Dr. Louis Crivelli is the director of chiropractic for APT Healthcare, a multidisciplinary company with more than 60 locations in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. He is the Maryland delegate for the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the current chair of the ACA Clinical Best Practices Task Force.

Dr. Crivelli serves on the Research Workgroup for the Chiropractic Strategic Plan, is a lifetime fellow of the International College of Chiropractors, a member of the North American Spine Society, ACA’s Council on Forensic Sciences, the Association for the History of Chiropractic, the Unified Virginia Chiropractic Association and the American College of Nutrition.

Dr. Crivelli received his Doctorate in Chiropractic from the National University of Health Sciences in 2001 and also holds a master’s degree in Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Muhlenberg College.

Dr. Zachary Cupler is chief of physical medicine & rehabilitation services and Chiropractic Residency Program director for the Butler VA Health Care System in Butler, Pa. He is an adjunct clinical instructor at Northeast College of Health Sciences and chairs the Bulter VA Health Care System Pain Management Committee.

His research interests include low back pain management, spinal manipulation, suicide prevention, and chiropractic education in integrated settings. He has more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and has served as a subject matter expert for national and multinational clinical practice guideline development for spine condition management. He serves as a member of the American Chiropractic Association’s Research Advisory Board and as a member to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Advisory Panel.

Dr. Cupler attained his BS from Juniata College, his DC and MS in Acupuncture from Northeast College of Health Sciences, and his MS in clinical research from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Clint Daniels is the chiropractic director and resident director at VA Puget Sound Health Care System, where he supervises a team of 13 chiropractors. He is an affiliate assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington, chair of the Clinical Compass Scientific Commission, and chair-elect for the Chiropractic Health Care section of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Daniels serves on the editorial board for BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, including contributions to several clinical practice guidelines and notable publications in the journals PM R, Pain, JAMA Network Open, and BMJ Open.

His research interests include chiropractic integration into veteran and military facilities, persistent spine pain following surgery, suicide prevention, and chiropractic best practices. Dr. Daniels is a graduate of Logan University, where he earned his Doctor of Chiropractic and a Master of Science in Sports Science and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Lisa Goodman is the author of The Manual for the Chiropractic Entrepreneur and an international speaker on practice development, prenatal care, and pediatric sports chiropractic. Dr. Goodman was named the 2025 Women in Leadership Chiropractor of the Year and has been a member of the USGA Performance & Recovery Team since 2019. She also teaches for the ACA Pediatrics Council Diplomate Program.

Dr. Goodman is the founder of The Practice Fox, an online educational platform for early-career chiropractors. She earned her undergraduate degree in communications from the University of Miami and graduated valedictorian from Palmer College of Chiropractic West. In 2006, she founded Washington Park Chiropractic, a multidisciplinary practice in Denver, Colo. Dr. Goodman holds certifications as a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician, Certified Pediatric Chiropractor, CrossFit L1 coach and TPI Golf Practitioner.

Dr. Cindy Howard is the president and owner of Innovative Health & Wellness Center in Orland Park, Ill., with more than 25 years of experience in clinical practice and leadership.

Dr. Howard serves as an editorial board member for The Original Internist and has been a vocal advocate for evidence-based approaches in chiropractic care.  She is the author of Positively Altered: Finding Happiness at the Bottom of a Chemo Bag. She was named Illinois Chiropractor of the Year in 2020 and has received the Flynn/Lynch Sr. Memorial award for outstanding service as the Illinois Delegate for the American Chiropractic Association.

Dr. Howard is a graduate of the National College of Chiropractic, holds dual board certifications as a Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Internists (DABCI) and the American Chiropractic Board of Nutrition (DACBN), and is a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors (FICC).

Dr. Glenn Jaffe is president and CEO of Jaffe Chiropractic in Charlotte, N.C., where he has practiced for more than two decades. His profession-wide leadership includes serving as chair of BAC-PAC, ChiroCongress district director and board member, a member of the Chiropractic Future Strategic Plan Leadership Committee, and past president of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association.

Dr. Julie Johnson has more than 25 years of expertise in chiropractic care, functional medicine, and higher education. She currently serves as a faculty clinician/assistant professor at a chiropractic college.

Her clinical excellence extends to her recent work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where she played a role in a nationally recognized, multi-institutional study on chiropractic therapy for chronic low back pain in veterans, providing chiropractic and acupuncture clinical care at two VA CBOC locations over four years. Dr. Johnson has developed a program that has provided more than $6 million of complimentary chiropractic care for active-duty service members, veterans with a 20% disability rating or greater, and their dependents within a chiropractic college system.

Dr. Johnson serves as president for the Rock Island Arsenal Association of the United States Army Chapter for two terms and was nominated in 2019 to become an Army Reserve Ambassador. She is currently serving in her third three-year term as one of the approximately 11 women in the nation and the first chiropractor in this position.

Dr. Johnson is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport.

Dr. Eric Lee is a spine management provider at Summit Brain, Spine & Orthopedics, where he works within a multidisciplinary neurosurgical and orthopedic setting focused on the evaluation and non-operative management of complex spinal conditions and injuries. His clinical approach emphasizes accurate diagnosis, spinal biomechanics, advanced imaging, and collaboration between conservative and surgical providers.

Dr. Lee completed a fellowship in Spinal Biomechanics and Trauma and has a particular interest in spinal ligament injuries, biomechanical assessment, post-surgical spine management, and the integration of objective diagnostic findings into clinical decision-making.

Dr. Lee serves as an adjunct faculty at Parker University, where he contributes to graduate-level education in interprofessional spine management. His work is centered on a simple principle: diagnose first, treat second, using a collaborative approach to determine the most appropriate pathway for each patient.

Dr. Kevin Meyer joined the medical staff at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in 2022, after completing residency training in chiropractic integrated clinical practice. He has completed the University of Washington Advanced Clinical Teaching Certificate program and is an attending for the university’s chiropractic residency and student training programs.

Dr. Meyer serves on the National Common Curriculum Committee for the VA Chiropractic Residency Program, is a Scientific Commission member of Clinical Compass, and a member of the Chiropractic Health Care section of the American Public Health Association. His research interests include clinical education of chiropractic students, chiropractic management of complex conditions, and suicide prevention.

Dr. Meyer sees patients at the American Lake VA Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash.

Dr. Scott A. Mooring has more than 20 years of experience delivering evidence-informed care to patients ranging from weekend warriors to Olympic-level athletes. He is the founder and lead clinician at Back in Balance Chiropractic in Minnesota, where he combines functional assessment, hands-on care and individualized treatment plans to help patients recover from injury, return to sport and move with less pain. His clinical approach integrates evidence-based techniques including dry needling, active release technique (ART), Class IV cold laser therapy, spinal decompression, instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization and neuromuscular reeducation.

Dr. Mooring has served at six major international sporting events, including the World Games and CSIT World Sports Games. He is the team chiropractor for University of Minnesota athletics, caring for student-athletes in wrestling, women’s hockey, football, track and field, and other sports.

Dr. Mooring holds the Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP®), the International Certificate in Sports Chiropractic (ICSC), and is a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors (FICC). He is a national advocate for evidence-based chiropractic practice, has served leadership roles with the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Minnesota Chiropractic Association (MCA).

Dr. Morgan Price received a Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences from Bowling Green State University and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from National University of Health Sciences. She was the inaugural graduate of the VA Puget Sound chiropractic residency program and joined the medical staff there in 2021 following program completion. Today she serves as an attending physician for the VA Puget Sound chiropractic residency and student clerkship programs. Dr. Price is professionally involved with the American Chiropractic Association, American Public Health Association, North American Spine Society, and Forward Thinking Chiropractic Alliance, and is the external communications liaison for the Field Advisory Committee. In addition, she serves on the scientific commission of the Clinical Compass and has authored numerous scientific publications on the topics of guideline recommendations for spine pain medication, suicide prevention, and case reports describing chiropractic management of complex cases.

Dr. Alan K. Sokoloff, affectionately known as “Dr. Sok” by his patients, is the clinic director of Yalich Clinic Performance and Rehabilitation in Glen Burnie, Md., where he has practiced for 40 years.

Dr. Sok has served as a team chiropractor for the Baltimore Orioles, Bowie Baysox (the Orioles’ AA affiliate) and, since 1999, the Baltimore Ravens. He has also been a member of the University of Maryland Sports Medicine Team.

Dr. Sok is the immediate past president of the Professional Football Chiropractic Association and a past two-term president of the Maryland Chiropractic Association. His experience includes a residency at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in 1997 and serving on the U.S. medical teams for the 1998 Goodwill Games and the 1999 Pan American Games.

Dr. Sok is especially passionate about the health and safety of student athletes. He is a founding board member of BASH, the Baltimore Athletic Sports Health Initiative, which raises funds and awareness to support the prevention and care of athletic injuries and health concerns among young athletes in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County.

Dr. Cliff Tao is a chiropractic radiologist based in Orange County, Calif. He specializes in detailed, professional interpretation and expert review of spine and musculoskeletal imaging with plain film (XR), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), and conventional computed tomography (CT).

Dr. Tao reads diagnostic imaging studies for a variety of doctors, including chiropractors, osteopathic physicians, and medical physicians. His highly detailed reports are provided within 24 hours, with stat reports available usually within 30 minutes. Although also trained to read imaging of other parts of the body, Dr. Tao is more focused on the spine and musculoskeletal regions.

Dr. Kris Tohtz is the owner and lead clinician at Serenity Family Wellness, a managing partner at Fusion Care, LLC, and a practicing chiropractic physician and acupuncturist with the Veterans Administration in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

She has served the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) Acupuncture Council in all leadership roles over a span of more than 10 years and was a member of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation’s Acupuncture Board for six years. She was named the Pediatric Chiropractor of the Year in 2023 and awarded her Pediatric Diplomate in 2025.

Dr. Tohtz is a certified practitioner in the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy and holds a specialty teaching certificate from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) as well as a certification in functional medicine from the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).

She graduated magna cum laude from the National University of Health Sciences in 2001 and obtained her Master of Science in Acupuncture (MSAc) from National University of Health Sciences, graduating summa cum laude in 2014.

Opening Keynote Speaker

Dr. Stephen Trzeciak is a physician-scientist, the Edward D. Viner endowed chief of medicine at Cooper University Health Care, and professor and chair of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, N.J. He is a practicing intensivist and clinical researcher with 150 publications and features in prominent medical journals such as JAMA, Circulation, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

He is the co-author of a trilogy of books on human flourishing —Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference (2019); Wonder Drug: 7 Scientifically Proven Ways That Serving Others Is the Best Medicine for Yourself (2022); and (forthcoming, Jan 2027) The Hope Effect: The Science of Healing, Achieving, and Breaking Through. His work has been featured in numerous media outlets including CNN, NPR, USA TODAY, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and Freakonomics. For this work, he was awarded the Influencers of Healthcare Award by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Dr. Trzeciak earned his medical degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He completed his residency

training at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and his fellowship in critical care medicine at Rush University Medical Center. He is board-certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine and neurocritical care.

Dr. Robert Vining is a professor and associate dean of clinical research at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research in Davenport, Iowa. His experience includes private practice, clinical education, and research. Dr. Vining is a lead or co-author on more than 75 peer-reviewed scientific publications and an active mentor for early-career researchers. His personal research program has included integrating chiropractic into a rehabilitation specialty hospital, studying the role of fascia in low back pain, supporting evidence-based diagnosis, and developing the first validated quality measures for chiropractic care. In 2018, he received the Palmer College Outstanding Faculty of the Year award and in 2019 the Academician of the Year award from the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). He is currently co-principal investigator on an NIH funded project studying the implementation of an electronic clinical decision support tool facilitating evidence-informed examination, diagnosis, and care planning for low back pain. He earned a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Logan University and a Doctor of Health Science degree from Jefferson College of Health Sciences.

Dr. Anna-Marie Ziegler is a staff chiropractor at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, where she also serves as the faculty for the VA St. Louis Integrated Clinical Practice Chiropractic residency. Dr. Ziegler completed her Integrated Clinical Practice Chiropractic residency at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, during which time she also gained a master’s degree in clinical research from the University of Minnesota. She graduated from Life University College of Chiropractic and spent three years as a post-doctoral research scholar with the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research.