The inaugural PR News Top Women in Healthcare Awards includes a doctor of chiropractic among its nominees for the Director category: Dr. Sherry McAllister, executive vice president of the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP). The awards program honors "female healthcare executives who are advancing their profession in meaningful and moving ways, with an impact on patients, customers and culture at large."
Dr. McAllister is a finalist in the Director category, along with executives from the American Dental Association and Lymphoma Research Foundation, among others. Overall, the awards span seven categories and more than 40 finalists.
"This award is tangible recognition of how far our profession has come and is gratifying on so many levels," said Dr. McAllister. "For more than a decade, the Foundation has been knocking on doors in the media with little to no avail, and now, not only are we being answered, but journalists are seeking our insight and commentary about safe, effective and drug-free chiropractic care. More importantly, a growing number of doctors of chiropractic are being included in collaborative, multidisciplinary care teams not only to help curb opioid prescriptions, but also to help patients achieve greater sustained pain relief and mobility."
An awards luncheon will take place on June 5, 2019 at the Yale Club of New York City. In the event that Dr. McAllister wins the Director category, we'll be sure to let you know. For additional information about The Top Women in Healthcare Awards including nominees from all seen categories, click here.
Because they have yet to pass national legislation protecting the chiropractic profession, Japanese DCs are in a similar situation that U.S. DCs faced. We were fortunate enough to be able to pass chiropractic licensure state by state. The DCs in Japan must accomplish this nationally, which has proved to be an extremely difficult task. And in spite of their efforts, Japanese DCs are currently faced with two chiropractic professions.
This article focuses on nine severe injuries that are generally not diagnosable until the third to fourth week following the date of injury, including how to diagnose these severe injuries. The discovery of any of these injuries early can make a significant difference in the case outcome.
There has long been an attempt by those who are not legitimate doctors of chiropractic to usurp the title of chiropractor from those who have earned their degree from an accredited chiropractic program. This generally happens in countries where the local doctors of chiropractic have yet to pass legislation requiring a degree from an accredited institution. The result is essentially two chiropractic professions. Nowhere is this danger more pronounced than in Japan.
