Your Extraordinary LIFE 2018 Volume 11 | Page 72

A L U M N I A N D F R I E N D S U P D AT E Keep in Touch with LIFE Graduates Dr. Douglas Krift Voted 2018 Chiropractor Of The Year by the Kentucky Association of Chiropractors Dr. Patrick Gallagher (‘87) Alternative Medicine| Healing Worried that, after all that medical care following the accident, your daily life continues to be filled with that nagging pain at the base of your skull? You know that something is not right. Not happy with the option of taking a medicine to numb the pain, yet still having to deal with those debilitating migraines? Sick and tired of having to having to rely on a bottle of pills to sustain anything close to a “normal” life? There is hope: Inside this book you will learn about a special procedure that realigns the top bone in your neck (atlas), which surrounds your brainstem. When the atlas is misaligned, the patient experiences a wide spectrum of pain and discomfort ranging from debilitating headaches and migraines to vertigo that puts the patient on the ground. This is a technique so specialized that out of 60,000 chiropractic physicians, only .01% is board-certified in this line of care. If you’re looking for relief from nagging pain without drugs, this book may hold the answer. I n these pages, you will discover more than a dozen cases where miraculous changes occurred in the lives of patients by having their heads literally put back on straight. About the Author At age seventeen, Dr. Patrick Gallagher was in a motorcycle accident which left him in a coma for eleven days. From this severe trauma, he was introduced to chiropractic care. He was so inspired by his own miraculous results, he pursued that profession and has dedicated his career to helping others with head trauma. He is one of only 600 doctors worldwide who has earned th the Board Certified Atlas Orthogonal (B.C.A.O.) certificate and holds his DC degree from Life University. Dr. Frank Bowling (‘77) Dr. Frank Bowling celebrated 40 years in chiropractic practice as of June 11, 2018. The Kentucky Association of Chiropractors (KAC) is proud to announce that Dr. Douglas Krift has been voted the 2018 Chiropractor of the Year. Chiropractor of the Year is the KAC’s most prestigious annual award recognizing a member who has gone above and beyond to give back to the chiropractic profession. During the 102nd Annual KAC convention in Lexington, Dr. Krift’s peers selected him for this honor on the third weekend of September. Dr. Krift maintains a private practice in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky and has done so for the past 20 years. He resides in Alexandria, Kentucky with his wife Tanya and two children. He has previously served the KAC as District 5 Director, 2nd Vice President, 1st Vice President and President. He currently serves as the Immediate Past President and KAC-PAC Treasurer. IS YOUR HEAD The author and Dr. Roy Sweat (Sweat Foundation), who developed a highly advanced instrument that painlessly and accurately re-positions the atlas vertebra. 1970s R Dr. Patrick Gallagher just released the audio version of his book, Is Your Head on Straight? at the Advanced AO seminar in Atlanta, May 19, with 95 chiropractors in attendance. Life gets busy; it took him nine months from the books release to get the audio version completed. ON A New Approach for Healing Head Trauma DR . PATRICK GALL AG HER Foreword by Dr. Roy Sweat Dr. Patrick Gallagher’s book Friends We’ve Lost Mario Anthony Vitelli (’80) Russell (Rusty) Jones (’89) Russell (Rusty) Jones passed away in March 2018. Dr. Joan Craft (’85) Dr. Joan Craft passed away October 2016. Dr Paul Stangil (’90) Dr Paul Stangil passed away November 2016. He practiced in Charlottesville, Virginia. 70 Alumni.LIFE.edu | 2018 > Mario Anthony Vitelli Mario Anthony Vitelli passed away July 25, 2018. Born on December 27, 1933 to the late Salvador Angel Francisco Vitelli and Eugenia Mejia, he worked primarily as a Chiropractor with his wife, ‘Dr. Carol,’ at Physician’s Health Center and Chiropractic on SE 17th Street. He is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Carol Bartholomew; daughters, Maria Veronica Vitelli and Maria Victoria Tribble; and son, Mario Anthony Vitelli, Jr.; brother, Salvador Vitelli; sisters, Yolanda Muyshondt and Martha Vitelli; and four grandchildren, Grace Antonia Tribble, Quinton Zachary X Vitelli-Hawkins, Maximillian Alonzo Tribble and Emma Elizabeth Tribble. He had numerous nieces and nephews. Dr. Douglas Krift, the Kentucky Association of Chiropractors (KAC) 2018 Chiropractor of the Year