Ronald C. Evans

Dr. Evans is a Doctor of Chiropractic and a 1976 graduate of Northwestern University of Health Sciences, and Chaired its Chiropractic Orthopedics Residency Program from 1980 to 1984. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedists (DABCO) and Examiner Emeritus of that Board. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists (FACO) and Examiner Emeritus of that Board.

Dr. Evans is a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors (FICC), and has lectured in clinical orthopedics for nearly 40 years, lecturing extensively throughout the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, and Scotland. Dr. Evans has lectured on the campuses of Northwestern University of Health Sciences, Drake University, Texas College of Chiropractic, Logan University/College of Chiropractic, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, and Palmer College of Chiropractic, Western States College of Chiropractic, as well as at the Center for Alternative Medicine Research, Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Evans has addressed diverse audiences that include the Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa, the American Bar Association, the Australian Chiropractor's Association, the Defense Research Institute of the American Bar Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Royal Academy of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Evans is retired from an 11-year term of office on the Iowa Board of Chiropractic Examiners, serving as chairperson of the Board for nearly half that term.

He maintains a private practice in Des Moines, and is the senior chiropractic orthopedic staff of a multi provider, health care facility specializing in the non-surgical management of orthopedic and neurological disorders. He is a Trustee of the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research, and served as Editorial Adviser for its publication "Staying Well" for many years. He continues to serve the FCER as the Chairman of its Military Chiropractic Committee, and as Chairman of its Evidence Based Resource Center. He is the current Vice President of FCER.

Dr. Evans was an appointee to the RAND Consensus Panel for the study of the Appropriateness of Manipulative Care for the Cervical Spine. He is an appointee, by the Secretary of Defense of the United States, to the Oversight Advisory Committee for Chiropractic Health Care, Department of Defense, now serving as a Senior Member of that Committee, as well as its successor committee, the Chiropractic Healthcare Benefits Advisory Committee.

Dr. Evans serves as an Editorial Adviser for DC TRACTS,and is a Pre_publication Book Reviewer for Williams & Wilkins Publishers; Elsevier Co. and Aspen Publishing.

Dr. Evans was an appointee by Iowa Governor Terry, E. Branstad, to the Iowa Health Reform Council, the Iowa Health Regulation Review Task force, and the Iowa Community Health Management Information System (CHMIS). He is the CEO of the Iowa Chiropractic Physicians Clinic, (ICPC) a single specialty independent provider network for Iowa and surrounding Midwestern states.

Dr. Evans is the recipient of the Chiropractic Orthopedist of the Year Award (1984) and the Distinguished Service Award (1994) from the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists, receiving the ACCO Distinguished Service Award again for 2001-2002. The Council on Chiropractic Orthopedics recognized Dr. Evans for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 and he received the President's Citation for Distinguished Service by the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedists in 1991. Dr. Evans received the Award of Excellence in 1993-1994, the Presidential Award in 1994, and the Outstanding ICS Member in 1996-1997, all from the Iowa Chiropractic Society. Most recently, he received the Iowa Board of Chiropractic Examiners Service Award: Iowa Chiropractic Society 1990-2001. Dr. Evans received the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists in March 2003.

Dr. Evans' writings include Orthopedic Test and Signs, A Compendium, NWCC, 1979, 3rd ed, 1984, 1989; Differential Diagnosis of Conditions Presenting Neck and Arm Pain, NWCC, 1980, 2nd ed, 1984, 1985; Orthopedic Considerations of the Low Back and Lower Extremity, NWCC, 1980, 2nd ed, 1984, 1985; The Impairment Rating, NWCC, 1981, 2nd ed, 1984; The Injured Worker: Role of the Chiropractor, Journal of the Australian Chiropractor's Association; Vol. 15, number 2, 6/85; Malingering and Symptom Embellishment, Chapter 15 Chiropractic Family Practice; 1st ED. Williams & Wilkins, 1990; Thoracic Spinal Examination Procedures; audio lecture for DC TRACTS bimonthly publications, 1989, 1990; Truncal Pain; Chapter 5, as a contribution to Scoliosis, by D. Aspergren, Williams & Wilkins, 1991.; "Back School; a statistical correlation to demonstrate efficacy of a Back School Education Program in the therapeutic regimen: a one year study" Completed 12/31/82; "CPT/ICD_9 coding and reference glossary" for Iowa Chiropractic Society; The Role of The Doctor of Chiropractic In Health Care Reform in The State of Iowa Within the Context of the Principles of Reform Of the Iowa Health Reform Council; Notice of Intended Action Insurance Division [191], New Chapter 75, "Iowa Individual Health Benefits Plans"; Managed Care In The United States Perspectives on Chiropractic Health Care Delivery in Total Managed Care Systems, 1995; Noticed Rules, Chapter 110,"Center for Rural Health and Primary Care", New Section. 514c.11 Patient Access to Types of Physicians Under Managed Care Health Plan or Indemnity Plan With Limited Provider Network; Analysis of the Final Report on the Physician Utilization Study as authorized by Iowa State Senate, Senate File 2470(1996) and completed by Donald G. Hamm, Jr., FSA William M. Mercer, Incorporated, as the Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Various Types of Physicians for the Iowa Division of Insurance January 6, 1997 by Ronald C. Evans, DC, FACO, FICC, and Anthony I. Rosner, PhD February 10, 1997; Fibromyalgia: A Conservative perspective on Definition, Diagnosis and Management, a video presentation for FCER 5/95; Identifying and Understanding Lateral Elbow Pain with Emphasis on Lateral Epicondylitis; Alternative Medicine: Implications for Clinical Practice Chiropractic Health Care; Basic Chiropractic Testing and Evaluation Techniques PAIN: "Is it real, or is it Memorex", Iowa Trial Lawyers Association Medical Damages Seminar June 9, 1995; Testing Methodology and Protocol of the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedists, Evans RC, Brandt JR; Evans RC, Rosner AL. Alternatives in Cancer Pain Treatment: The Application of Chiropractic Care. Seminars in Oncology Nursing 2005; 21 (3):184-9. His textbooks include The Illustrated Essentials in Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 1993. Illustrated Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 2001, and Instant Access in Orthopedic Assessment, 2002.Most recently publishing in the e-Journal of the Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists, a Case Report "Iatrogenic Tendinopathy Associated with Levaquin (levofloxacin)", 2008

Dr Evans holds the copyright and trademark for the Greenfield Babinski Neurological Reflex Hammer; IMPSTAT (a computer program for the Evaluation and Rating of Physical Impairments (coauthored with Logic Unlimited, Inc.); and he is the co-developer of EXAM-MAKER, a computerized exam making program, based on multi-statistical permutations, with Logic Unlimited, Inc.