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National University of Health Sciences
The National University of Health Sciences was founded as the “National School of Chiropractic” by John Fitz Allen Howard DC in 1906 in Davenport, Iowa. In 1908, it moved to Chicago, because its founder desired a more scientifically rigorous academic culture.
Currently, National University of Health Sciences and its programs are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Its chiropractic medicine program remains accredited through the Council on Chiropractic Education. The university’s naturopathic medicine program received candidacy status under the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME) in March of 2008. Its master of science degrees in both acupuncture and oriental medicine received candidacy status with the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). The university’s one-year program in massage therapy certification is accredited by the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA).
Although it originally began as a chiropractic educational institution, NUHS now offers degree programs in chiropractic medicine, naturopathic medicine, acupuncture, Chinese medicine and biomedical sciences. The university also offers certificate programs for massage therapy and chiropractic assistants.
The university currently operates four of its own clinics (one on its Lombard campus, another on Chicago’s Maxwell Street, another in suburban Aurora and one at its St. Petersburg Florida campus), as well as two clinics housed by a not-for-profit outside mission organization serving transient clients.
NUHS, is classically viewed as a mixed chiropractic institution, in that teaches chiropractic adjusting within the realm of other treatment options for healthcare.
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