Founder and President, Dr. Scott Haldeman, Honored with McAndrews Award for Advancing Spine Care Research and Patient Outcomes
World Spine Care founder and president Scott Haldeman received the 2023 McAndrews Research Fund Pioneer Award for helping people in underserved regions of the world. Dr. Haldeman founded World Spine Care in 2008 with his wife Joan, a physical therapist, to provide quality, evidence-based spine care to people in underserved communities.
The Jerome F. McAndrews, DC, Memorial Research Fund Pioneer Award recognizes veteran researchers who have left a mark on the chiropractic profession through their research. The NCMIC Foundation presented Dr. Haldeman and 3 other deserving recipients with the awards at the American Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational and Research Agenda Conference (ACC-RAC) in New Orleans, Louisiana, this past March.
Dr. Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FCCS(C), FAAN, is a clinical professor in the Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, and visiting professor at Southern California University of Health Sciences. He is past president of the North American Spine Society, the American Back Society, and the North American Academy of Manipulative Therapy. He served on the executive council of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine and was appointed International Ambassador for the Decade of the Bone and Joint. He currently chairs the Global Spine Care Initiative to develop evidence-informed, practical, and sustainable, spine healthcare models for communities around the world.
The Jerome F. McAndrews, DC, Memorial Research Fund was created by the NCMIC Foundation to honor Dr. McAndrews’ longtime support of the scientific and practical advancement of the study of chiropractic. It provides an award to a worthy research recipient who has demonstrated exceptional ability to:
Advance research and the exchange of scientific information
Promote high ethical standards in research and/or practice
Contribute to practical applications to chiropractic practice
Interact professionally with other individuals and groups involved in relevant research and application
Read more about the award and past recipients at the NCMIC Foundation website.
