In September, the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) announced its intention to establish a Task Force on Chiropractic Identity, designed to "direct and facilitate an inclusive and comprehensive international consultation with members of the profession and other relevant parties on the public identity of the chiropractic profession." As we go to press, the federation has announced that it has completed its selection process, allowing the task force to begin work on enhancing the role and purpose of the chiropractic profession in the eyes of the general public.
The task force is comprised of 40 members (34 doctors of chiropractic, one chiropractic student and five laypersons) and is chaired by three of the profession's most respected statesmen: Dr. Paul Carey, president of the WFC and past president of the Canadian Chiropractic Association; Dr. Gerard Clum, WFC second vice president and president of Life Chiropractic College West; and Dr. Peter Dixon, president of the European Chiropractors' Union and a past president of the British Chiropractic Association. It features residents of 14 countries and graduates of 13 chiropractic colleges, providing broad representation from six continents and nearly every facet of the chiropractic profession.
The task force's first objective is to review past surveys and research related to chiropractic identity. On Feb. 26-28, 2004, the task force will meet at Life Chiropractic College West to approve methods and procedures to be used for an electronic survey, which will be sent to all chiropractors worldwide between April and June 2004. Results of the survey will be presented at the WFC's 8th Biennial Assembly in Sydney, Australia in June 2005.
World Federation of Chiropractic Task Force on Chiropractic Identity |
Name (Country) | Nominated by |
| Joel Alcantara, DC (USA) | International Chiropractic Pediatric Association |
| Bram B. Briggance, PhD (USA) | Co-chairs (layperson) |
| Joseph E. Brimhall, DC (USA) | Council on Chiropractic Education International |
| Paul F. Carey, DC (Canada) | WFC Council |
| Carl Cleveland III, DC (USA) | Association of Chiropractic Colleges |
| Gerard Clum, DC (USA) | WFC Council (co-chair) |
| Peter Dixon, DC (United Kingdom) | WFC Council (co-chair) |
| C. Kevin Donovan, DC (USA) | Congress of Chiropractic State Associations |
| Philippe A. Druart, DC (Belgium) | European Chiropractors' Union |
| Phillip S. Ebrall, BAppSc (Australia) | Co-chairs (education/research) |
| Homer E. Firestone, DC (Bolivia) | WFC Latin American Region |
| Peter G. Furno, DC (USA) | Self |
| Matthew Givrad, PhD (USA) | Co-chairs (layperson) |
| Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD (USA) | Co-chair) (education/research) |
| Donald J. Henderson, DC, FCCS(C), FCCR(C), DACBR (Canada) | Self |
| Espen F. Johannessen, DC Norway | Norwegian Chiropractic Association |
| Susan King, DC (United Kingdom) | Co-chairs (education/research) |
| David B. Koch, DC (USA) | Palmer Chiropractic University System |
| Henrik Lauge Laugesen, DC (Denmark) | Danish Chiropractors' Association |
| Barry J. Lewis, DC (United Kingdom) | WFC European Region |
| Pran Manga, PhD, MPhil (Canada) | Co-chairs (layperson) |
| George B. McClelland, DC (USA) | WFC North American Region (ACA) |
| William P. McDonald, DC, MSEd (USA) | Self |
| Athol A. McLean, DC (Namibia) | WFC African Region |
| Silvano A. Mior, DC, FCCS (Canada) | Co-chairs (education/research) |
| Jean Moss DC, MBA (Canada) | Association of Chiropractic Colleges |
| Greg Oke, BAppSc(Chiro) (New Zealand) | New Zealand Chiropractors' Association |
| Efstathios Papadopoulos, DC (Cyprus) | WFC Eastern Mediterranean Region |
| E. Daniel Quatro, DC (USA) | New York State Chiropractic Association |
| Dennis Richards, DC (Australia) | WFC Pacific Region |
| Jean Robert, DC (Switzerland) | Co-chairs (education/research) |
| Louis Sportelli, DC (USA) | NCMIC |
| Gregory B. Stewart, DC (Canada) | WFC North American Region (CCA) |
| Anna Maria Svabo Jorgensen, DC (Singapore) | WFC Asian Region |
| Ann-Liss Taarup (Denmark) | Co-chairs (layperson) |
| Irene G. Turner, PhD (United Kingdom) | Co-chairs (layperson) |
| Cindy Vaughn, DC (USA) | Self |
| Adrian B. Wenban, BAppSc, MMedS (Spain) | Self |
| Victoria Wheeldon (United Kingdom) | World Congress of Chiropractic Students |
| Stephanie Youngblood, DC, FICA (USA) | WFC North American Region (ICA) |
