Erin Elster, D.C. strives to revolutionize health care. Such zeal is understandable, when you recognize the role upper cervical chiropractic played in transforming her life. As a child, she had to cope with asthma, which became more debilitating in college. After a serious health crisis, she looked for "an answer where previous treatments and therapies failed." The breakthrough came when an upper cervical specialist located and corrected an unknown neck injury. As a result, her asthma and allergies subsided. Where a flight of stairs once was daunting, Erin now climbs Colorado's fourteen thousand foot moutains. 

Elster's research heralds a new phase for upper cervical chiropractic. As with many medical arts, refinements in technology have transformed an established procedure, and Dr. Elster has used technology now available to pioneer landmark studies. With unbridled enthusiasm, the Chiropractic Journal wrote that Dr. Elster "has been doing some very important and exciting work" in discussing her publications on treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Matthew McCoy, editor of the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR), proclaimed, "Dr. Elster's work should serve as an inspiration to us all." For showing how "subluxations affect all human systems," she was named 2001 Researcher of the Year by the World Chiropractic Alliance.

• The University of California Berkeley: B.A. College of Arts and Sciences, History of Art Major, Conservation and Resource Studies Minor. Berkeley, California. 1987-1991.
  
  
• Palmer College of Chiropractic: D.C. Magna Cum Laude. Davenport, Iowa. 1992-1996.
  
  
• International Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (IUCCA): Applied Upper Cervical Biomechanics Program, Postdoctoral study of the upper cervical spine; clinical neurophysiology and paraspinal thermography, laser-aligned radiology, multi-vector adjusting procedure, case management. Redwood City, California. 1994-1996.

• Intern, Private practices of Dr. William Amalu, D.C., and Dr. Louis Tiscareno, D.C., Founders of the International Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association. Redwood City, California. Antioch, California. 1995-1996.
  
  
• Doctor of Chiropractic, Specializing in the Upper Cervical Spine, Private practice of Upper Cervical Chiropractic. Boulder, Colorado. 1997-present.
  
  
• Primary Investigator, Preliminary Research Projects, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Headaches: Examination, treatment, and evaluation of patients with Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Headaches. Boulder, Colorado. 1997-present.

• Graduation Magna Cum Laude, Palmer College of Chiropractic, 1996.
  
  
• Presidential Scholar, Palmer College of Chiropractic Award for Academic Excellence, 1996.
  
  
• Nomination/Selection to the Pi Tau Delta International Chiropractic Honor Society, 1996.
  
  
• 2001 Researcher of the Year, Awarded by the World Chiropractic Alliance for Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease research publications, December 2001.