Palmer College of Chiropractic Chancellor Dennis Marchiori, D.C., has announced the selection of Robert “Bucky” Percuoco, D.C., Long Grove, Iowa, as Vice Chancellor for Academics (VCA) for the College. Dr. Percuoco was identified from a pool of 12 local and national candidates for the position. As VCA, Dr. Percuoco will oversee all matters of academic affairs on each of the three campuses and will also serve as a member of the College’s Executive Administrative Team. Palmer’s campuses are located in Davenport, Iowa, San Jose, Calif., and Port Orange, Florida.

E-mails related to student loans, chiropractic schools, and general questions regarding practicing the field of chiropractic have been hitting my inbox with greater frequency lately. My apologies to those that I have not had a chance to e-mail back replies to. As I’ve done before, I prefer to address many of the questions as posed so that I can link to them when others ask questions in the future. Far more efficient on my part than to e-mail each person individually, since I too have a practice to maintain. Here’s one selected from a group of e-mails I’ve been meaning to reply to.

Parker College of Chiropractic held its largest Alumni reception in Las Vegas during the Parker 2010 Vegas Seminar. Parker alumni and friends gathered and reconnected. This year’s event was exclusive to alumni and guest only and was the most well attended Vegas alumni event in the history of Parker College.

I don’t think I know a single chiropractor that doesn’t like free continuing education, and I believe it’s available in many states throughout the country. In nearly every state of the US I believe chiropractors are required to complete continuing education (CE) hours on a regular basis. In some states educational requirements are done yearly, and in other states educational requirements are taken care of biannually. Chiropractic continuing education hours are typically 12 to 20 hours per year, depending on the state educational hours are being applied for. I like going for continuing education each year, not only for learning new information, but for getting together with other chiropractors and finding out what they’ve been up to the past year or so.

The prestigious Chiropractor of the Year Award was presented at Parker Seminars Las Vegas – the world’s largest chiropractic seminar to Dr. Bill DeMoss from DeMoss Chiropractic in Newport Beach, California, Dr. Robert Kipp from Pro-Health Chiropractic in Fairfield, Connecticut, Dr. Jeffrey Cottingame from The Spinal Clinic in Durant, Oklahoma, Dr. Randy Koski from Koski Chiropractic in Chelmsford, Ontario, and Dr. Martin Harvey from Align Chiropractic in Melbourne, Australia.