“There are unique opportunities opening up to chiropractors that weren’t there even a few years ago. In 2015, the NBCE Job Analysis showed that only 7% of chiropractors were working in interdisciplinary environments. Now that number is 15.2%. This is another opportunity to work with people who haven’t had access to care in the past, resulting in more awareness of the benefits of chiropractic,” says Dr. Hinkeldey.
Luis C. Vera, D.C., associate professor at Palmer's Florida campus, participated in the WKC U.S. Nationals in Detroit, Michigan. There, he earned two gold medals and two U.S. titles in the Black Belt Kata Divisions.
Longtime Davenport campus professor, Gilbert O. Schmiedel, D.C., (Main, ’59), died Saturday, July 29, 2017, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa.
That “ah-ha” moment happened for Dr. Nielsen, a 2012 graduate of Palmer, when he realized that as a chiropractor, he would be a primary care provider, with the skills to both diagnose and treat a wide variety of illnesses and injuries without drugs or surgery. Watch Dr. Brett Nielsen describe his journey from physical therapist to chiropractor, and now faculty member at Palmer's Main campus.
