Robb Russell

Robb Russell
DC
Professor, Assistant Vice President & Clinical Chief of Staff, Clinician, Clinical Faculty
Biography
- 1978 San Diego State University
- 1982 Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC)
- Private practice
- 1982 – 2012 predominantly with interprofessional groups (acupuncture, physical therapy, interventional pain management, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery)
- Clinical faculty and administrator
- 2012 to the present at Southern California University of Health Science (SCU) which includes LACC
- Clinical Professor
- Assistant Vice President and Clinical Chief of Staff, SCU Health System
- Attending chiropractic doctor within Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services at the VA Medical Center, West Los Angeles
Certifications
- BLS - Basic Life Support (CPR for professional rescuers and healthcare providers)
Selected Publications
- Bezdjian S, Whedon JM, Russell R, Goehl JM, Kazal LA Jr. Efficiency of primary spine care as compared to conventional primary care: a retrospective observational study at an Academic Medical Center. Chiropr Man Therap. 2022 Jan 6;30(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12998-022-00411-x. PMID: 34991627; PMCID: PMC8740480
- John Scaringe, Melissa A. Nagare, Robb Russell, Jim Whedon. Extrapolating Beyond the Data, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Volume 44, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 513-514, ISSN 0161-4754
- James M. Whedon, Andrew W.J. Toler, Serena Bezdjian, Justin M. Goehl, Robb Russell, Louis A. Kazal, Melissa Nagare. Implementation of the Primary Spine Care Model in a Multi-Clinician Primary Care Setting: An Observational Cohort Study, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Volume 43, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 667-674, ISSN 0161-4754
Selected Presentations
- Russell, R (2021) Chiropractic Healthcare: Hypotheses & Practice – A Workshop for University of California Irvine Medical Students. Health Education to Advance Leaders in Integrative Medicine (HEAL-IM)
- Johnson, V, Russell, R, Barkmeier, PC, Katz, E & Perfecto, R. (2021) Bias in virtual interviews for residency applicants who are underrepresented in healthcare: A narrative review of the recent literature. Chiropractic Educators Research Forum – Preparing for the future: Diversity in chiropractic education
Current Activities
- Integrative Health Policy Consortium (BoD)