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Oregon Chiropractic Association 2021 Annual Convention



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The Oregon Chiropractic Association is proud to present you with our 2021 Virtual Convention.   This annual event that is held each February has hours of quality continuing education that will include national and international speakers on a variety of topics for Chiropractic Physicians, Certified Assistants and other members of the staff.

This year’s variety of topics should offer something for everyone.  This event will give you topics and speakers that will give you valuable tools to use in the office with your patients on the next clinic day.    

We are excited to be featuring topics like:

Sports Medicine, Posture and Rehab, Nutrition, Reversing Diabetes, Billing, Coding, HIPAA, and Radiology.   We are also including CE on Cultural Competency and speakers, that will help you meet the OBCE requirements for 2021.

This year’s event features the following speakers:

Dr. Fabrizio Mancini, Dr. Jim Chestnutt, MD, Dr. J Murray Hockings, The Gatti Law Firm, Dr. Jeff McKinley, Dr. Ted Forcum, Dr. Evan Gwilliam, Dr. Bill Moreau, Dr. Ty Talcott, Mark Callanen, PT, DPT, Monte Hampton, RT and Dr. Steven Pollei, MD.  Speakers for the CE courses on Cultural Competency (that will meet the OBCE requirement for 2021) will include Dr. William Foshee, Dr. Pierluigi Mancini, PhD and Shafia Monroe.

This year’s speaker sponsors include:

 Foot Levelers, CHUSA, NCMIC, The Gatti Law Firm, EPIC Imaging, Light Force Medical and KT Tape.

We will have an Affiliate Vendor hall where you can learn about the companies that support the OCA throughout the year as Affiliate members of our association. 

While we would all like to be gathering at the Red Lion Hotel, in Portland for an in-person event, we hope that this virtual event will be a positive experience for all that attend.   

Faculty

William J Monreau DC, DACBSP, FACSM, DC, DACBSP, FACSM's Profile

William J Monreau DC, DACBSP, FACSM, DC, DACBSP, FACSM Related Seminars and Products

Chief Medical Officer

University of Western States


UWS Chief Medical Officer

As the leader of medical services for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), Dr. Bill Moreau worked with Olympic and Paralympic teams where he was responsible for the care of thousands of Team USA athletes, provided by more than 200 clinicians from numerous health care disciplines. During his tenure at USOC, Dr. Moreau served as the Team USA chief medical officer during the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games as well as serving as the medical director for the the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Over his more than 30-year career, he has also treated collegiate, high school and recreational athletes.

Dr. Moreau is a licensed chiropractic physician and a board-certified Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (ACBSP). He has presented more than 500 lectures and postgraduate education programs throughout the world. Dr. Moreau is currently president of the ACBSP and is a member of the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine editorial review board.


James C Chesnutt, MD's Profile

James C Chesnutt, MD Related Seminars and Products

Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery


Jim Chesnutt, M.D. is a Sports Medicine Physician specializing in the evaluation & management of injuries in youth and athletes of all ages. Dr. Chesnutt is board certified in Family Medicine and in the specialty of Sports Medicine since 1997. His practice at Rebound is focused exclusively in Sports Medicine and the non-operative care of fractures and musculoskeletal injuries, including concussion and ultrasound-guided evaluations and injections. Dr. Chesnutt is currently a team physician for the Portland Trail Blazers, and previously for the Portland Timbers, Portland Beavers Baseball and numerous high schools and universities around Portland. Over the last twenty years, Dr. Chesnutt has offered his professional expertise to improve health, fitness, and sports safety at the local, state and national level. His passion is to help you quickly and safely return to your sport or back to a healthy active lifestyle of walking, running, swimming, biking, skiing or hiking across the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Chesnutt has been working at OHSU for over 20 years where he has served as the founding Medical Director of the OHSU Sports Medicine Program and Medical Director of the OHSU March Wellness & Fitness Center. Beginning with his Portland Public High School alma mater, he developed high school sports medicine programs across the whole metro area that provided sports injury evaluation & treatment to students of all backgrounds, teaching students the value of healthy lifestyles and injury prevention. Additionally, Dr. Chesnutt serves as a medical advisor for the OSAA, is Co-Director of the Oregon Concussion Awareness and Management Program (OCAMP) and is an advisor to the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center’s national concussion guidelines and education program. Dr. Chesnutt will continue his complex concussion clinic and research at OHSU Family Medicine part-time where he serves as an Associate Professor teaching primary care doctors in the OHSU Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.

Dr. Chesnutt is a SW Portland native, enjoys running along the Portland waterfront, playing the electric bass and spending time with his family and friends exploring and playing in the Pacific Northwest.


William Foshee, DC's Profile

William Foshee, DC Related Seminars and Products


Dr. William Foshee (he/him/his) currently serves as the American Chiropractic Association Commission on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Chair and as the chair for the Next Gen ACA Committee, the representative committee for more than 2000 early career chiropractors at ACA. He is a graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University where he was honored as a Diversity Leadership Scholar for his commitment to underserved population health. He was also named a Philanthropy Fund Foundation Scholar in recognition of his leadership and service to the LGBTQIA community. Dr Foshee endeavors to positively impact culturally competent delivery of chiropractic care and has delivered lectures on health equity to chiropractic stakeholders in national and state organizations, university audiences, and regulatory agencies. He is currently employed by MyoCore, a multi-clinic, hospital-based chiropractic system, at the Medical City Dallas location.


Jeffrey McKinley, DC, CCSP, CKTP, CPEP, FICC's Profile

Jeffrey McKinley, DC, CCSP, CKTP, CPEP, FICC Related Seminars and Products

Foot Levelers


In practice since 1990 in McMinnville, TN, he is the clinical director of Middle Tennessee Spine & Joint, a multi-disciplinary practice that includes chiropractic, medical, physical therapy, and massage therapy. He is a member of the Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee for Tennessee, a member of the ACA's Medicare Committee, and has lectured to chiropractic physicians and staff on Medicare issues. He also was an instructor for the Certified Therapy Assistants training course, and is a contributing author to the recently published text book Chiropractic Therapy Assistant: A Clinical Resource Guide. Dr. McKinley's seminar demonstrates powerful correlation of orthopedic, biomechanic, x-ray and posture exams.


Ty Talcott, DC's Profile

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HIPAA Compliance Services


Dr. Ty Talcott is a Certified HIPAA Privacy and Security Expert, who consults thousands of healthcare practices relative to business development and protection. 

He is a sought-after speaker who has led numerous seminars, performed as a keynote speaker and has been featured on the cover of several magazines. 

Dr. Talcott is also a founding partner of an IPA (Independent Physician Association) that credentials participating doctors for contracting with HMO’s and PPO’s. He has become one of the top experts on HIPAA regulations in the Chiropractic Profession.


Fabrizio Mancini, DC's Profile

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Dr. Fab Mancini


Dr. Fab Mancini is America’s #1 Healthy Living Media Expert, a world renowned Chiropractor, Hay House’s international best-selling author of The Power of Self-Healing and host of his popular radio show, Self-Healing with Dr. Fab. He is also the best-selling author of Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul, an internationally acclaimed educator, business leader, speaker, consultant and President Emeritus of Parker University. He has been featured on Dr. Phil, The Doctors, Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, Univision, Telemundo and others. He has been interviewed in various documentaries and has received honors including Heroes for Humanity, Humanitarian of the Year, CEO of the Year, and induction into the Wellness Revolutionaries Hall of Fame. Dr. Mancini is also a graduate of the prestigious Institute for Educational Management in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. Most recently, the President of Mexico named the library at UNEVE, Mexico’s new leading university, after him. Visit: https://drfabmancini.com/


Curtis Fedorchuk, DC's Profile

Curtis Fedorchuk, DC Related Seminars and Products

Better Health by Design


Dr. Curtis Fedorchuk is the founder of Better Health by Design, which is located in Cumming, Georgia. Dr. Fedorchuk has a focused practice on spinal rehab and wellness and has been practicing in North Georgia for over 16 years. He earned his Green Card by being categorized by United States Immigration with an EB-1 Visa: Alien With Extraordinary Ability. He is Advanced certified in Chiropractic Biophysics but is also an Instructor and taught at the world’s largest chiropractic school for 5 years while practicing full time.

He is a contributing author to research journals, as well as serving on the peer review panel. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for CBP Non Profit and for the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation. He is on the Editorial Board of Pediatric, Maternal, Family Health, Chiropractic. He is also the past head Chair for Research for the Georgia Chiropractic Council. He also teaches Continuing Education for other chiropractors and has traveled around North America and as far a Puerto Rico in 2014.

Dr. Fedorchuk has dozens of published research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has collaborated in clinical investigations with institutions such as Life University, Florida Atlantic University, and Emory University. He was selected for platform presentation in Gold Coast Australia by the International Chiropractors Association Council on Pediatrics and later won 2nd place at the 2008 International Research and Philosophy Conference (IRAPS) for Best Science paper. In September of 2009 and again in 2013 he was awarded “CBP Researcher of the Year.” In November of 2009, he was awarded “CLA Researcher of the Year.” Recently in 2015, he was awarded “Chiropractor of the Year” by CBP Non-Profit and in 2016 Researcher of the Year for the FVS. In 2017 he received Researcher of the Year for the third time by CBP Non-Profit.


Pierluigi Mancini, PhD's Profile

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President

Multicultural Development Institute


[Author, Behavioral Health Expert, Cultural Competence Consulting, Immigrant Behavioral Health, Health Disparities, Media Expert, Program Development, Public Speaking]

With over 30 years of experience in culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health treatment and prevention, Dr. Mancini is one of the most sought after national and international consultants and speakers on the subject of mental health and addiction, his area of expertise is immigrant behavioral health.  His book ¡Mental! In The Trump Era - Ten Inspirational Stories About Immigrants Overcoming Addiction, Depression and Anxiety in America has recently been published to great reviews and it is available on Amazon.com in English and in Spanish.

Dr. Mancini founded Georgia’s only Latino behavioral health program in 1999 to serve the immigrant population by providing cultural and linguistically appropriate mental health and addiction treatment and prevention services in English, Spanish and Portuguese. 

A frequent guest of local, national and international media, Dr. Mancini has been featured in U.S. News and World Report, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, WAGA-TV Channel 5 Atlanta, CNN en Español, Telemundo and Univision. Additionally, Dr. Mancini has been a favorite and frequent guest of Spanish language radio stations.

As a national consultant, Dr. Mancini has provided expert content on immigrant behavioral health and cultural and linguistic competency to clients at the local, state and federal level.  Projects have included work on developing and implementing cultural competency plans, policies, procedures and training manuals.  

Dr. Mancini is the Chairman of the Georgia Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council, he serves on the WellStar Atlanta Medical Center Regional Health Board, the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse Board and is Board Emeritus of the Healthcare Georgia Foundation.


J. Murray Hockings, DC's Profile

J. Murray Hockings, DC Related Seminars and Products

Help Your Diabetes


Dr. J. Murray Hockings, D.C. has been practicing for 25 years. With five previous healthcare centers under his belt, he is now the founder of Help Your Diabetes in Dallas, Texas. Dr. J. Murray Hockings has treated over 20,000 patients in his career and is an internationally recognized expert in natural health. Dr. J. Murray Hockings, D.C. helps patients with diabetes, heart and weight loss conditions. He is the author of the books Imagine Living Without Type 2 Diabetes and Send Your Doctor Packing. He has appeared on TV regularly for the past 16 years, educating patients on how they can achieve optimum health without medications or surgery.


Monte Hampton, ARRT's Profile

Monte Hampton, ARRT Related Seminars and Products

EPIC Imaging


Experienced MRI Technologist with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in MRI, Customer Service, Medical Devices, Hospitals, and Healthcare. He is a strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) focused in Medical Imaging from Oregon Institute of Technology. ARRT registered in X-ray and MRI, also a accredited MRSO.


Steven Pollei, MD's Profile

Steven Pollei, MD Related Seminars and Products

EPIC Imaging


Steven Pollei, MD is a board-certified neuroradiologist and the medical director with Medical Scanning Consultants, PA. Dr. Pollei provides professional physician services of Center for Diagnostic Imaging’s (CDI) Federal Way, Lakewood and Puyallup outpatient centers. He offers additional expertise in diagnostic injections and pain management procedures, and is considered one of the pioneers of pain management in the country.

Dr. Pollei has published numerous articles and book chapters on several areas of neuroradiology, including ear, nose and throat, spine, and the temporomandibular joint.

His hobbies include Skiing, windsurfing, and biking.


Evan Gwilliam, DC, MBA, BS, CPC, CCPC, CPC-I, MCS-P, CPMA, CMHP, AAFC's Profile

Evan Gwilliam, DC, MBA, BS, CPC, CCPC, CPC-I, MCS-P, CPMA, CMHP, AAFC Related Seminars and Products

Pay DC & CHUSA -- Sponsors


November 7, 2017 – Leading chiropractic software provider, PayDC, today announced the hire of Dr. Evan M. Gwilliam as Clinical Director to complement and improve multiple areas of software development and expert customer support.

More specifically, Dr. Gwilliam will draw from his deep experience to provide direction for the clinical elements of the software that help to ensure compliance and better treatment outcomes for patients, while providing improved ease-of-use of the software by staff.  In addition, he will help build continuing education training for doctors and staff who need help with documentation, coding, Medicare, or any other reimbursement related needs for chiropractic (and physical medicine in general).

Dr. Gwilliam’s experience speaks for itself.  He graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic as Valedictorian and is a Certified Professional Coding and ICD-10 Instructor, Medical Compliance Specialist, and Certified Professional Medical Auditor.  Because he is also a clinician with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Master’s of Business Administration he is a sought-after seminar speaker.  He provides expert witness testimony, medical record audits, consulting, and online courses for health care providers and has authored and contributed to reference books and articles for multiple publications.

 


Gatti Law Firm, Attorneys's Profile

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The Gatti Law Firm


As the largest personal injury firm in Oregon, The Gatti Law Firm has been helping Oregon injury victims secure compensation for over 45 years. Our attorneys provide thoughtful, thorough, and zealous representation to people who have been injured and suffered loss. People who have been injured through no fault of their own, in automobile crashes and on-the-job, seek our assistance to obtain benefits and compensation, such as needed medical treatment and wage loss. Our attorneys have a proven history of success advocating against the individuals, insurance companies, and corporations that have caused the harm. If you treat patients who have been injured in automobile crashes or on-the-job, let us help!


Mario Fucinari, DC, CIC, CPPM, APMP, CPCO, MCS-P's Profile

Mario Fucinari, DC, CIC, CPPM, APMP, CPCO, MCS-P Related Seminars and Products

President

Fucinari Consulting


Dr. Mario Fucinari has helped train doctors and staff over the last 20 years. He received his bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1986. Dr. Fucinari was the recipient of the 1998 and the 2003 President’s Award from the Illinois Chiropractic Society (ICS) for his work with education and training and most recently received the 2012 Chiropractor of the Year award from the ICS.

Dr. Fucinari has produced classes and publications on HIPAA, Clinical Documentation, Medicare, and Stroke and Cervical Manipulation. He is a worldwide speaker for NCMIC and several state associations and is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician [CCSP].


Theodore L Forcum III, DC, DC, DACBSP, DACRB's Profile

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Ted Forcum LLC


Dr. Ted Forcum treats injuries and optimizes function by integrating multiple modalities of care with chiropractic treatment to optimize patient response.  Dr. Forcum combines therapies such as osseous and soft tissue manipulation, soft tissue therapy, kinesiology taping, physiotherapy, corrective exercises, and  biomechanical orthotics to maximize healing and accelerate the return of patients to their highest level of ability.
Dr. Forcum applies decades of experience working with world-class athletes and complicated injuries to gain control of the most difficult cases and help patients attain their goals. 

Dr Forcum regularly lectures nationally and internationally on the following topics:

  • Kinesiology Taping
  • Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (HawkGrips)
  • Functional Evaluation
  • Rehabilitation
  • Foot orthotics
  • Gait biomechanics
  • Public health

He is also an adjunct professor in sport rehabilitation at the University of Western States.