LACC Students in Who's Who Directory
The 1992 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges will include the names of 34 students from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC). Campus officials from over 1400 institutions in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations submit their nominations based on academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
Students named from LACC are:
Susan E. Bromley
Dennis R. Buckley
Peter De Armas
Gina J. De Santis
Gerald L. Edwards
Rob L. Engel
Michael T. Fillat
Kevin J. Gilbertson
Sonja A. M. Hahn
David Jaget
Richard D. Lyles
George J. Muhs
Patti A. Neelans
Mikell S. Parsons
Trever J. Penny
Anthony J. Pirritano
Kerrie G. Pratt
Brian A. Prieto
Michael Renteria
Bruce C. Richardson
Curtis T. Rigney
Kassie L. Schauer
Charles A. Schelly
Thomas A. Sneed
Georgiana Stanwood
Stephen J. Svastits
Kathleen J. Thorn
Thomas M. Traina
Antonio E. Valencia
Sara Y. Vinto
Gina L. Wald
Alan D. Weidner
Patrick S. Wise
Curtis B. Yomtob
LACC Holds 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium
On October 25-27, LACC held its 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium with a theme of "Functional Restoration of the Low Back." The visiting scholar program featured an international faculty including Dr. Vladimir Janda from Prague, Czechoslovakia; W.H. Kirkaldy-Willis from Saskatchewan, Canada; Vert Mooney from San Diego and Dennis Morgan from San Francisco, California; Olga Rutherford from London, England; John Triano from Chicago, Illinois; and Mr. Billy Glisan from Texas.
Over 200 people attended the symposium, which was held at the Red Lion Hotel in Costa Mesa, California.
LACC Student Awarded Kiwanis Scholarship
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim recently named Fausto M. Mayoral to be the first recipient of the Adam Daniel, D.C., Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Mayoral, who is originally from Mexico, is a third term LACC student and is one of several blind students who has attended the college.
New College Offers B.A. Program at LACC
New College of California is offering a weekend degree-completion program in Integrated Biology and Humanities starting February 7, 1992 on the LACC campus.
Entrance into the program requires students to have completed a minimum of 75 transferable college semester units. These credits must include 6 semester units each of General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, and Human Biology, which are currently offered by the Science Institute of New College on the LACC campus. The program runs for three consecutive 15-week semesters with students taking 12-15 units per semester. Morning and afternoon seminars are held Saturdays and Sundays for 3 weekends each month of each semester.
Tuition is $3100 per semester and the application deadline is January 7, 1992. For more information, contact Dr. Vicki Breazeale at (415) 626-1694 ext. 270.
Faculty Member Interviewed on TV Sports Program
Gary Schulz, D.C., an assistant professor of Radiology at LACC, was recently interview by reporter Stacy Barr from the Long Beach cable-television sports show "Peptalk." Dr. Schultz gave a presentation for a story on the effects of long-term use of steroids, using several x-rays showing abnormalities caused by steroid use.
LACC Intern Tours with U.S. Volleyball Team
Gary Sato, an intern at LACC, toured in November with the United States Men's National Volleyball team competing against the Men's National Team of Holland. The games were played in five U.S. cities: Portland, Oregon; Yakima and Seattle, Washington; and Sacramento and Berkeley, California.
Gary's goal is to earn enough credit on the court to qualify as a coach for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. He coached the American Men's Volleyball Team which won the gold medal in the 1988 Olympic Games.
Chiropractic Intern Competes on "American Gladiators" Show
LACC intern Mark Ortega was a competitor on the television show "American Gladiators" produced by Universal Studios in Hollywood. The show features contestants competing against each other, as well as the show's resident "gladiators."
Mark, a former football hero from Whittier Christian High School, entered the try-outs in April, held at Universal Studios and other locations across the country. About 1000 people qualified by performing a series of difficult physical tests including 25 pull-ups in 30 seconds, a 40 yard dash in under 5 seconds, and a 20 foot rope climb in 9 seconds. These 1000 finalists sat for videotaped interviews for the show's producers and 48 were selected.
During the quarterfinals, which were aired October 19, Mark competed again a Golden Glove boxing champion who works as a U.S. border guard and won with a final score of 40-18. Mark competed in the semi-finals on November 9th.
Also qualifying for "American Gladiators" was Tommy Knox, D.C., from Newport Beach, California. During the games, Dr. Knox could also be seen backstage giving chiropractic treatment to some of the gladiators.
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
On Feb. 1, 2024, two more legislators – John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Robert “Bob” Good (R-Va.) – co-sponsored the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, bringing the co-sponsor total to 155, two more than the total achieved over the entire two-year congressional cycle in which identical legislation last appeared (2021-22).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
