Barbara Zajdel DO
After graduating with a Bachelors degree from Michigan State University in 1995, Barbara Zajdel attended the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her Doctor of Osteopathy in 1999 and returned to Michigan for her internship and Family Medicine residency at Garden City Hospital. Upon completion of her Family Medicine training in 2002 she went to the University of North Texas Health Science Center - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas for her Plus One Residency program for NMM-OMM. She completed her NMM-OMM residency training in 2003 at Mercy General Health Partners in Muskegon, Michigan. Since then she has been working as an OMM specialist. Dr. Zajdel earned her Fellowship in the American Academy of Osteopathy in 2018. She currently has an office based practice in Farmington Hills, Michigan and is affiliated with Core Well in Farmington Hills. She had an active inpatient practice from 2005-2018 where she worked with ONMM residents and other house staff teaching them how to incorporate OMT into inpatient care. Since the COVID pandemic she has given up inpatient care. In 2009 she became an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and currently teaches 1st and 2nd year medical students in the OMM lab at MSUCOM-DMC. Dr. Zajdel has been providing Osteopathic oriented lectures and training for house staff and physicians at local hospitals since completing her postgraduate training, serves as a member of the AOBNMM, and the AOA Bureau of Specialists.
