Los Angeles College of Chiropractic

LACC will present its 6th annual interdisciplinary symposium, "Neurobiological Mechanisms of Spinal Manipulation," March 6-7 at the college's Whittier campus. Topics will include: effects of spinal manipulation on the immune system; pain reflexes; spinal nerve root compression; neurophysiology of lumbar spinal nociception; and the neurochemistry underlying pain transmission.

Among the international scholars speaking will be:

• Scott Haldeman, D.C., M.D., Ph.D., associate clinical professor at UC Irvine's department of neurology and LACC adjunct professor;

   

• Rand Swenson, D.C., M.D., Ph.D., chief resident in neurology and instructor at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, and editor of the upcoming new peer review Journal of the Neuromusculoskeletal System;

   

• Howard T. Vernon, D.C., FCCS(c), associate dean and director for the Center for the Study of Spinal Health at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC);

   

• Patricia Brennan, Ph.D., dean of research at National College of Chiropractic, and FCER's 1992 Researcher of the Year;

Bjorn Rydevik, M.D., PH.D., associate professor in the department of orthopedics at Gothenburg University in Sweden; and

-- Gregory D. Cramer, D.C., Ph.D, chairman of NCC's department of anatomy.

In addition to the general sessions, there will be break-out sessions on Saturday afternoon to afford increased small group participation. Faculty for these sessions include:

• William Meeker, D.C., MPH, professor in LACC's department of physiology;

   

• Jeff Cooley, D.C., DACBR, assistant professor in LACC's radiology department;

   

• Geoffrey Bove, D.C., gross anatomy lab instructor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and FCER research fellow; and

   

• Thomas McKnight, D.O., MPH, chairman of the department of internal medicine at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach and associate clinical professor at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.

License renewal credit is applied for in most states and Canada. For further information contact the LACC postgraduate division at P.O. Box 1166, Whittier, CA 90609-1166, or call (310) 947-8755 ext. 231.

 

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LACC Graduates 140

On December 19th, LACC's President Dr. Reed B. Phillips presented diplomas to 140 new doctors of chiropractic at the commencement ceremony held in Bridges Auditorium in Claremont, California.

Dr. Louis Sportelli, former ACA chairman of the board and ACA's "1992 Chiropractor of the Year," delivered the commencement address. He said, "America is searching for its moral bearings. Betrayal and greed are not only unsettling to the nation's soul, they are undermining all the professions. It is my hope that you will make a conscious effort as a practitioner to constantly examine both your personal values and those of the profession you have chosen as your life's career."

Class valedictorian was Peter J. Chichonski; both Shawn Phelan and Thomas Sneed received the LACC Student Service award; and Natalie Strahan received the Student American Chiropractic Association Outstanding Senior award. The Dr. George H. Haynes Memorial Award went to Bart Green, who was also the recipient of the President's award.

Two doctors received certificates of completion of their residencies at LACC: Tracy Hoyt, D.C., DACBR, for completion of the radiology residency program, and Michael Hubka, D.C., for his completion of the clinical sciences residency program.