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NBCE Elects New At-Large Director

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On March 8, the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners elected Salvatore LaRusso, DC, to fill the director-at-large position left vacant since November 2007 following the passing of Dr. Earl Wiley. Dr. LaRusso will complete Dr. Wiley's term, which ends in May 2009, and will then be eligible for re-election.

A graduate of New York Chiropractic College, Dr. LaRusso served as board chair of the Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine from 2005 to 2007 and currently chairs the board's Certified Chiropractic Physicians Assistant Committee. He is a long-standing member of the Florida Chiropractic Association and the Florida Chiropractic Society (FCS), serving as FCS president (1992-1993) and chairman (1993-1997).

April 2008
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