• Falsely Accused Child Abuse

    E. Family
    Hello, I am reaching out to you because my boyfriend and I are being falsely accused of child abuse to our 11 week old daughter. When our daughter was five and a half weeks old we took her to Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio for severe colic in which we…
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    • Letter of Support

    Carolyn Moore
    To: Medical Executive Committee Boston Medical UniversityFrom: Carolyn MooreDate: March 24, 2023 I am writing a letter in support of Michael Holick, PhD, MD from my past research and regulatory collaborations. Dr. Holick has made numerous contributions in the field of vitamin D biochemistry and photobiology. In 2001, I was the Director of Nutrition for The Minute Maid Company in Houston, Texas. The Marketing and Research Divisions of…
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    Dr. J.
    First Email from Dr. J. I am a practicing nephrologist in Ohio and have 6 month old twins, a boy and a girl.  Nine weeks ago I noticed my daughter’s leg was externally rotated and swollen so I ordered an xray and she had a transverse fracture of her mid femur.  I then took her…
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    • Falsely Accused Child Abuse

    Angel & Adrian
    Initial Outreach from Angel Hello, To make a long story short, my husband has been accused by the police of causing a right femur fracture to my then 7 week old premature baby. My baby sustained the fracture by my car seat in my care back in march 2015. I…
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    Nydia
    Initial Outreach Date: December 6, 2018Subject: My 7 week granddaughter has 22 fractures Dear Dr Holick:Allow me to introduce myself. I am Nydia a grandmother on paternal side. I am 55 and work as a pharmaceutical rep for multiple sclerosis. I had read about you and when I found fractured families I was…
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    Kylie
    Initial Outreach Date: July 1, 2019Subject: The Kylie Family Good Morning, My name is Kylie.. We have three beautiful children and our newest addition Fynn, age 5.5 months old. He is the main reason we are emailing you, desperate for help. I need to give you so much background information on us and our…
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    • Letter of Support

    Quincy
    Medical Executive CommitteeBoston University Medical Center80 E. Concord St.Boston, MA 02118 Dear committee members, I don’t believe that my son would be alive today without Dr. Holick. In March of 2018, my family was falsely accused of having abused our three month old son, Quincy. My husband was arrested and…
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    • Falsely Accused Child Abuse

    Nicole
    Initial Outreach Hello. My name is Nicole. A few months ago my husband accidentally dropped our son and they found multiple fractures at different stages of healing. We have no idea how they got there and he never had any bug bruises or anything. His vitamin D levels are borderline….
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    • Letter of Support

    Proud physician and mother
    To whom it may concern, I am writing this letter in support of Dr. Michael F. Holick. I am a board-certified physician in internal medicine and nephrology. Several years ago my husband and I found ourselves in the midst of the biggest battle of our lives that we could have…
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    • Falsely Accused Child Abuse

    Layla
    Dr. Holick, We urgently need your help. Layla, my 9 month old daughter likely has ostogenisis imperfecta or Rickets. She has been vitamin d deficit since she was born. She has already suffered a few fractures. Unfortunately, the department of Social Services immediately opened a one-sided blitzkrieg style investigation. DSS…
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    • Letter of Support

    Dr. Rochelle R. Friedman
    To Whom It May Concern I am writing this letter in support of Dr. Michael Holick. I have been Dr. Michael Holick’s patient for many years. I was originally referred to Dr. Holick by my husband, Dr. Robert Friedman, who was a colleague of Dr. Holick’s at Boston Medical Center…
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    • Children

    Allison Burke
    Our family has been greatly impacted by the work of Dr. Michael Holick, a man who has dedicated his career to important advances in medicine, including his work on the diagnosis and treatment of Metabolic bone diseases, genetic disorders of collagen and elastin matrix including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). The work…
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    • Adults

    Deb
    From a very young age, myself and others in my family were able to do a host of “parlor tricks”. Dislocation and subluxation of joints. We had the ability to extend beyond the norm, or watch as for mysterious reasons legs and feet turned purple and blue, or a host…
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