see also: WCA board member picked for VA committee

The 11-person Veterans Affairs Chiropractic Advisory Committee includes six chiropractors. In addition to Dr. Fischer, the following D.C.s were named to the panel:

*** Michael McLean, D.C., board member of the International Chiropractors Association, ICA Legislative chairman.

*** Cynthia Vaughn, D.C., member of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards; partner with ACA President James D. Edwards, D.C., in Chiropractic & Spine Center of Austin.

*** Ronald C. Evans, D.C., associate professor at Northwestern College of Chiropractic; member of the Department of Defense Oversight Advisory Committee; CEO of ICPC, a provider network that supplies D.C.s for Blue Cross of Iowa.

*** Reed C. Phillips, president of Los Angeles College of Chiropractic at Southern California University of Health Sciences. Department of Defense Oversight Advisory Committee (DoD OAC); member, Mercy Center Consensus Conference Commission.

*** Charles DuVall, D.C., president of the National Association of Chiropractic Medicine.

In addition to the D.C.s, the VA Committee includes the following five non-chiropractors:

*** Michael J. O'Rourke, assistant director Veterans Health Policy; consultant, Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics.

*** Brian Murphy, P.T., professor, University of Utah; member, Field Advisory Board, VA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; co-owner of Pinnacle Performance.

*** Warren A. Jones, M.D., former medical director, TRICARE Management; Family Medicine professor, University of Mississippi; president, American Academy of Family Physicians; served as special assistant to the U.S. Surgeon General for Physical Qualifications and Review.

*** Michael K. Murphy, D.O., dean of College of Osteopathic Medicine & Surgery, Des Moines; executive director of the Appalachian-Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute Consortium; retired Navy Captain; Navy liaison to the DoD OAC.