Dr. Mychal Beebe, DC

Dr. Beebe is currently in private practice and is the co-owner of Areté Chiropractic in Portsmouth NH.  In 2015 she was awarded a Diplomate in the Craniocervical Junction Procedures (DCCJP) through the International Chiropractic Association (ICA).  Dr. Beebe specializes in Blair Upper Cervical care to stabilize the spine, with a specialty in headaches and head and neck injury.  She is currently serving as the Vice President of the Council on Upper Cervical Care (CUCC).

Dr. Beebe also serves on the Board of Directors for the International Chiropractic Association and the Blair Upper Cervical Society as the director of research.  In 2019 she was awarded Blair Chiropractor of the Year by the Blair Society and her clinic was awarded Innate Clinic of the Year by the CUCC.  In 2020 and 2021 Areté Chiropractic was locally recognized as “Best of the Seacoast- Chiropractic” by Seacoast Media Group.  Dr. Beebe also co-founded the Craniocervical Foundation in 2017 a non-profit organization that is dedicated to subsidizing upper cervical chiropractic care for veterans, active-duty military, and people in extreme financial need.

Dr. Josh Silver, DC

Dr. Silver is a principled and passionate Doctor of Chiropractic practicing the Advanced Orthogonal Technique and Functional Neurology at Imagine X Functional Neurology in Santa Barbara, CA.  He has advanced the practice of Advanced Orthogonal by creating advanced laser placement techniques and tools. Dr. Silver has also advanced the procedures by creating an orthogonal-based analysis system off of cone-beam CT imaging. His objective is to share knowledge of these practices with my colleagues.

Dr. Jon Chung, DC

As a former athlete and weight lifter, Dr. Chung first got into chiropractic to get help from persistent pain in his shoulder and back. While sports medicine and performance got him here, the ability to help people who feel like they have tried everything is what drove him to learn Structural Correction and the NUCCA procedure.

When Dr. Chung was practicing more traditional chiropractic he was able to help a lot of people with neck and back pain, but he always knew he wanted to do more. After years of post-graduate training to correct Atlas Displacement Complex, he had a comprehensive solution to help people find hope and relief chronic problems like:

• Migraine headaches
• Jaw pain/TMJ Disorders
• Spinal stenosis
• Vertigo/Balance Problems
• Fibromyalgia
• Dysautonomia
• Movement Disorders

Within weeks most people start noticing their bodies working better, and within a few short months many feel almost completely normal again.

Julie Mayer Hunt, DC, FCCJP, DICCP

Dr. Julie Mayer Hunt is a second-generation upper cervical care chiropractor; she graduated from Life University in 1981 and practices with her father, Dr. David W. Mayer, the founder of Mayer Chiropractic, which recently celebrated its 61st anniversary. They have been especially pleased to welcome a third-generation, her son Travis Mayer Hunt, D.C., to the office.

Dr. Julie Mayer Hunt has completed postgraduate studies leading to her board certification in Orthospinology, Diplomate status in Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics (DICCP) in 2000, and Fellow status in Craniocervical Junction Procedures (FCCJP) in 2016. She has presented upper cervical-focused seminars since 2000 across North America and internationally.

As a founding member of the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) Council on Upper Cervical Care, Dr. Mayer Hunt launched and co-manages the Upper Cervical Board certification program, the Diplomate of CranioCervical Junction Procedures. She has published multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals, was a contributor to the Orthospinology Procedures textbook and served as an author for an upper cervical chapter in the second edition Pediatric Chiropractic textbook.

Dr. Mayer Hunt is active in the chiropractic community, currently serving as President for the Society of Orthospinology, and as a member of the Upper Cervical Research Council and the Trauma Imaging Foundation. She is a past Florida state representative for the ICA and a past board member of the Florida Chiropractic Society.

Dr. Jeff Scholten, DC

In private practice in Calgary, Canada since 2001, Dr. Scholten is a Fellow and board-certified Diplomate in Chiropractic Craniocervical Junction Procedures and holds a post-baccalaureate Graduate Certificate in Pain Management.

Dr. Scholten is licensed to practice chiropractic in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The Clinic Director and Owner of the Vital Posture Clinic, Dr. Scholten also is an Adjunct Professor at Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, California and teaches Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Disorders to senior chiropractic students.

His volunteer activity includes serving as the current President of the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA). He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) and as Chair of Credentialing Committee of the ICA’s Council on Upper Cervical Care (ICA-CUCC). Dr. Scholten also serves as Vice-President of the Ralph R. Gregory Memorial Foundation (Canada) and is a member of the Board of Directors the Upper Cervical Research Foundation (UCRF). Dr. Scholten is a member of the Optimum Outcomes of Patients Committee which investigates the efficacy of the use of ionizing radiation in patient care (radevidence.org).

Past Board Chair, past President, and past Director of the ICA’s Council on Upper Cervical Care, Dr. Scholten was selected as the Upper Cervical Chiropractor of the Year in 2015 by the ICA-CUCC. Dr. Scholten is also past President of Upper Cervical Health Centers Inc. (UCHC). Other NUCCA involvements include past Vice-President, past Treasurer, past Chair of the committee on fund-raising, past Chair of the corporate liaison committee. He also served the UCRF on a special committee as liaison to the Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine for several years.

In 2006, Dr. Scholten co-founded one of the chiropractic profession’s first Practice Based Research Networks (PBRN). A published researcher, he is engaged in clinical research with an interest in enhancing understanding and eventually predicting the likelihood of patient outcomes. Dr. Scholten was awarded a public research grant in 2012 to study the information acquired in the PBRN by the Canadian CAM Research Fund.  In 2012, he was awarded a Certificate of Merit in Clinical Research from NUCCA.

Dr. Nathan Berner, DC

Dr. Berner began his pre-chiropractor education at Miami (Ohio) University and graduated with a degree in Microbiology. After completing his study there, he attended Life University in Marietta, where he became the 1st student to ever achieve level 2 advanced certification relative to video adjusting and structural correction techniques of care. After meeting his wife, an East Cobb native, he decided to open his chiropractic office here.

Dr. Berner actively teaches the Basic 1 and Basic 2 Orthospinology classes to doctors and students from around the country in addition to speaking at various conferences. Orthospinology is a sub-specialty of the chiropractic profession, focusing on aligning the upper cervical spine. This approach uses an extremely precise 3-dimensional x-ray analysis to correct small misalignments of the first cervical vertebra, also known as the atlas. These misalignments, also known as subluxations, can cause neurological interferences to the brainstem and spinal cord. Visit the Orthospinology directory.

Dr. Berner is also involved in pioneering some new MRI research on the cervical cranial junction which could be beneficial in assisting with his upper cervical approach.

Dr. Matthew McNally, DC

Dr. McNally is an exceptionally skilled NUCCA practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in the field. Dr. McNally built and established a thriving chiropractic practice in Central Wisconsin with active patients worldwide who receive the highest quality of care in the NUCCA technique. He is driven to improve the NUCCA technique, change the perception of upper cervical care and provide a space to instruct and inspire the next generation of upper cervical doctors.

Dr. Charmaine A. Herman, DC

Dr. Charmaine Herman is a first-generation Doctor of Chiropractic. The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, she is a 2009 graduate from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Then in April 2009, she began working at Life University as an adjunct instructor and today is an Associate Professor in the College of Chiropractic’s Division of Clinical Sciences.

At Life University, Dr. Herman teaches the lecture and lab for the Head and Neck clinical case integration course (CLET 3826) required for 8th quarter chiropractic students. Additionally, she teaches visceral diagnosis labs, clinical skills labs, advanced clinicals skills lab and the Blair condylar misalignment and analysis elective. She is club advisor for the Blair UC Technique Club, NUCCA Club, The Remarkable Practice and the Student American Black Chiropractic Association (SABCA). Also, Dr. Herman is a faculty adviser for 117 students in the College of Chiropractic. Additionally, she continues to live her passion for helping sick people become well as owner of Agape Upper Cervical Health Center, Inc. in Alpharetta, Georgia, where Dr. Herman uses the Blair UC chiropractic technique for analyzing/correcting the cervical spine.

Dr. Herman is an active member of the Blair UC Society research and college liaison committees, ICA, ICA Council on Upper Cervical Care, the American Black Chiropractic Association (ABCA), ICA Ad Hoc Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Christian Chiropractic Association.

At Life University Dr. Herman is the secretary for the Diversity Committee, a member of the Black Faculty and Staff Association, Black Affairs Council, Rank and Promotion Procedural Committee, Title IX Review Board, and Conduct Review Board. She is also the cultural competency trainer for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI).

In 2016, she was the recipient of the Chiropractor of the Year award by the Blair UC Society. In 2018, she was recognized as one of the Top Chiropractors in Atlanta by Atlanta Magazine. Additionally, in 2018 she was presented with the Life University Club Advisor of the Year. In 2019, she was awarded Upper Cervical Researcher of the Year by the ICA Council on Upper Cervical Care. Dr. Herman has also been awarded the Faculty Excellence award from four COC graduating classes. In 2020, she received the Vulcan Materials Teaching Excellence Award that recognizes an outstanding faculty member who demonstrates strong academic skills in the classroom and provides leadership and support in other areas of campus life.

Dr. Herman has published upper cervical chiropractic and cultural competence in chiropractic education research articles. She has presented research at the International Research and Philosophy Symposium (IRAPS); the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Society National Convention; the Association of Chiropractic Colleges Research Agenda Conference (ACC-RAC); and at Life University’s annual Fall CElebration event. Between 2014 and 2020, she has received six Life University faculty research awards for her research accomplishments.

Dr. Will Youngblood, DC

Dr. Will Youngblood is Owner and Head Doctor at Charleston Upper Cervical Chiropractic. He graduated from Life Chiropractic College in 1996. In 2011, he obtained a post-graduate degree specializing in Upper Cervical Care as a graduate of the inaugural class of the Upper Cervical Academy through Sherman College of Chiropractic.

He is advanced certified in Knee Chest technique through the Knee Chest Society and is now an instructor helping teach Upper Cervical Care and Knee Chest work to Chiropractic students and doctors.