Logan Hosts First-Ever U.S. Para Powerlifting Event
Logan University hosted the St. Louis 2022 World Para Powerlifting Parapan American Open Championships July 8-11, 2022 – the first-ever international para powerlifting competition held on U.S. soil.
The competition, which featured 20 individual medal events and one mixed team event, with athletes from more than 25 countries participating, is a qualifying event for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France.
Why Logan? "As a member of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) since 2018, Logan University serves as the High Performance Management Organization (HPMO) for the sport of Para powerlifting in the United States," stated a Logan press release announcing the university would be hosting the event.
Northeast College professor new Chair of N.Y. Board of Chiropractic
Dr. Fiona Jarrett-Thelwell, a Northeast College of Health Sciences (formerly New York Chiropractic College) alumna and professor in the Clinical Sciences department, is the new chair of the New York State Board of Chiropractic. Dr. Jarrett-Thelwell has served on the board since 2015, most recently as vice chair.
"This appointment as New York State Board for Chiropractic chair is an exceptional addition to the many leadership roles that Dr. Jarrett-Thelwell holds within the chiropractic community and very much a testament to her dedication to the profession and her commitment to being a leader in the industry," said Dr. Michael Mestan, Northeast president, in a college press release. "We are proud of her many accomplishments and all of the knowledge and experience that she brings to the College and our students."
DCs Reappointed to Positions on AMA Coding Committee
Leo Bronston, DC, MAppSC, and Kris Anderson, DC, MS, have been reappointed to represent the American Chiropractic Association as advisors to the American Medical Association's Health Care Professional Advisory Committee.
AMA HCPAC members "are chosen from organizations representing limited-license practitioners and other allied health professionals. The committee, along with AMA's CPT Advisory Committee, serves as a resource for the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel, providing advice on procedure coding and appropriate nomenclature as relevant to their specialties." Both DCs will serve three-year terms; Dr. Bronston as the primary ACA advisor, with Dr. Anderson as alternate advisor.
In an ACA press release, Michele Maiers, DC, MPH, PhD, association president, noted "These appointments give ACA and chiropractic an important seat at the table in coding matters that affect the entire profession."
NCMIC Foundation Award Winner
Dr. Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD, is the 2022 winner of the Jerome F. McAndrews, DC, Memorial Research Fund Pioneer Award. Announced at this year's Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational and Research Agenda Conference (ACC-RAC) in late July, the award "was created by the NCMIC Foundation to honor Dr. McAndrews' longtime support of the scientific and practical advancement of the study of chiropractic."
Dr. Shekelle, a Duke University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) graduate, is a physician policy researcher at the RAND Corporation; staff physician at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and a professor of medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. He is also past chair of the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians.
Sherman Receives "Have a Heart" Honor
Oklahaven Children's Chiropractic Center presented its "Have a Heart" College Award to Sherman College for the institution's support during this year's annual "Have a Heart" campaign. Sherman raised the most funds of any chiropractic educational institution during the 2022 campaign, collecting $2,671 through its Network Club and on-campus Chiropractic Health Center.
Not familiar with Oklahaven (which celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023) or "Have a Heart"? Visit https://chiropractic4kids.com/ to learn more.
Erratum
Our September 2022 issue featured an intriguing clinical article co-authored by Drs. Patrick Battaglia and Macy Randolph, titled "Shoulder Pain Leads to Myositis Diagnosis: What to Watch For." The print version of this article included a byline typo that evaded our normally impeccable editorial eyes. We apologize for this oversight, which has been corrected in the digital / online versions.
When sports chiropractors first appeared at the Olympic Games in the 1980s, it was alongside individual athletes who had experienced the benefits of chiropractic care in their training and recovery processes at home. Fast forward to Paris 2024, where chiropractic care was available in the polyclinic for all athletes, and the attitude has now evolved to recognize that “every athlete deserves access to sports chiropractic."
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