About Burl R. Pettibon, DC, FABCS, FRCCM, PhD. (Hon)
Dr. Burl Pettibon has guided The Pettibon Institute’s
direction, continuing education offerings, and research
since the Institute's inception as the Pettibon Spinal BioMechanics Institute in 1981.
As a teacher, inventor, and researcher, Dr. Pettibon’s
influence and contributions to the science of chiropractic
are legendary.
Dr. Pettibon has been an extension faculty member and
lecturer at Palmer College of Chiropractic for more than
35 years. He is also an extension faculty member at Life
University, Logan College of Chiropractic, Parker College
of Chiropractic, and Cleveland Chiropractic College—
where he received his degree in 1956. Dr. Pettibon has
written more than 65 papers and books on chiropractic care and research. Over the course
of his career, he has developed 25 clinics. At the present time, the profession is using the
more than 40 products that he has invented to make the detection and correction of
vertebral displacements both easier and more accurate. He currently holds three patents
and has two pending approval.
In 1988, Dr. Pettibon received the Daniel David Palmer Chiropractic Scientific Award. In
2005, Dr. Pettibon was certified as a Fellow of the American Board of Chiropractic
Specialists and inducted as a Fellow into the Royal College of Chiropractic Medicine. In
April 2007, Dr. Pettibon was awarded an honorary PhD from American International
University, an affiliate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United
States of America, a sister college of the Royal College in England, which in 1645
founded what is now the world’s oldest medical educational institution.
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