"Mitch Freeman MD, moved from Saginaw, Michigan to Yuma, Arizona in August,1999 after finishing three years of residency training in Family Medicine. He became a Board-certified Family Physician in 1999. For the next five years, Dr. Freeman worked at the Urgent Care and Emergency Department of Yuma Regional Medical Center. Dr. Freeman met a lot of fine people during those five years and decided to establish his private practice in Yuma, Arizona in May, 2004. He loves the warmth of the people and the sunny climate in Yuma which remind him of his childhood home. Dr. Freeman was born in1966, in Basra, Iraq. He grew up in a large, happy family of four boys and two girls. While he was in high school, his father developed leukemia. It was frustrating to watch a loved one struggle with cancer. Mitch decided to study medicine so that he could help his family and friends receive top quality medical care. He attended the finest medical schools in Baghdad, Iraq and earned his Medical Degree in 1990 at Al-Mustansiriyah University, where all courses were given in English based on the British medical school curriculum."