SCU Health announces July 2023 date for free Community Outreach Clinic

WHITTIER, CA (July 19, 2023) — SCU Health is proud to announce a free Chiropractic Care event open to all Southern Californians on Saturday, July 22 from 14 p.m. Our monthly SCU Health Community Outreach Clinic is part of a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative, whole person healthcare services, increase the awareness of whole person healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. The following healthcare services will be offered at our July 2023 Community Outreach Clinic: Chiropractic consultation and treatment. Treatment is based on the consultation and varies, based on the needs [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:34+00:00July 19, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

SCU Health announces June 2023 date for free Community Outreach Clinic

WHITTIER, CA - (June 12, 2023) — SCU Health is proud to announce a free Chiropractic Care event open to all Southern Californians on Saturday, June 17 from 14 p.m. Our monthly SCU Health Community Outreach Clinic is part of a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative, whole person healthcare services, increase the awareness of whole person healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. The following healthcare services will be offered at our June 2023 Community Outreach Clinic: Chiropractic consultation and treatment. Treatment is based on the consultation and varies, based on the [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:21+00:00June 12, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

SCU Health announces free Tent Event community outreach clinic

WHITTIER, CA. - (March 13, 2023) — Southern Californians can receive free Chiropractic Care and have their vitals checked by a physician assistant at an upcoming SCU Health Tent Event community outreach clinic in East Whittier. SCU Health offers free clinics in a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative healthcare services, increase the awareness of integrative healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. SCU Health's Tent Event will be held on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 14 p.m. on the campus of Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU), at the Sports Medicine Clinic [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:17+00:00March 13, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

In Memoriam: SCU honors the life and legacy of LACC alumnus and longtime Professor, Dr. Keith Wells

In Memoriam: SCU honors the life and legacy of LACC alumnus and longtime Professor, Dr. Keith Wells February 2023 Lifelong chiropractic educator and Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) Class of 1983 alumnus and longtime professor, Dr. Keith Andrew Wells passed away on Jan. 26, 2023 in Syracuse, New York. He was 67 years old. Dr. Wells was passionate about medical diagnoses, details and facts, and teaching ethics and Christian apologetics. He led many Bible studies and was a faculty advisor to the Christian Chiropractic Association. Dr. Wells has thousands of former students [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:04:47+00:00February 7, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

SCU hosts White Coat Ceremony for Doctor of Chiropractic students

Southern California University of Health Sciences hosts White Coat Ceremony for Doctor of Chiropractic students WHITTIER, CA - (Jan. 18, 2023) — Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) recognized 45 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) students today with a white coat ceremony at the SCU campus in Whittier. The ceremony transitions students from the academic portion of the program into supervised clinical practice, symbolizing their entrance into the healthcare field. The White Coat Ceremony is considered a rite of passage for health sciences students and is designed to instill the values of professionalism, humanism and compassionate care with students reciting [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:04:35+00:00January 18, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

What is cervical artery dissection and how common is it, in chiropractic treatments? Ask the Professor, with SCU’s Dr. Jim Whedon

What is cervical artery dissection and how common is it, in chiropractic treatments? Ask the Professor, with SCU's Dr. Jim Whedon  James Whedon DC, MS, Professor & Director of Health Services Research, and colleagues were recently published in BMC Geriatrics, an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of older people, including the effects of healthcare systems and policies. Their article, "Association between cervical artery dissection and spinal manipulative therapy a medicare claims analysis,” evaluated the association between cervical spinal manipulation and cervical artery dissection in older Medicare beneficiaries, in the [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:04:33+00:00January 13, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

SCU Health Research receives half-million dollar NIH grant to advance neck pain study in collaboration with Dartmouth, Palmer universities

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By |2025-08-22T21:04:18+00:00January 9, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

Chiropractic Fellowship at Dartmouth

The Chiropractic Fellowship at Dartmouth was developed in association with Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) and Palmer College of Chiropractic. The fellowship is made possible by a grant from the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations' Strategic Plan for the Future of Chiropractic.

By |2025-08-21T17:28:33+00:00December 20, 2022|DC-Organic|

SCU at CalChiro 2022

October 2022 Every year, the California Chiropractic Association (CalChiro) seeks to honor individuals, districts and student chapters who have shown exceptional leadership in the organization, chiropractic profession and the community. The 2022 CalChiro award winners were recognized at CalChiro's Fall Conference 2022 at the Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa on Saturday, Oct. 1. Following are our Southern California University of Sciences (SCU) Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) 2022 CalChiro Awardees: CALCHIRO 2022 STUDENT OF THE YEAR: EIRA PEREZ, SCU CalChiro President, ICPA Treasure The CalChiro Student of the Year Award is presented to a chiropractic student who has [...]

By |2025-08-21T18:12:21+00:00October 24, 2022|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

SCU hosts White Coat Ceremony for Doctor of Chiropractic and Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine students

Southern California University of Health Sciences hosts White Coat Ceremony for Doctor of Chiropractic and Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine students WHITTIER, CA - (Sept. 22, 2022) — Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) recognized 100 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) students and 22 Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) students today with a white coat ceremony held outdoors, on the SCU campus in Whittier. The ceremony transitions students from the academic portion of the program into supervised clinical practice, symbolizing their entrance into the healthcare field. The White Coat Ceremony is considered a rite of passage for [...]

By |2025-08-21T18:30:38+00:00September 22, 2022|ACM-Organic, DC-Organic, Front Page News|
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