2014 NCCA Fall Convention
Speaker Schedule & Description
Friday, September 19th
BOE Education
Information and speaker TBA
12:00pm - 6:00pm
The Under Utilization of Chiropractic
Dr. Eric Plasker sponsored by Life University
12:00pm - 5:00pm
5 Hours of CEU
This seminar provides chiropractors and teams with the information that demonstrates how the Under
Utilization of chiropractic care is increasing healthcare costs while also causing unnecessary suffering
and lost human potential. In addition this course will provide the research demographics and strategies
for chiropractors to become more effective health care leaders as a patients' first choice for health care.
Dr. Eric Plasker was not only inspired as a teenager by his "family chiropractor" to enroll in Life
Chiropractic College, where he earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 1985, but helped shape his
personal and company visions of making chiropractic family practice and LCFE (Lifetime Care for
Everyone) a reality in communities across the world.
Dr. Eric Plasker ran two highly successful practice in Georgia for 16 years before launching The Family
Practice, Inc., a mission-driven training company that is helping chiropractors around the world help
more people while reaching their full potential in practice and life. The Family Practice is helping
doctors build the most successful lifetime family wellness practices in the world.
Medical Malpractice Prelitigation Collaboration
Scarlette Gardner, Aida Doss Havel, Diann Seigle
5:00pm - 6:00pm
1 Hour of CEU
Outcomes and benefits of medical malpractice prelitigation:
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Decreases claim costs - Cash settlements to injured persons will likely be considerably lower.
Runaway jury verdicts will be eliminated.
Decreases legal fees - All parties' attorneys' fees, the mediator's fee, and coaches' fees will be a
fixed amount per case.
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Decreases litigation time - Claims will be resolved within 3-6 months of filing instead of years
later.
Increases quality of care - Promotes implementation of new healthcare treatment systems and
standards to reduce medical risks and prevent future errors.
Increases patient safety - Identifies potentially unsafe healthcare providers and promotes
education and implementation of new medical treatment practices and procedures designed to
improve quality of care.
Increases provider/patient communication - Healthcare providers can tell the truth when a
medical error occurs without fear of legal repercussions.
Saturday, September 20th
Functional Medicine Essentials: Using Laboratory Analysis, Lifestyle and Nutritional
Interventions to Effectively Address Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Methylation,
Autoimmune Disease, Leaky Gut and More...
Dr. Brandon Lundell sponsored by Nutri-West
8:00am- 12:00pm & 2:30pm - 5:30pm
7 Hours of CEU
Learn the essential topics that Functional Medicine practitioners across the country address in
their practice
Learn the cause of many autoimmune disorders and how to restore immune balance
Learn what Methylation is and why it may be the single most important factor in lifetime health
Learn why inflammation is at the “heart” of cardiovascular disease, brain degeneration,
parkinson’s, autism, advanced aging and more, and how to find it and treat it.
Learn about Epigenetics – the dietary and lifestyle influences that actually changing our genetic
expression and how use methylation and other intervention to favorably influence our lifetime
health
FM practitioners are in high demand and will only increase as the population’s health continues
to decline rapidly and the traditional model of healthcare fails to look at the cause of disease
Learn Monday morning applications such as which labs to run on which patients and how to
effectively implement lifestyle, nutritional and dietary interventions that change people’s lives
This course is designed to give everyone from the absolute novice to the most seasoned
practitioner critical take home concepts for practical application
About the instructor, Dr. Lundell:
- Is not only a DABCI (chiropractic internist) but is a DABCI instructor
- Has developed and teaches a comprehensive functional medicine course at the
Southern California University of Health Sciences in L.A.
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Has completed the entire training course of the Institute of Functional Medicine and
is among the first group of DC’s, MD’s and other licensed practitioners to receive
certification from the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFMCP)
Has a successful waiting list only practice and has over a decade of experience in
functional medicine
Chiropractic and Lifestyle: An Evidence-Based 21st Century Healthcare Model
Dr. James Chestnut
8:00am - 12:00pm & 2:30pm - 5:30pm
7 Hours of CEU
The new scientific concepts of allostasis, allostatic load, and epigenetics are shifting the paradigm of
health science and health care toward the original chiropractic paradigm and away from the traditional
allopathic model. Science is showing that the central nervous system is the key interface between our
environment and the expression of our genes. Addressing the cause rather than palliating the effects is
the new mantra in health science and will be the new paradigm of 21st health care. It is also the only
viable option to solve the chronic illness pandemic. It is chiropractic’s birthright to be the gate keepers
of wellness and prevention paradigm healthcare.
Sunday, September 21
Functional Medicine Essentials: Using Laboratory Analysis, Lifestyle and Nutritional
Interventions to Effectively Address Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Methylation,
Autoimmune Disease, Leaky Gut and More...
Dr. Brandon Lundell sponsored by Nutri-West
8:00am- 1:00pm
5 Hours of CEU
Learn the essential topics that Functional Medicine practitioners across the country address in
their practice
Learn the cause of many autoimmune disorders and how to restore immune balance
Learn what Methylation is and why it may be the single most important factor in lifetime health
Learn why inflammation is at the “heart” of cardiovascular disease, brain degeneration,
parkinson’s, autism, advanced aging and more, and how to find it and treat it.
Learn about Epigenetics – the dietary and lifestyle influences that actually changing our genetic
expression and how use methylation and other intervention to favorably influence our lifetime
health
FM practitioners are in high demand and will only increase as the population’s health continues
to decline rapidly and the traditional model of healthcare fails to look at the cause of disease
Learn Monday morning applications such as which labs to run on which patients and how to
effectively implement lifestyle, nutritional and dietary interventions that change people’s lives
This course is designed to give everyone from the absolute novice to the most seasoned
practitioner critical take home concepts for practical application
About the instructor, Dr. Lundell:
- Is not only a DABCI (chiropractic internist) but is a DABCI instructor
- Has developed and teaches a comprehensive functional medicine course at the
Southern California University of Health Sciences in L.A.
- Has completed the entire training course of the Institute of Functional Medicine and
is among the first group of DC’s, MD’s and other licensed practitioners to receive
certification from the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFMCP)
- Has a successful waiting list only practice and has over a decade of experience in
functional medicine
Stress, Structure and Neurology: Practical Assessment for Treatment Tolls for Todays Stressed
Out Patient
Dr. Brian Jensen sponsored by FootLevelers
9am - 1pm
4 Hours of CEU
Dr. Jensen Explores the most prevalent causes of pain, disease and degeneration and offers practical
ideas for the evaluation and treatment of the modern patient as well as insight into effectively
communication these complex ideas to patients. This program goes beyond simple condition based
care and correlates the early teachings about the subluxation complex with some of the latest
technological advances in the profession.
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Explore the most prevalent causes of pain, disease and degeneration and learn practical ideas
for the evaluation and treatment of the modern patient.
Gain insight into effectively communicating these complex ideas to patients.
Go beyond simple condition based care and correlate the early teachings about the subluxation
complex with some of the latest technological advances in the profession.