Centennial Celebration Scheduled for Mexico City

Chiropractic associations in Mexico are celebrating the chiropractic centennial in Mexico City, Oct. 12-14, 1995. The Mexican associations feel it's important to have a centennial celebration on their turf to get the attention of the Mexican media and government. The theme of the congress is the worldwide importance of chiropractic and its interrelationship with other health professions.

The celebration will be held at the headquarters of the Confederation of Mexican Sports,4 of which the Mexican Federation of Sports Chiropractic is a member (along with 68 other sports federations), and is the official body of the Ministry of Education for Sports. The president of the Confederation of Mexican Sports, Mr. Felipe Munoz, who is very supportive of chiropractic, will open the congress.

Dr. Benet-Canut has invited Mexican President Dr. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon to join in the celebration.

Speakers for the centennial celebration include:

• Eduardo Henrique de Rose, MD, PhD, president, International Sports Medicine Federation, and director of the Antidoping Commission of the International Olympic Committee. He was a guest speaker at the World Federation of Chiropractic's banquet at the centennial celebration in Washington, DC.

   

• Louis Sportelli, DC, vice president of the World Federation of Chiropractic, former ACA chairman of the board, and noted author/speaker and chiropractic spokesman.

   

• John Allenburg, DC, president, Northwestern College of chiropractic, is working with various chiropractic associations in Mexico to establish a chiropractic college there.

   

• David Chapman-Smith, Esq., secretary general, World Federation of Chiropractic

   

• Monte Greenawalt, DC, chairman/founder of Foot Levelers Inc., and Foot Levelers' President Kent Greenawalt will present an eight-hour seminar.

   

• Gabriel Cherebetiu, MD, PhD, director of cardiovascular physiology and sports medicine, Los Angeles Hospital, Mexico City

   

• Radiologist Hector Murrietta, MD

   

• Tom Hyde, DC, executive director, ACA Sports Council

Editor's note: Registration for the seminar is $350, or $300 if pre-registered by Sept. 25. For more information, call Dr. Octavio Terrazas at 011 (525) 374-0872, or (525) 393-5036.

 

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1. Colegio de Profesionistas Cientifico-Quiropracticos de Mexico (FMQD), Gutenberg 133, Col. Anzures, Mexico, D.F., C.P. 11590.

    

2. La Federacion Mexicana de Quiropractica Deportiva.

    

3. La Federacion Latinoamericana de Quiropractica.

    

4. Confederacion Deportiva Mexicana, A.C. (CODEME). Av. Rio Churubusco, Puerta 9, Ciudad Deportiva, Mexico City, Mexico.