Jeffrey Scholten, DC, FCCJP, FICA

In private practice in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 2001, Dr. Scholten is the clinic director and owner of the Vital Posture Clinic. Dr. Scholten is a Board-Certified Diplomate in Chiropractic Craniocervical Junction Procedures and is currently the only Canadian to hold the distinction of being a Fellow in Chiropractic Craniocervical Junction Procedures. He teaches Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Disorders at Life Chiropractic College West. Dr. Scholten is past-President of the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA), and the past-President and past-Board Chair of the International Chiropractic Association’s Council on Upper Cervical Care where he currently serves as Chair of Credentialing Committee. He also serves on the board of directors of the International Chiropractors Association, the Upper Cervical Research Foundation (UCRF), and the Ralph R. Gregory Memorial Foundation (Canada).

In 2006, Dr. Scholten co-founded one of the chiropractic profession’s first Practice Based Research Networks (PBRN). 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. He was selected as the inaugural Upper Cervical Chiropractor of the Year in 2015 by the ICA-CUCC. In 2022, the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards (FCLB) presented Dr. Scholten with the inaugural Boghosian Visionary Award in recognition of his contributions to Ethics and Patient-Centered Care within the profession. In 2023, Dr. Scholten was inducted as a Fellow of the International Chiropractors Association (FICA); this is an honorary designation granted to individuals from the membership who have distinguished themselves through service and dedication to chiropractic and to the International Chiropractors Association. Also in 2023, Dr. Scholten received the Robert Brooks Impact Award from the International Chiropractors Association’s Council on Upper Cervical Care (ICA-CUCC); this award is given in recognition of contributions made on the progress and development of upper cervical chiropractic.

Current and recent research includes CBCT technology in chiropractic clinical applications, TMD and dental integration, cervicogenic dizziness practice based research, posture practice based research, and intracranial pressure and migraine headaches.

Matthew Richardson, DC, DACBR

Dr. Richardson serves as Director of Clinical Radiology at the Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida Campus, and provides diagnostic imaging interpretation services to healthcare providers through Palmer Imaging Consultation Services. He completed his B.S. at Murray State University in 2001, and Doctor of Chiropractic training at Palmer Davenport Campus in 2006. Dr. Richardson became a board certified chiropractic radiologist (Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology – DACBR) in 2010. He is published in peer reviewed literature, and contributed to the radiology textbooks Skeletal Imaging: Atlas of the Spine and Extremities, 2nd Edition, and Clinical Imaging with Skeletal, Chest, and Abdomen Pattern Differentials, 3rd Edition.