Credentials

Education:

• Currently pursuing a Post Graduate Degree in Internal Chiropractic Medicine
• 1992 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
• Bachelor of Science in Biology

Honors and Awards:

• 2009 Fellow of the International College of Chiropractic
• 2007 NC Chiropractic Association, Member of the Year
• 2002 NC Chiropractic Association, Doctor of the Year
• 2001 NC Chiropractic Association, Member of the Year
• 2000 NC Chiropractic Association, President’s Award
• 1999 NC Chiropractic Association, Member of the Year
• 1992 LA College of Chiropractic, Outstanding Service Award
• 1991 Mindlin Research Scholarship

Memberships:

• International College of Chiropractic
• North Carolina Chiropractic Association
• American Chiropractic Association

Publications

• Principal Investigator for the State of North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield State Employees Health Plan provider treatment cost comparison
  • 2010
• An Evaluation of Medical and Chiropractic Provider Utilization and Costs: Treating Injured Workers in North Carolina
  • Phelan, SP, Armstrong R, Knox D, Hubka M, Ainbinder D. Journal of Manipulative Physiologic Therapeutics 2004; 27 (7): 442-8.
• Workers’ Compensation in North Carolina; a manual for the field practitioner
  • Phelan SP.  NCCA Publication 2000.  Second edition 2003.  Third edition 2007.
• Rotary manipulation for cervical radiculopathy: observations on the importance of the direction of thrust
  • Hubka MJ., Phelan SP.  J Manipulative Physiol Therapeutics 1997; 20(9):622-7.
• Interexaminer reliability of palpation for cervical spine tenderness
  • Hubka MJ, Phelan SP. J Manipulative Physiol Therapeutics 1994; 17 (9) :591-4.
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