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Kelly Holt, BSc (Chiro), PGDipHScDr Kelly Holt was part of the 1998 inaugural graduating class of the New Zealand College of Chiropractic. Besides his chiropractic degree he also holds a BSc majoring in physiology and a Post Graudate Diplmoa in biostatistics and epidemiology from the University of Auckland. He has completed post graduate chiropractic neurology training through the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies and is currently working on his PhD at the University of Auckland. Dr Holt’s PhD studies the effects of chiropractic care on sensorimotor control with a focus on falls prevention. In 2006 and 2008 Dr Holt received large scale research grants from the Australian Spinal Research Foundation to establish a chiropractic falls prevention research programme at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic.
Dr Holt combined chiropractic practice with teaching at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic for 10 years but is now working fulltime on his PhD and College commitments. In 2010 he was appointed the Assistant Director of Research at the College.
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Christopher Kent, D.C., F.C.C.I., J.D.Christopher Kent, D.C., F.C.C.I., J.D., is the co-founder of the Chiropractic Leadership Alliance. His passion for facilitating human empowerment led him to the chiropractic profession, where he has served as a practitioner, educator, author, lecturer, and researcher. Dr. Kent graduated from Palmer College in Davenport, IA, in 1973. Following graduation, Dr. Kent joined the Palmer faculty. While at Palmer, he was elected president of the faculty senate and worked as a principal investigator in the research department.
Dr. Kent left Davenport and moved to Florida to practice full-time. He qualified as a specialist in chiropractic diagnostic imaging, was named a Fellow of the College of Chiropractic Imaging, and completed visiting fellowship programs in magnetic resonance imaging. He also served as an associate professor Palmer-West in California.
Acknowledged as one of the brightest minds in chiropractic, Dr. Kent returned to New Jersey in 1990 to continue in-depth research on surface EMG that he had started several years earlier with colleague and friend, Dr. Gentempo. His vision was to develop technologies that would objectively demonstrate manifestations of nerve interference and ultimately provide certainty for chiropractors and their patients. Along the way, Dr. Kent was recognized as "Chiropractic Researcher of the Year" in 1991 by the International Chiropractors Association (ICA). He was also named ICA's "Chiropractor of the Year" in 1998. In June 2001, Dr. Kent was elected Chair of the United Nations Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Health Committee, the first chiropractor to hold that office. In 2007, Dr. Kent was honored with the first Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by Life University.
For over 35 years, Dr. Kent has been committed to developing improved clinical strategies, and securing the future of chiropractic. An attorney as well as a chiropractor, Dr. Kent is a member of the California bar. Dr. Kent’s ability to integrate the philosophy and science of chiropractic is legendary.
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Matthew McCoy DC, MPH - Editor in ChiefDr. McCoy is presently an Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences at Life University and was previously the Director of Research there. His 20 years of health care experience includes private practice in New York, Georgia, Washington and Florida. He is the past owner and Clinical Director for one of the first integrative health care centers in South Florida which grew to include four clinics, a diagnostic testing company and a billing and transcription company. Dr. McCoy additionally lived and worked in Russia developing the first chiropractic treatment, teaching & research center in that country within a women and children’s hospital.
His education includes a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management, a Doctor of Chiropractic from Life University and a Masters of Public Health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
His experience also includes an active research agenda in such areas as health outcomes, pediatric and maternal health, and outcome assessment. Active in health policy, evidence based health care, guideline development and best practices, Dr. McCoy was a founding board member of the Council on Chiropractic Practice which developed the first chiropractic guidelines document to be accepted into the National Guideline Clearinghouse. He was a chiropractic liason to the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine.
Other professional memberships include: The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, the International Chiropractor’s Association, The Council on Applied Chiropractic Science of the ICA, the Georgia Council of Chiropractic, the Academy of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Organizations and the American Public Health Association. Dr. McCoy is on the Board of Directors of the International Spinal Health Institute serving as its President, a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Addictionology & Compulsive Disorders and is a member of the Post Graduate Faculty of Life University School of Chiropractic. He is presently Editor of the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health and the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research and is a past editorial board member of Today’s Chiropractic.
Dr. McCoy has extensive post graduate training in the areas of research, applied chiropractic sciences, spinal adjusting technique, spinal trauma, treatment and rehabilitation. He additionally has post graduate training in magnetic resonance imaging, electroneurodiagnostics, spinal outcome assessment, impairment rating and is a Certified Independent Medical Examiner. Dr. McCoy is a Candidate for Diplomate Status in Applied Chiropractic Science through the International Chiropractors Association.
This rich clinical, academic and research background has Dr. McCoy being regularly sought by chiropractors as an expert witness and consultant in numerous state board actions, malpractice cases, peer review, insurance and IME issues. These have included cases in both the United States and countries abroad such as Australia and the United Kingdom.
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Linda Mullin, DCDr. Mullin received her undergraduate degree in Psychology and then obtained her Chiropractic Degree from Life University in 1992 (summa cum laude). Dr. Mullin achieved Diplomate status in 1995 in the Gonstead Technique and in 2009 her second Diplomate from the Academy of Chiropractic and Family Practice. She is an associate professor at Life University and maintains a private practice with a focus on pregnancy care. Dr. Mullin lectures extensively both nationally and internationally on the subject of The Challenged Child. She is on the post-graduate faculty of Life University, Cleveland College of Chiropractic in Kansas City, Parker College, and Northwestern Health Sciences University.
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