Dan Murphy
DC, DABCO
Dan Murphy, DC, DABCO graduated magna cum laude from Western States Chiropractic College in 1978, and has more than 34 years of practice experience. He received his Diplomat in Chiropractic Orthopedics in 1986. Since 1982, Dan Murphy has served as part-time undergraduate faculty at Life Chiropractic College West, where he is currently teaching classes to seniors in the Management of Spinal Disorders. His academic rank at the college is that of Professor. Dan Murphy is on the post-graduate faculty of several chiropractic colleges. His post-graduate continuing education classes include "Whiplash and Spinal Trauma", Neuroimmunology, Pediatrics, Phospholipid Neurobiology, The Neurophysiology of Therapeutic Lasers, and Nutrition. Dan Murphy is the coordinator of a year-long certification program (through the International Chiropractic Association) in "Chiropractic Spinal Trauma", which is being offered in Minneapolis this year (2012). He has taught more than 1,400 post-graduate continuing education seminars, including classes in the United States, Canada, Australia, France, England, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, Spain, Panama, South Korea, and Peru. Dr. Murphy is a contributing author to the books Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries, published by Aspen, 1996; Pediatric Chiropractic, published by Williams & Wilkins, 1998 and 2011; and Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries, 2nd edition, Jones and Bartlett, 2005. Since 1991, Dan Murphy has written a quarterly column in the American Journal of Clinical Chiropractic, with more than 80 columns appearing to date. In 1987, 1991 and 1995 Dan Murphy received the "Post-Graduate Educator of the Year" award, given by the International Chiropractic Association. In 1997 he received "The Carl S. Cleveland, Jr., Educator of the Year" award, given by the International Chiropractic Association of California. In 2001, Dan Murphy was honored by the readers of Dynamic Chiropractic as the top vote receiver for the "Our Virtual Chiropractic Association". He was also awarded "Chiropractor of the Year" by the International Chiropractic Association of California, and "Pediatric Chiropractor of the Year" given by Chiropractic Pediatric University. In 2003, Dan Murphy was awarded "Chiropractor of the Year" by Chiropractic Biophysics. This award is most prestigious because Chiropractic Biophysics has more chiropractic research studies published in the scientific literature than any other chiropractic group. From 2003-2009 Dan Murphy was the Vice President of the International Chiropractic Association. He was honored to be chosen as "Chiropractor of the Year" for the International Chiropractic Association, May 2009 -2010. Dan Murphy reviews articles regarding alternative health issues, which can be accessed through his website at http://www.danmurphydc.com.
