Total Credits: 16
Member Early Bird Pricing Ends: 1/31/2026
Friday, May 15:
7:00 – 8:00 AM
Title: Early General Session: Using Technology to Improve Outcomes Through Patient Engagement and Practice Efficiency (1-CE DC/LCA)
Presenter: Kristi Hudson, CPCO
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast & Networking
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Title: General Session — Artificial Intelligence in Chiropractic: Shaping the Future of Care (2-CEUS DC)
Presenter: Brian Coleman, DC, MHS
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Break & Networking
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Breakout Presentations- *See Breakout Sessions below (2 CEUs)
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Title: Resolving Peripheral Nerve Entrapments - Upper Extremity (2 CEUs DC)
Presenters: Brandon Steele, DC DACO
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Break & Networking
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Breakout Presentations *See Below (2 CEUs)
Saturday, May 16
7:00 – 8:00 AM
Title: Adjusting the Disc Patient (1 CEU DC/LCA)
Presenter: David I Graber, DC, DACBSP
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast & Networking
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Title: General Session –Updated Research: Cervical manipulation, Vertebra Artery Dissection and Stroke (2 CEUs DC)
Presenter: Michael Schneider, DC, PhD
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Break & Networking
11: 00 AM – 1:00 PM
Breakout Presentations *See Below
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Title: Advancing the Principles of Chiropractic Practice: A Discussion with Chiropractic College Presidents
Moderated By: David Graber, DC, DACBSP
Presenters: Michael A. Mestan, D.C., Ed.D, Brian McAulay, D.C., PH. D, William Sherrier, D.C., M.A.
Breakout Presentations:
Title: What Your Patients Don’t Expect When They Are Expecting: And How To Help (2-CEUs DC)
Presenter: Brandi Elizabeth Keates, DC
Title: Supplements That Actually Help: A Chiropractor’s Guide to Research-Based Nutraceutical Support (2- Nutrition CEUs DC)
Presenter: Kristen Bentson, DC, MS, IFMCP
Title: Blood Flow Restriction Certification (6 Hour Program broken out into three 2-hour presentations that do not repeat) (2-CEUs DC)
Presenter: Mike DeBord, DC
Title: Practice Growth Mastery: A Marketing Workshop for Doctors (6 Hour Program broken out into three 2-hour presentations that do not repeat) (Non Credit -DC/LCA/CA)
Presenter: Saleem Musaleem
Title: Coding and Documentation — The Future of AI (2-CEUs DC/LCA)
Presenter: Dave Klein, CPC, CPMA, CHC, COO
Kristen Bentson, DC, MS, IFMCP, is an author, mom of two, speaker, and practitioner. She’s the author of the Cool Girl’s Guide to the FODMAP Diet: Everything you need to get savvy about (and beat!) digestive issues — for life. She brings a fresh perspective to common conditions and firmly believes that “conditions are conditional.” Rather than focusing on disease, she focuses on the conditions causing the disease and creates protocols that empower her patients to be intentional about making lifestyle changes that will make a difference. Dr. KB is a doctor of chiropractic (DC) and is on staff at Lehigh Valley Health Network. She has a masters of science degree in nutrition (MSnutr), certification in biofeedback, and is trained in functional medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine.
Brian C. Coleman, DC, MHS, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Informatics at the Yale School of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health. As a clinician-scientist, his health services research combines biomedical informatics and implementation science to study nonpharmacologic interventions for musculoskeletal pain. He is a K08 Clinical Scientist Career Development Award recipient from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH) and a member of the World Federation of Chiropractic's Research Committee and Global Patient Safety Initiative.
Dr. Mike DeBord, a former chiropractor who owned his own Chiropractic and Performance Center for 15 years, was introduced to BFR bands in 2014, experiencing a profound improvement in his health and fitness. Inspired by the transformative impact on himself and those around him, he recognized the need for better exercise solutions for everyone, leading him to establish B3 Sciences in 2019.
Dr. Mike is internationally recognized as a foremost expert in BFR, with unmatched experience spanning 9 years of practical use, research, and review of over 1000 papers, studies, and peer reviews. He possesses comprehensive knowledge of the entire BFR industry and has spent 6 years educating clinics, physical therapists, doctors, and athletic trainers on effective BFR implementation.
Additionally, Dr. Mike serves as a consultant to various sports teams at the high school, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. He conducts nationwide BFR Certification courses catering to health professionals, trainers, athletes, and individuals across all 50 states.
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Dr. David Graber is a nationally known presenter who has developed and taught over 30 courses on spinal and extremity adjusting techniques, low-tech rehabilitation, the science of manipulation and manual care, contextual healing, and other topics. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Sports Physicians, and serves on board of directors of the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC). He was the 2012 ANJC Chiropractor of the Year, and is in full-time practice in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Kristi Hudson is the VP of Business Relations for ChiroHealthUSA and Administrator of the Foxworth Family Chiropractic Scholarship. She currently serves on the board for ChiroCongress Cares, is the Fundraising Chair for the Chiropractic Strategic Plan, and a member of the Chiropractic Summit. She has worked within the chiropractic profession for 12 years and hosts one of the largest webinar series within the chiropractic profession.
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Over twenty years' experience has garnered Dr. Brandie Keates acclaim as an industry visionary and vanguard in the world of pregnancy chiropractic care. She has made it her life’s mission to globally disrupt the prenatal care status quo by posing a simple thesis: if sports medicine acknowledges athletes' unique requirements for physical care to allow their best performance during the game, then pregnant women must be able to expect the same during their pregnancies.
She strives to champion her patients and women worldwide through their pregnancy journeys with fierce advocacy. She’s not only out to influence change; she exists to put an end to the notion that women are supposed to accept pain as the norm and simply keep on going.
Dr. Brandie's performance has resulted in awards such as the High Honor of Clinical Excellence Award from Cleveland University-Kansas City, 2020 President’s Award for Service Chair for The Pediatric Group, Publishers Award for MainLine Parent, PCA Presidents 2020 Service Award, MainLine Parent Love Award, and most recently, The U.S. SBA’s Eastern PA District Office 2023 Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year.
Dr. Brandie credits her two children as the catalysts for her meaningful career in chiropractic. With one suffering a birth injury and the other facing intense health risks in-utero that prohibited Dr. Brandie from working, chiropractic care became the solution that she never saw coming. Their inspiration has been a profound driving force ever since.
David Klein, CPC, CPMA, CHC, is the ANJC’s coding and compliance consultant. He is the co-founder of PayDC, a web-based Electronic Health Records Practice Management system that focuses on compliance and reimbursement. He is a certified professional coder through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and is certified in healthcare compliance through the Health Care Compliance Board (HCCB). He is also the Founder and President of DK Coding & Compliance, Inc. a health care consulting firm that focuses on audit defense, education, compliance and reimbursement issues.
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Dr. Michael Mestan, is a second-generation doctor of chiropractic and has a proud history of leadership in the profession. He has worked as a chiropractor, chief resident during his diagnostic imaging residency, professor of diagnostic imaging and owner of a private practice of radiology. In addition to publishing in peer-reviewed and indexed journals, serving on editorial boards for chiropractic-related journals and being part of accreditation site visit teams, Dr. Mestan has also served on the executive committee of the American Chiropractic College of Radiology and has held various faculty and administrative chiropractic college appointments.
Dr. Mestan has a B.S. in human biology and a doctor of chiropractic degree. As well, he studied higher education leadership at the University of Rochester, earning both master’s and doctorate degrees in educational administration, with a specialization in higher education. Dr. Mestan has been at Northeast College since 2002 and lives in Seneca Falls, N.Y. with his family and wife – who is also a proud second-generation chiropractor.
Throughout his expansive higher education career as president, chief academic officer and executive vice president at both chiropractic colleges and multi-campus university systems, Dr. Brian McAulay has brought not only extensive expertise to the institutions he serves but also an unwavering commitment to a collaborative approach that engages all stakeholders in meeting challenges and driving solutions.
As the only chiropractic leader who holds a Ph.D. in management, has been named a Fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) and has chaired numerous regional accreditation site teams, Dr. McAulay has demonstrated a career-long passion for results-oriented leadership, strategic planning and academic innovation. Building enrollment and addressing both accreditation and financial challenges have often been top priorities in the institutions he has served.
Dr. McAulay melds a strong connection to the chiropractic profession with experience in launching and building enrollment in new health sciences programs at an array of higher education institutions. He owned a successful private chiropractic practice for 13 years and went on to serve as Interim President of Sherman College, President of Parker University, President of Argosy University in Dallas, Vice Chancellor of the multi-campus South University system, Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Palmer Colleges and Provost for Life University.
Dr. McAulay has served as President and Chair of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC); Chair
Mr. Saleem Musallam, a Johns Hopkins-educated Healthcare System Engineer, is the CEO of two FDA-registered medical device manufacturing companies: Excite Medical and US Orthotics. He serves on the University of South Florida’s Board of Medical Engineering and the Board of Directors for the Florida Medical Manufacturers Consortium, which represents over 900 FDA-registered medical device manufacturers. His flagship device, the DRX9000 Spinal Decompression Machine, is used in over 1,200 healthcare centers and five universities worldwide.
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Michael Schneider practiced as a Doctor of Chiropractic for over 25 years before becoming a fulltime academic researcher and professor at Pitt and now director of the Doctor of Chiropractic program. He received his PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 and a Certificate in Clinical Research from the Institute for Clinical Research Education in 2009. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications.
Schneider brings existing NIH funding to the Doctor of Chiropractic program to lead chiropractic research and oversee postdoctoral researchers. Schneider has a strong record of NIH funding from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the Patient Centered Outcomes and Research Institute (PCORI) as both principal investigator and co-investigator.
Schneider has taught post-graduate chiropractic continuing education courses for over 25 years. Over the past six years, he has co-led the Pitt Primary Spine Practitioner certificate program that brings together physical therapists and chiropractors from around the country, Europe and the Middle East to train as first-contact providers for patients with spinal problems.
Schneider has received both the Presidential Award and Researcher of the Year Award from the American Chiropractic Association. He also received the Distinguished Service Award from American Public Health Association, Chiropractic Health Care Section.
Dr. Steele began his career at The Central Institute for Human Performance. Dr. Steele has trained with experts including Pavel Kolar, Stuart McGill, Brett Winchester, and Clayton Skaggs. He has been certified in Motion Palpation, DNS, ART, and McKenzie Therapy. Dr. Steele lectures extensively on clinical excellence and evidence-based musculoskeletal management. He currently practices in Swansea, IL and serves on the executive board of the ICS.
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Dr. Sherrier is known as one of the “pioneer faculty” members of Palmer Florida, having been on staff since 2003. During his tenure at Palmer Florida, he held roles in the Palmer Chiropractic Clinics, taught clinical sciences for 10 years, served as the Director of Practice Foundations and then Associate Dean of Clinical Sciences.
After five years of serving in the associate dean role, Dr. Sherrier is excited to be able to work in a larger capacity. “I’m a chiropractor, but I’m most passionate about chiropractic education. This position is exciting because it allows me to fully utilize my academic and clinical experience in helping create a strong chiropractic program.”
