Gary Fryer PhD

Dr Gary Fryer is an Associate Professor and Course Chair in Osteopathic Medicine at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Gary completed his osteopathic training in 1991 and practiced osteopathy in Melbourne, Brisbane, and is currently in rural Victoria. He has been extensively involved in osteopathic education and research, having taught osteopathic principles, techniques, and research methods at Victoria University since 1997.

Gary's research interests have been diverse and include the reliability of palpation, the use of osteopathic techniques by the international profession, the biomechanical effects of spinal manipulation, and the neurophysiological mechanisms of manipulative treatment. He has been an advocate of an evidence-informed approach to teaching and practicing osteopathy. After completing his PhD in 2007, Gary moved to Kirksville, Missouri, for a two-year period where he conducted research with the A.T. Still Research Institute and taught osteopathic manipulative medicine at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has authored over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and many book chapters, and has been an invited speaker at osteopathic conferences in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Brazil.