of Pain Management, in the renowned and definitive text, Wilderness Medicine, 4th and 5th Editions, edited by the highly acclaimed Stanford Emergency Physician, Dr. Paul Auerbach.
Dr. Frank has written numerous articles on Integrative Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Prolotherapy, Neural Therapy and published the highly acclaimed text, Auricular Medicine and Auricular Therapy: A Practical Approach, the Atlas of Auricular Therapy and Auricular Medicine and reference charts for Auricular Therapy and Hand Therapy, available at www.AuricularTherapy.com.
Dr. Frank has led medical delegations and lectured internationally to medical congresses, symposia and seminars to many thousands of physicians and healthcare workers in Europe, Asia, Oceana and North and South America. He served as President of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture/AAMA (1999-2001), as President of the International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques/ICMART (2004-2006) and as Vice-President of ICMART (2002-2004, 2010-2012).
