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Shahar Kenin, DC, Past President, Israeli Chiropractic Society

Dr. Shahar Kenin, a 1999 graduate of National University of Health Sciences, is an Israeli chiropractor who has practiced for more than a decade in his private clinic. He is also employed by Tel Aviv University in the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at the Sackler School of Medicine. Dr. Kenin has been a co-principal investigator on a number of research studies, including two studies conducted at Tel Aviv University on the histopathology of the internal thoracic artery and the motor activity response to spinal manipulative therapy in laboratory mice. He served as fifth president of the Israeli Chiropractic Society from 2005-2008 and was deeply involved in the making of the new law.

Previous Articles

Big Victory for DCs in Israel
May 6, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 10)
Chiropractic in an Israeli Air Force Clinic
November 4, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 23)
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