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Famous DC's deserving of bios
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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.
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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. [1]
- Gerard Clum, DC: eighth President of the World Federation of Chiropractic. He is also the President of Life West Chiropractic College.
D
- 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 [2] of the American Chiropractic Association and who is the 10th, and current President of the World Federation of Chiropractic.[3]
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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]
- 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."[5]
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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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- Anthony Metcalfe, DC: Englishman who served as the seventh President of the World Federation of Chiropractic.
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- Efstathios Papadopolous, DC: Cypriot who is serving as the ninth, and current President of the World Federation of Chiropractic.
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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]
- 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)[8]. Dr. Sportelli is widely known for having published a patient text about Chiropractic. [9]
- John Sweaney, DC: Australian who served as the third President of the World Federation of Chiropractic.
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- Bruce Vaughn, DC: Singapore, who served as the fifth President of the World Federation of Chiropractic.
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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.[10]
- Sid Williams, DC: founder of Life Chiropractic College in 1974.
References
- ↑ Editor: "Filippines", FICS News, June, 2009, Pgs 10-11 [1]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Wilk, C: "An Open Message to Patients, Legislators, and the Media", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 11, Issue 06, March 12, 1993 [2]
- ↑ Rosner, A: "Cavitation Emptor: Tracking the Holy Grail of Manipulation", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 22, Issue 19, September 13, 2004 [3]
- ↑ NCMIC website [4]
- ↑ Sportelli, L: "Introduction to Chiropractic", Practicemakers Products Inc., 2000, [ISBN-10: 0970383908]
- ↑ Staff. "The Chiropractic Antitrust Suit Wilk, et al vs. the AMA, et al". ICA Online Journal. http://www.chiro.org/Wilk/.
External links
- History of Chiropractic Archives - Clicking on "Personalities & Events" in the navigation pane takes you to a listing of directories.
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