About Dr. Bill Gallagher, DC, CMVI
Co-Founder, Clinical Director
Expertise • Credibility • Integrity
Dr. Gallagher, an injury care chiropractor of nearly 40 years, ensures our patients receive the highest level of care and integrity. Dr. Gallagher is a nationally renowned leader and instructor in evidence-based injury care, having been invited as an advisor by the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Journal of Brain and Neurological Disorders, ChiroTouch, and other prominent national organizations. In the med-legal arena, Dr. Gallagher’s credibility is best-in-class—he has been hired over 600 times by personal injury attorneys as an auto accident medical expert. Over the last 10 years alone, Dr. Gallagher has taught the ins and outs of evidence-based auto injury care to hundreds of chiropractors and attorneys nationwide.
Certifications
- Certified Directional Non-Force Technique® Practitioner, 1988–present
- Dr. Gallagher’s discoveries from clinical research have notably improved the effectiveness of care for the spine and extremities and are now taught as part of the DNFT® technique
- Advanced Certification in Whiplash Injury Biomechanics & Traumatology; Spine Research Institute of San Diego, 2016
- Certificate in Motor Vehicle Injuries; American Academy of Motor Vehicle Injuries, 2017
- Certificate in How to Write a Persuasive Medical Legal Report; American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME), 2021
- Certificate in Symptoms Magnification, Claims Exaggeration, and Malingering; American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME), 2021
- Certified Medical Examiner (Lic: #374281136), 2014
- Certified DMEPOS Medicare Orthotics Provider, 2014
- Niel-Asher Technique® Master Certification in Treating the Complex Shoulder, 2013
- MASS Position Theory & Orthotic Design Certification, 2008
- Certified Directional Non-Force Technique® Practitioner, 1988–present
Professional Experience
- Contributor & Reviewer, AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th Edition 2024 Update (American Medical Association)
- Private practice (CA & AZ), 1988–2022, using Directional Non-Force Technique® methods
- Founder & Dean of Education, American Academy of Motor Vehicle Injuries, 2015–present
- Chair of Personal Injury Committee, Arizona Association of Chiropractic, 2016–present
- President, Arizona Association of Chiropractic, 2023–2024
- Board Member, International Chiropractors Association, Council on Applied Sciences, 2024
- Editorial Board Member for Journal of Brain and Neurological Disorders, 2022–present
- Medical Director of Phoenix Personal Injury Attorneys Network; providing education for doctors and lawyers working in personal injury, 2013–2015
- Founder, Phoenix Medical Legal Services; providing support and services for attorneys and doctors, 2015–present
- Contributing Editor for Attorney At Law Magazine, 2014–2021
- Post-Graduate Adjunct Professor, Life Chiropractic College West, 2021–present
- Post-Graduate Adjunct Professor, Texas Chiropractic College, 2021
- Chair, Arizona Association of Chiropractic Education Committee, 2020–present
- Panelist on the Scientific Commission of the Clinical Compass: The Role of Chiropractic Care in Providing Health Promotion and Clinical Preventive Services for Adult Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline, Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP)
- Guest Panelist: AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Digital Updates, 2020–present
- Panelist on the Scientific Commission of the Clinical Compass; Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP) for Chronic Pain Management, 2019–2020
- Co-Chair: 7th International Conference and Exhibition on Pain Research and Management, October 11-12, 2018, Zurich, Switzerland
- Panelist on the Scientific Commission of the Clinical Compass; Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters, CCGPP, 2018–2019
- District Delegate, Arizona Association of Chiropractic, June 2017–present
- Publisher, AAC Personal Injury Quarterly, 2017–2021
- Coordinator of Drug Abuse Prevention at Life Chiropractic College West, 1987–88
- Executive Director and founder of INSPIREHealth.org, a non-profit that uses the Run Drugs Out of Town Run and other programs to raise awareness of and money for drug abuse prevention with an emphasis on tobacco and alcohol as the first drugs of abuse, 2000–2019
Education
- Doctor of Chiropractic, Cum Laude from Life Chiropractic College West, 1988
- Training for Living Institute, NY, NY, drug abuse prevention, 1972–73
- BA, Psychology and Secondary Education from Richmond College of the City University of New York, 1972
Keynotes & Presentations (Last 10 Years Only)
- Presenter: The Flaws with IMEs, 2 CLEs, Phoenix, AZ April 5, 2025
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Suprise, AZ December 12, 2024
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Tucson, AZ December 8, 2024
- Presenter: ICA Advances in Management of Traumatic Injuries, 12 CE, Orlando, FL, November 2 & 3, 2024
- Presenter: ICA Advances in Management of Traumatic injuries, 12 CE, Phoenix, AZ October 12-13, 2024
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ August 18, 2024
- Presenter: ABCs of Personal Injury, 8 CEs, Everett, WA, July 27, 2024
- Presenter: ICA Advances in Management of Traumatic injuries, 12 CE, Dallas Texas, April 2021, 2024
- Presenter: Why You Don’t Get Paid On a PI Case, 4 CE, Maryland Chiropractic Association Fall Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 13, 2023
- Presenter: What Is Missing from Your PI Cases, 8 CE, Greenbelt, MD, September 23, 2023
- Presenter: Practical Application of Impairment Ratings, 4 CEs, Arizona Association of Chiropractic Convention, Chandler, AZ, June 11, 2023
- Presenter: ABCs of Personal Injury, 8 CEs Tucson, AZ, February 11, 2023
- Presenter: ABCs of Personal Injury, 8 CEs Phoenix, AZ, January 21, 2023
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Phoenix, AZ December 10, 2022
- Keynote Speaker: ABCs of Personal Injury, 4 CEs, Maryland Chiropractic Association Convention, Baltimore, MD, October 21, 2022
- Presenter: ABCs of PI, 2 CEs, Phoenix, AZ July 30, 2022
- Presenter: ABCs of Personal Injury, 4 CEs, Arizona Association of Chiropractic Convention, Chandler, AZ June 12, 2022
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Tucson, AZ May 10, 2022
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Phoenix, AZ March 22, 2022
- Presenter: Mechanism of Injury in Motor Vehicle Collision, 8 CEs, 6 CLEs, Scottsdale, AZ December11.2021
- Presenter: Mechanism of Injury in Motor Vehicle Collision, 8 CEs, 6 CLEs, Scottsdale, AZ November 13.2021
- Presenter: Mythology of PI; IME, 3 CLE, Phoenix, AZ August 18, 2021
- Presenter: Physical Examination Review, 2 CEs, Tucson, AZ May 7, 2021
- Presenter: Documentation for PI, 2 CEs Scottsdale, AZ January 16, 2021
- Presenter: Physical Examination Review, 4 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ December 31, 2020
- Presenter: Documentation for PI, 2 CEs Scottsdale, AZ December 17, 2020
- Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools, 12 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ November 21, 2020
- Presenter: Documentation for PI, 2 CEs Tucson, AZ October 24, 2020
- Presenter: Documentation for PI, 2 CEs Scottsdale, AZ October 8, 2020
- Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools, 12 CEs, Phoenix, AZ Sept 19, 2020
- Presenter: Documentation for PI, 2 CEs Mesa, AZ May 28, 2020
- Presenter: Documentation for PI, 2 CEs Scottsdale, AZ May 19, 2020
- Presenter: Documentation for PI, 2 CEs Scottsdale, AZ May 12, 2020
- Presenter: Mechanism of Injury, 2 CEs presented twice for The Whiplash Group, Salt Lake City, UT February 28 – March 1, 2020
- Presenter: Whole Person Permanent Impairment Rating for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15, CEs, Scottsdale, AZ February 15 & 16, 2020
- Presenter: Ethics & Law, 2 CEs, San Leandro, CA January 25, 2020
- Presenter: What Is Missing from Your Personal Injury Cases, 12 CEs, Phoenix, AZ December 14, 2019
- Presenter: Ethics, 3 CEs & CLEs, Phoenix, AZ November 10, 2019
- Presenter: Documenting Concussions, 5 CEs, Phoenix, AZ November 9, 2019
- Presenter: Mechanism of Injury of Concussions, 5 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ Oct 20, 2019
- Presenter: ABCs of Personal Injury, 12 CEs Wisconsin Chiropractic Association Fall Convention, Wisconsin Dells, WI, September 26 & 27, 2019
- Presenter: Ethics & Law, 2 CEs, Burbank, CA September 21, 2019
- Presenter: Ethics & Law, 2 CEs, LA, CA September 13, 2019
- Presenter: Extremity Examination for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ Aug 17 – 18, 2019
- Presenter: Whole Person Permanent Impairment for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ June 22 & 23, 2019
- Presenter: Failure to Diagnose for Personal Injury Attorneys, 4 CLEs, Phoenix, AZ, June 12, 2019
- Keynote speaker: Idaho Association of Chiropractic Physicians Convention, 9 CEs, Boise, Idaho; ABCs of PI, April 27, 2019
- Presenter: Spinal Exam & Diagnosis for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ April 6 & 7, 2019
- Presenter: Medical Legal Issues for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ March 16-17, 2019
- Presenter: ABCs of Personal Injury, Indiana State Chiropractic Association Convention, 8 CEs, Noblesville, IN, Match 9, 2019
- Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ, February 16-17, 2019
- Presenter: Failure to Diagnose, Phoenix, 4 CEs, AZ January 12, 2019
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Mesa, AZ, December 20, 2018
- Presenter: Ethics & Law for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, San Diego, CA November 16, 2018
- Presenter: Whole Person Permanent Impairment Rating for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15, CEs, Scottsdale, AZ November 10-11, 2018
- Presenter: Testing for Concussion/TBI, Scottsdale, 10 CEs, AZ October 21, 2018
- Presenter: Failure to diagnose concussion/TBI due to a lack of understanding of the mechanism of injury, 5 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ October 20, 2018
- Keynote/Plenary Speaker: Failure to diagnose concussion/TBI due to a lack of understanding of the mechanism of injury, Zurich, Switzerland, October 12, 2018
- Keynote/Plenary Speaker: Understanding the mechanism of injury:A means to provide better direction for proper diagnoses in motor vehicle collisions, Zurich, Switzerland, October 11, 2018
- Presenter:Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 15 CEs, Prescott, AZ October 4, 2018
- Presenter: Ethics & Law for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Upland, CA Septermber 20, 2018
- Presenter: Ethics & Law for Personal Injury, 2CEs, LA, CA September 15, 2018
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Chandler, AZ, September 6, 2018
- Presenter: What Is Missing from Your PI Cases for Doctors & Attorneys, 12 CEs, 10 CLEs, Scottsdale, AZ August 18, 2018
- Presenter: Extremity Exam for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 10 CEs Scottsdale, AZ August 11, 2018
- Presenter: Failure to Diagnose, 4 CEs, San Jose, CA June 22, 2018
- Presenter: Documentation and Ethics, 15 CEs, Arizona Association of Chiropractic Convention, Glendale, AZ June 8-10
- Presenter: Whole Person Permanent Impairment Rating for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, LA. CA May 5 & 6, 2018
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Chandler, AZ, May 3, 2018
- Presenter: Spinal Exam and Diagnosis for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ, March 24 & 25, 2018
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ, March 22, 2018
- Presenter: Mechanism of Injury and Failure to Diagnose Concussion/TBI, 4 CEs, Dallas, TX, March 18, 2018
- Presenter: Ethics and Law for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, LA. CA, March 14, 2018
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Tempe AZ March 8, 2018
- Presenter: Medical Legal Issues for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ February 24-25, 2018
- Presenter: Documentation and Record Keeping for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ February 22, 2018
- Presenter: The Importance of Proper Diagnosis in Personal Injury, 4 CEs, San Antonia, TX February 2, 2017
- Presenter: Medical Legal Issues in Personal Injury, 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ Jan 27-28, 2018 Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ Jan 20-21, 2017
- Presenter: Mechanism of Injury of Concussion in Motor Vehicle Injuries, 4 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ Nov 3, 2017
- Presenter: Extremity Examination for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Tucson, AZ Oct 21-22, 2017
- Presenter: Whole Person Impairment Rating for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ Oct 14-15, 2017
- Presenter: Concussions and Cranial Nerve Exam for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ Sept 16-17, 2017
- Presenter: Whole Person Permanent Impairment Rating for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Tucson, AZ Aug 26-27, 2017
- Presenter: Extremity Examination for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ July 22, 2017
- Presenter: Spinal Examination for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Tucson, AZ, July 15 – 16, 2017
- Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ, June 24 – 28, 2017
- Presenter: What Attorneys Miss on a Demand Letter, 2 CLEs Scottsdale, AZ June 15, 2017
- Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools for Motor Vehicle Injuries 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ June 10 & 11, 2017
- Presenter: Ethics in Motor Vehicle Injuries 3 CLEs, Phoenix, AZ May 6, 2017
- Presenter: Personal Injury Issues 14 CEs, Phoenix, AZ May 6 & 7, 2017
- Presenter: Medical Legal Issues in Motor Vehicle Injuries 15 CEs, Tucson, AZ April 8 & 9, 2017
- Presenter: Management of Concussions 1 CE, Scottsdale, AZ April 1, 2017
- Presenter: Spinal Examination for Motor Vehicle Injuries, 15 CEs with Dr. Altman, Phoenix, AZ March 25 & 26, 2017
- Presenter: Case Management for Motor Vehicle Injuries 15 CEs, Tucson, AZ March 18 & 19, 2017
- Presenter: Medical Legal Issues in Motor Vehicle Injuries 15 CEs, Phoenix, AZ February 25 & 26, 2017
- Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools for Motor Vehicle Injuries, a 15 CEs class as part of the certificate program offered by the American Academy of Motor Vehicle Injuries, Tucson, AZ February 18 & 19, 2017
- Presenter: Documentation for Personal Injury, 2 CEs taught for the Arizona Association of Chiropractic at sites statewide in November and December 2016
- Presenter: Testing for TBI, 2 CEs, Phoenix, AZ October, 16, 2016
- Presenter: Radiology for TBI, 2 CEs, Phoenix, AZ, October 15, 2018
- Presenter: Documentation for Personal Injury, 2 CEs, Scottsdale, AZ October 13, 2016
- Presenter: Ethics and Law, 2 CEs, Los Angeles, CA, September 18, 2016
- Presenter: Whole Person Impairment Rating, Personal Injury Issues II, 4 CEs, Phoenix, AZ September 17, 2016
- Presenter: Spinal Examination for Motor Vehicle Injuries a 15 CEs class as part of the certificate program offered by the American Academy of Motor Vehicle Injuries, Phoenix, AZ June 18 & 19, 2016
- Presenter: What You Don’t Know About Personal Injury, 12 CEs, Arizona Association or Chiropractic Convention, June 3, 2016
- Presenter: Outcomes Assessment Tools for Motor Vehicle Injuries, a 15 CEs as part of the certificate program offered by the American Academy of Motor Vehicle Injuries, Phoenix, AZ April 16 & 17, 2016
- Presenter: Documentation and Ethics 2 CE class approved by the Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners # AZCE16067.Presented to the Yavapi County Chiropractic Society, Prescott, AZ, March 3, 2016
- Presenter: Ethics and Law: 2 CE class presented to chiropractors in Oakland, California on February 27, 2016 to meet the new requirement of the California Board.
- Presenter: Personal Injury Issues, 4 CEs, Phoenix, AZ January 30, 2016
- Presenter: Ethics and Law: 2 CEs, LA, California on September 19, 2015