Thomas Dorman, MD, of the Paracelsus Clinic in Federal Way, Washington, died unexpectedly on Tuesday. He was 72. An international man and American patriot, Tom was born in British Kenya, where his father was a coffee merchant, who in WWII helped supply travel documents for Jews escaping the National Socialists. When Jomo Kenyatta came to power, they moved to Israel, where Tom attended high school and later served in a parachute regiment during the ’67 war. Tom went to university in Liverpool and medical school in Edinburgh, and practiced in Canada before moving to America. Tom believed that a physician should be responsible only to his patients, and so he refused to accept Medicare, Medicaid, or any third-party payment, and worked against state encroachment on medicine. He also refused to go along with the AMA-FDA line on treatment, and practiced alternative medicine. The ideal physician, he was a learned scientist and a compassionate healer. He was also a well-read libertarian and student of Austrian economics. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Alison, four children–Jill Coletti, Michael, Andrew, and Erin Hadley, and six grandchildren–Jill’s Benjamin and Joshua; Michael’s Mackenna and Micaela; and Erin’s Zoe and Sam. To hear his voice and his dedication to freedom, listen to this podcast.
The family has asked that those who wish to honor Tom make a donation in his memory to the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He was a great man. God rest his soul.
(Photo courtesy of June Morall)
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We need more doctors like him.
Eternal Rest grant unto him Oh Lord
Let perpetual light shine upon him
May he rest in peace
It’s great to learn of this good person and defender of liberty. I’m sorry for the loss but thankful to have learned of him through the LvMI.
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This man has saved many the good quality of life. Having been ill and unable to enjoy everyday life, let alone work for six years, after only 3 months of treatment, I am pain free, with more energy than I know what to do with. Thank God for his perseverance
This man has saved many the good quality of life. Having been ill and unable to enjoy everyday life, let alone work for six years, after only 3 months of treatment, I am pain free, with more energy than I know what to do with. Thank God for his perseverance
and dedication. Dear Dr. Dorman will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace, the world is less without him.
This man has saved many the good quality of life. Having been ill and unable to enjoy everyday life, let alone work for six years, after only 3 months of treatment, I am pain free, with more energy than I know what to do with. Thank God for his perseverance
and dedication. Dear Dr. Dorman will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace, the world is less without him.
I knew Tom Dorman for 20 years. He was actually born in Germany, the son of German Jews. His mother was a close friend of Rosa Luxembourg, the communist activist who led the uprising in Germany after the Great War. Being out of favor with the German government, young Tom and his mother escaped to the east through Romania and Iran, if I remember his story correctly, ultimately joining his father on a coffee plantation in Kenya. He joined the Israeli Army and fought as a paratrooper in the Suez War in ’56. He studied medicine at Edinburgh in Scotland where he met his charming Scottish wife Allison, a red haired beauty. I knew Tom through his medical publications, particularly one on prolotherapy published in the Lancet with Bob Klein and Bjorn Eek. Over the years we collaborated on scientific projects related to healing. It was he who began my education by handing me a copy of “The Shadows of Power”, an excellent introductory book. Tom was a tireless educator and always took time to patiently explain the truth to anyone willing to listen, medical truth as well as political truth. He was a fine man. His newsletter was an erudite exposition of his views on politics and medicine, which sadly have become so closely intertwined. Tom was a fierce anti-communist, perhaps because of his childhood experiences though more recent experience would be enough to instill the same feelings in anyone. Tom was a true scientist, constantly exposing me to new ideas which he had discovered. He was a voracious reader, absorbing vast amounts of material and incorporating his new knowledge into his newsletter. He was a doctor in the true Latin sense of the word, a teacher as well as a physician. It was with great sadness that I learned of his death.
Dr. Tom Dorman was a friend and collegue of 20 years and the finest example of a man and physician seeking the truth.
Tom was dedicated to providing simple and effective solutions to the complex problems facing both social and physical ills.
Tom was a renaissance man few could match in excellence and rightousness. He fought fearlessly and tirelessly for those who wished to walk tall.
Here is a man in his 5 foot 7 inch stature I could only look up to, yet he found the time to traval to my clinic to help those I could not.
Tom Dorman is a prince of a man and a king among men who would serve.
Medicine and humanity has lost a Motzart and a Beethoven once again.
Yet while we greeve his loss I for one am stronger having witnessed and learned from the master,
Thanks and peace to the Dorman family from a greatful friend.
Chris Kemper, D.C.
Thank you for the memorials. I did not know Dr. Dorman, but I am inspired by his life.
RIP friend.
I was very sorry to hear about the death of Tuvia with whom I spent many good years in The Agricult. School in Pardess Hana, Israel.
Dr Dorman was a great physician and a great human being. I was lucky to have been his patient. His insights and wisdom were beyond the scope of the selfish and arrogant world of today’s “modern” medicine. He will be missed dearly. Louie Pastor
I just heard of Dr Dormans passing. It is with great sadness I write that we have lost a wonderful physician to the world.
He saw many members of my family throughout the years. Always helping to get us back on the road to recovery.
He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
“Though the vessel is gone his spirit still remains in our hearts and lives on forever.”
To the family & friends of Dr Dorman I send my loving condolences.
I worked with Dr. Dorman in Fort Frances, Ontario and he taught me more about life and medicine than I could ever describe. We often disagreed and had many rousing discussions – two stubborn people – one learned and one immature (me). We last met in 1975 and only now I learn of his death. Larger than life, I know that the Universe continues to benefit from his wisdom. Alison – kids were babies when we last spoke – I send condolences and very best wishes. Diane
Dr. Dohrman will always be in my thoughts. He gave me my life back through Prolotherapy on my lower spine after a major car accident. I can work and do many things I never would have been able to do because of Dr. Dohrman. God bless him and his family!
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