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Drs. Julie Mayer Hunt and Roderic “Bo” Rochester, First Fellows

May 4, 2016

Orthospinology is proud to announce that Dr. Julie Mayer-Hunt and Roderic “Bo” Rochester are the first doctors to be awarded the designation of Fellow of Chiropractic Craniocervical Junction Procedures (FCCJP).

Drs. Hunt and Rochester are co-chairs of the Curriculum Committee for the International Chiropractors Association’s (ICA) Council on Upper Cervical Care. This advanced degree is awarded to graduates of the Diplomate of Chiropractic Craniocervical Junction Procedures program who have demonstrated further dedication to the science of the upper cervical correction with additional practice experience, research publications and presentations. Both doctors have dedicated their entire careers to the advancement of “the work” and are richly deserving of this distinction.

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