My Fellow New Mexico DC’s,

It is with a sad and heavy heart that I sit to compose this NMCA President’s Report due to the untimely death of our president, Dr. Bob Dubin, DC, a tireless professional for our profession.

It has been an honor and privilege to serve under Bob’s presidency to help the Chiropractic profession and the NMCA grow and prosper. The NMCA has made large steps to bring the availability of the chiropractic profession to the citizens of New Mexico through Public Awareness Programs as well as through Legislative actions. All this hard work has been accomplished to make practicing easier and more profitable for you, the New Mexico Chiropractic Physician.

Over the past 31 years of practice, it is getting harder and harder to listen to other professional and non-professional groups and entities’ telling me/we what is best for our present and future patients and what constitutes the practice of Chiropractic. The Advanced Practice Act will give the profession, in New Mexico, the political and legislative authority to provide the best healthcare possible to the citizens of New Mexico. When the New Mexico chiropractic profession again regains Primary Physician Status, all New Mexico DC’s will gain elevated status as healthcare providers with the entities that control the health care arena.

It is time for chiropractors to take control of chiropractic’s future. What have you done to help move the Chiropractic Profession into the 21st. Century? Join the NMCA, contribute to the PAC and participate in the activities of the NMCA so you, too, can feel the excitement and thrill of making a difference in your profession.

Dr. M. E. Brown, DC
President, NMCA