MEET OUR DOCTORS
Dr.
Cynthia Vaughn is a 1984 Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Southern
California University of Health Sciences and has practiced in Austin since
1988. She was appointed to the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners by Governor
George W. Bush in 1997 and was appointed president of
the board by Governor Bush in 2000. She has also served as Texas
State Delegate to the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Federation
of Chiropractic Licensing Boards.
Dr. Vaughn currently serves as
East Texas Delegate
to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). She has previously
served as the Vice President of the ACA Council of
Delegates and Chairman of the ACA Clinical Documentation Committee. She
was elected to the Parker University Board of Trustees in 2009,
elected Secretary of the Parker University Board
of Trustees in 2010, and was elected Chairman of the
Board of Trustees in 2012.
In 2002, U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Anthony Principi
appointed Dr. Vaughn to the Department of VA Chiropractic
Advisory Committee and in March 2005, VA Secretary
R. James Nicholson appointed her to the VA Advisory Committee on Chiropractic
Care Implementation.
In 2005, Dr. Vaughn received the ACA "Dr. John Flynn
& Dr. Robert Lynch Memorial Award" for outstanding service and
leadership. In 2007, she received the "Keeler Plaque
Award" recognizing the Texas Doctor of the Year and in 2008, Dr. Vaughn
received the American Chiropractic Association "Delegate
of the Year" award.
Dr. James Edwards is a 1977
graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Missouri. He
served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of
the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and President of the American
Chiropractic Foundation from 2001-2003. He also served as
ACA Treasurer from 2003-2005 and represented
9 states as the ACA District VI Governor from 1998-2005. From 1995-1998,
Dr. Edwards served as Treasurer and then Chairman of the
ACA-PAC.
Dr. Edwards was appointed
to the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts by two different Kansas governors
where he served 8 years. He has also served as
Kansas State Delegate to the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and
the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards. In 2005, he was named
Chairman of the National Chiropractic Legal Action
Fund.
Dr. Edwards was named Kansas
Chiropractic Association "Doctor of the Year" in 1991,
national "Doctor of the Year" by Dynamic Chiropractic
in 2000 and American Chiropractic Association
"Chiropractor of the Year" in 2004.
Dr.
Sarah Rachel is a 2009 graduate of the University of Texas
at Austin with a degree in nutrition, and a 2012 graduate of Parker University
with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.
While attending Parker University, Dr. Rachel served as a chiropractic
intern at the Dallas VA Medical Center. She is currently taking the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT) certification training program to perform
physical examinations for commercial truck drivers. Dr. Rachel is also
working towards pediatric certification through the International Chiropractic
Pediatric Association.
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