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This is a '''list of people in chiropractic''', comprised of chiropractors and other people who have been notably connected with the profession. Many are important to the development or practice of chiropractic; they do not necessarily have DC degrees.
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This is a '''list of people in chiropractic''', comprised of chiropractors and other people who have been notably connected with the profession. Many are important to the development or practice of chiropractic; they do not necessarily have DC degrees.  
 
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==A==
 
* [[Gordy Ainsleigh]], DC: a famous ultra-marathoner
 
 
* [[Gary Auerbach]], BS, DC: first conceived the idea of a [[World Federation of Chiropractic]], and was elected its first President.<ref> Staff: "World Federation of Chiropractic Meets in Geneva", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 08, Issue 19, September 12, 1990 [http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=45496]</ref>
 
 
==B==
 
 
* [[Daniele Bertamini]], DC: Italian who was President  of the [[Associazione Italiana Chiropractici]]  and then  the [[International  Federation of Sports  Chiropractic]], for two terms.
 
  
 
==C==
 
==C==
  
* [[Martin Camara]], DC: Past-Chairman of the Communications Commission for the [[International Federation of Sports Chiropractic]] this [[Filippines | Filippino]] Doctor is co-chairman of the medical commission of the [[Filippine Olympic Committee]]. <ref> Editor: "Filippines", FICS News, June, 2009, Pgs 10-11 [http://fics-sport.org/portal/images/documents/June.pdf] </ref>
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* [[Martin Camara]], DC: Past-Chairman of the Communications Commission for the [[International Federation of Sports Chiropractic]] this Filippino Doctor is co-chairman of the medical commission of the Filippine Olympic Committee. <ref> Editor: "Filippines", FICS News, June, 2009, Pgs 10-11 [http://fics-sport.org/portal/images/documents/June.pdf] </ref>
 
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* [[Paul Carey]], DC: Canadian who served as the sixth President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
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* [[Colin Carrie]], DC: Member, Canadian House of Commons
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* David Cassidy, DC: worked under Kirkaldy-Willis.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}
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* [[David Chapman-Smith]], Esq.: Toronto Barrister who assisted in forming the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]] and still serves as its general-counsel. He is also known as the editor and publisher of the prestigious "[[The Chiropractic Report]]".{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}
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* [[Terry Chimes]], DC: English musician
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* [[Gerard Clum]], DC: eighth President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]]. He is also the President of [[Life West Chiropractic College]].
 
* [[Gerard Clum]], DC: eighth President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]]. He is also the President of [[Life West Chiropractic College]].
 
* [[Franco Columbu]], DC: a famous body-builder and friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 
 
* [[Stephen Cooper (trainer)|Stephen Cooper]] DC: a famous investor
 
  
 
==D==
 
==D==
* [[Irving Dardik]], MD: As Chairman of the US Olympic Sports Medicine Committee in 1979, he arranged for the first DC to go to the Olympic Games as an official Team Doctor.
 
 
* [[Ruby Dhalla]], DC: Member, House of Commons, Canada
 
 
 
* [[Christoph  Diem]], DC: (SUI). Served as the second President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
 
* [[Christoph  Diem]], DC: (SUI). Served as the second President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
  
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* [[J. Michael Flynn]], DC: American Chiropractor; a former Chairman of the Board of Governors <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfc.org/website/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175 |title=Flynn Bio |author=WFC Staff |date= |work= |publisher=World Federation of Chiropractic |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}</ref>  of the [[American Chiropractic Association]] and who is the 10th, and  current President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfc.org/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109&Itemid=143&lang=en|title=Executive |author=WFC Staff |date= |work= |publisher=World Federation of Chiropractic |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}</ref>
 
* [[J. Michael Flynn]], DC: American Chiropractor; a former Chairman of the Board of Governors <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfc.org/website/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175 |title=Flynn Bio |author=WFC Staff |date= |work= |publisher=World Federation of Chiropractic |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}</ref>  of the [[American Chiropractic Association]] and who is the 10th, and  current President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfc.org/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109&Itemid=143&lang=en|title=Executive |author=WFC Staff |date= |work= |publisher=World Federation of Chiropractic |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}</ref>
 
==G==
 
* [[Martin Gallegos]], DC: a California Assemblyman
 
 
* [[Jean-Robert Gauthier]], DC: Member, Canadian House of Commons
 
 
* [[Gary Goodyear]], DC: Member, Canadian House of Commons
 
  
 
==H==
 
==H==
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* [[Roy Hildebrandt]], DC: founding editor (in 1978) of the National College's [[Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics]], the first serious peer-reviewed chiropractic journal. In 1981, this journal achieved acceptance for inclusion in the National Library of Medicine's "Index Medicus."<ref> {{cite journal|last=Keating| first=J|title=The JMPT: Conception, Birth & Early Years|journal=Dynamic Chiropractic|volume=16|number=6|date=March 9, 1998|url=http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=37109}}</ref>
 
* [[Roy Hildebrandt]], DC: founding editor (in 1978) of the National College's [[Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics]], the first serious peer-reviewed chiropractic journal. In 1981, this journal achieved acceptance for inclusion in the National Library of Medicine's "Index Medicus."<ref> {{cite journal|last=Keating| first=J|title=The JMPT: Conception, Birth & Early Years|journal=Dynamic Chiropractic|volume=16|number=6|date=March 9, 1998|url=http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=37109}}</ref>
 
* [[Suzanna Hupp]], DC: a Texas State Representative
 
 
* [[Tom Hyde]], DC - The Florida [[Chiropractor]] who was the 1st Doctor of Chiropractic to be invited to the US Olympic Training center in Colorado Springs, and was Doctor for Team USA at the Pan Am Games in Indianapolis, IN in 1987.
 
  
 
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==K==
  
 
* [[W. Kirkaldy-Willis]], MD: invited chiropractic doctor residents to be trained at the Canadian hospital he worked at.<ref> Wilk, C: "An Open Message to Patients, Legislators, and the Media", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 11, Issue 06, March 12, 1993 [http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=42147]</ref>
 
* [[W. Kirkaldy-Willis]], MD: invited chiropractic doctor residents to be trained at the Canadian hospital he worked at.<ref> Wilk, C: "An Open Message to Patients, Legislators, and the Media", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 11, Issue 06, March 12, 1993 [http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=42147]</ref>
 
* [[Tedd Koren]], DC, was publicly attacked by anti-chiropractic forces in a major court case in the Pennsylvania Courts.
 
 
* [[Paul Kratka]], DC: an actor
 
 
==L==
 
 
* [[James Lunney]], DC: Member Parliament, Canada
 
  
 
==M==
 
==M==
* [[Karyn Marshall]], DC: an Olympic weightlifter
 
  
 
* [[Anthony Metcalfe]], DC: Englishman who served as the seventh President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
 
* [[Anthony Metcalfe]], DC: Englishman who served as the seventh President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
 
==N==
 
* [[Roland Noirat]], DC: the current President of the [[International  Federation of Sports  Chiropractic]], and president of the [[Swiss Chiropractic  Sports Council]] in Lausanne, Switzerland.
 
  
 
==P==
 
==P==
 
* [[Jim Pankiw]], DC: former member of Parliament, Canada
 
  
 
* [[Efstathios Papadopolous]], DC: Cypriot who is serving as the ninth, and current President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
 
* [[Efstathios Papadopolous]], DC: Cypriot who is serving as the ninth, and current President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
 
* [[Noel Patterson]], MIR, DC: Australian who was President of the [[Chiropractic Association of Australia]], Sports Council, and then the [[International  Federation of Sports  Chiropractic]].
 
 
* [[Leroy Perry]], DC: perhaps the first Doctor of Chiropractic to go to the Olympic Games  as an official team doctor.  He first attended the 1976 Olympic Games as a Doctor for Antigua, <ref> IAOCO site [http://www.iaoco.org] </ref> then in in Lake Placid in 1980 as a Doctor for the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation team; again in Los Angeles  in 1984, variously representing Italy, Venezuela  and the French Bobsled Team and finally, after the breakup of the USSR, he went to the Summer Games in Barcelona as a member of the Russian Olympic medical team. <ref> Editorial Staff: "USSR Olympic Team Names Leroy Perry Jr., D.C., Official Doctor", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 09, Issue 19, Sept 13, 1991 [http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=44561]</ref>
 
 
* [[David  Pierson]], DC, CCSP: who was President of the [[International  Federation of Sports  Chiropractic]] and Olympic team Doctor at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, in 1988.
 
 
* [[Stephen J. Press]], DC, PhD, CCSP, FACSM, FICC, [[ICSSD]]: founded  the  [[International  Federation of Sports  Chiropractic]], the [[Russian Chiropractic Association]], and the [[International  Academy of Olympic Chiropractic Officers]], and  was [[Chief Physician]] for the Winter Olympic Team of the USSR, at the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France, in 1992. He was also served as President of the [[Medical Commission]], for the World [[Sport governing body]] for Roller  Sports; the International Roller Sports Federation, and Vice-Chairman, of the [[Medical Commission]] for the World Chess Federation.
 
 
==R==
 
 
* [[Mike Reed]], DC: Team Doctor, US Olympic Team, Beijing, 2008, and Medical Director , team USA, Vancouver 2010.
 
  
 
==S==
 
==S==
 
* [[Raymond Sandoz]],<!-- Uncertain if he has a DC degree --> a Swiss chiropractor who greatly advanced the chiropractic discipline in Switzerland. The University of Switzerland now has a chiropractic program.<ref> Rosner, A: "Cavitation Emptor: Tracking the Holy Grail of Manipulation", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 22, Issue 19, September 13, 2004 [http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=46424]</ref>
 
* [[Raymond Sandoz]],<!-- Uncertain if he has a DC degree --> a Swiss chiropractor who greatly advanced the chiropractic discipline in Switzerland. The University of Switzerland now has a chiropractic program.<ref> Rosner, A: "Cavitation Emptor: Tracking the Holy Grail of Manipulation", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 22, Issue 19, September 13, 2004 [http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=46424]</ref>
  
* [[Doug Sharp]], DC: an Olympic Bobsledder
 
 
* [[Shawn Stasiak]], DC: a WWF wrestler
 
 
* [[Pat Simmons (curler)]], DC: Canadian Curler
 
 
* [[Louis Sportelli]], DC: served as the fourth President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]]. He was also past-President of the [[American Chiropractic Association]], and on the Board of Governors of the malpractice company known as NCMIC ([[National  Chiropractic Mutual Insurance Company]])<ref> NCMIC website [http://www.ncmicgroup.com/AboutNCMIC/bios/sportelli.aspx] </ref>. Dr. Sportelli is widely known for having published a patient text about Chiropractic. <ref> Sportelli, L: "Introduction to Chiropractic", Practicemakers Products Inc., 2000, [ISBN-10: 0970383908] </ref>
 
  
 
* [[John Sweaney]], DC: Australian who served as the third President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
 
* [[John Sweaney]], DC: Australian who served as the third President of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]].
 
==T==
 
 
* [[Robert N. Thompson]], DC: Canadian politician
 
 
* [[Ron Tripp]], DC: a World Sambo Champion
 
  
 
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==V==
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* [[Sid Williams, DC]]: founder of [[Life University|Life Chiropractic College]] in 1974.
 
* [[Sid Williams, DC]]: founder of [[Life University|Life Chiropractic College]] in 1974.
 
==Y==
 
* [[Maka'ala Yates]], DC: a prize-winning Hawaiian healer
 
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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NOTE: BIOS NEEDED
This is a list of people in chiropractic, comprised of chiropractors and other people who have been notably connected with the profession. Many are important to the development or practice of chiropractic; they do not necessarily have DC degrees.

Contents
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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  • Scott Haldeman, MD, DC, PhD: chief editor of the textbook "Principles and Practice of Chiropractic". Chairman of the Research Council of the World Federation of Chiropractic. Together with Dr David Cassidy, performed an extensive study of chiropractic cervical adjustments and stroke, and proved that the incidence of stroke in DC practice is equal to incident in medical practice.[4]

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  • W. Kirkaldy-Willis, MD: invited chiropractic doctor residents to be trained at the Canadian hospital he worked at.[6]

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  • Raymond Sandoz, a Swiss chiropractor who greatly advanced the chiropractic discipline in Switzerland. The University of Switzerland now has a chiropractic program.[7]


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  • Chester Wilk, DC: initiated a law suit against the American Medical Association (Wilk v. American Medical Association), alleging their concerted effort to contain and eliminate the chiropractic profession. The law suit lasted five years, but was judged in favor of the chiropractic profession on September 25, 1987.[8]

References

  1. Editor: "Filippines", FICS News, June, 2009, Pgs 10-11 [1]
  2. WFC Staff. "Flynn Bio". World Federation of Chiropractic. http://www.wfc.org/website/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175. Retrieved July 22, 2010. 
  3. WFC Staff. "Executive". World Federation of Chiropractic. http://www.wfc.org/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109&Itemid=143&lang=en. Retrieved July 22, 2010. 
  4. Keating, J (December 20, 1991). "The JMPT: Conception, Birth & Early Years". Dynamic Chiropractic 09 (26). http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=44691. 
  5. Keating, J (March 9, 1998). "The JMPT: Conception, Birth & Early Years". Dynamic Chiropractic 16 (6). http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=37109. 
  6. Wilk, C: "An Open Message to Patients, Legislators, and the Media", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 11, Issue 06, March 12, 1993 [2]
  7. Rosner, A: "Cavitation Emptor: Tracking the Holy Grail of Manipulation", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 22, Issue 19, September 13, 2004 [3]
  8. Staff. "The Chiropractic Antitrust Suit Wilk, et al vs. the AMA, et al". ICA Online Journal. http://www.chiro.org/Wilk/. 

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