Scott Haldeman DC, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)

Scott Haldeman DC, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FAAN has contributed to research on the neurological mechanisms, diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disorders of the spine for over 35 years. He is currently Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine and Adjunct Professor, Department of Research, Southern California University of Health Sciences.

He is chairman of the Research Council of the World Federation of Chiropractic and Past President of the North American Spine Society, the North American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, and the Orange County Neurological Society. He is currently President of the American Back Society. He sits on the editorial boards of eight journals. He has published over 160 articles or book chapters, over 65 scientific abstracts, and has authored or edited 7 books. He is certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry,is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Board of Electroencephalography and Neurophysiology and the American Board of Clinical Physiology. He served on the US department of Health AHCPR Clinical Guidelines Committee on Acute Low Back Problems in Adults as well as 4 other Clinical Guidelines Committees. He presided over The Bone and Joint Decade 2000 to 2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. A resident of Santa Ana, California, he maintains an active clinical practice.