John Scaringe

A chiropractor by training, Dr. John Scaringe, DC, EdD, is an educator, author, advocate for healthcare transformation, and President of Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU), one of the nation’s first and only integrative, whole health universities.

Dr. Scaringe began his career on the faculty of the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC), where he later held a range of roles including Director of the University’s Health Center, Dean of Clinical Education, and Vice President of Academic Affairs. In 2010, he was named President of the institution (now known as Southern California University of Health Sciences) and went on to lead an historic institutional transformation—diversifying programs, more than doubling enrollment, and implementing a groundbreaking whole health approach to healthcare education.

An advocate for the advancement of both healthcare and education, Dr. Scaringe has provided leadership to countless organizations, including serving as a Board Member of the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health (ACIH), President of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, Vice Chair of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, and Commissioner for the Northwest Commission for Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), just to name a few.

His contributions to research and literature are also wide-ranging, having served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Sports Chiropractic and Rehabilitation, on the editorial advisory board of Manual Therapy, and publishing numerous articles in a range of scholarly journals and textbooks.

Dr. Scaringe earned an EdD in Educational Leadership from California State University, Long Beach, a Master’s of Science in Kinesiology from California State University, Fullerton, and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Northeast College of Health Sciences (formally New York Chiropractic College). He is married with two daughters.