Chiropractic Residency Program

Health care systems nationwide are mired with increasing costs and provider shortages. As DCs are an integral component of the conservative care team, specializing in efficient and effective health care utilization, there are increasing opportunities for chiropractors to provide care within integrated and hospital-based settings.

St. Luke's Chiropractic Residency started in July 2025 and is sponsored by St. Luke's University Health Network to facilitate meeting the growing need for chiropractic care. The mission of the St. Luke’s Chiropractic Residency is to prepare chiropractic residents for integrated clinical practice in hospitals and other integrated care settings through patient-centered, psychologically informed, evidence-based education and hospital-based clinical training within an academic medical center setting consisting of 16 campuses, 350+ offsite locations, and 23,000+ employees.

The chiropractic residency program at St. Luke’s University Health Network is currently engaged in the process of seeking programmatic accreditation by:
The Council on Chiropractic Education
9393 N 90TH ST, STE 102-660
Scottsdale, AZ, 85258-5073
Phone: (480) 443-8877
Website: www.cce-usa.org

During this application process, the program does not hold accredited status with the agency, nor does the agency ensure eventual accreditation.

The mission of the St. Luke’s Chiropractic Residency is to prepare each resident for integrated clinical practice and scholarly pursuit in hospitals and other integrated care settings while fostering a strong embrace of the patient-centered, evidence-based, and biopsychosocial approaches to care.

The overarching intention is to develop a chiropractic residency that is mission driven, and outcomes based while aiming to cultivate the skills and knowledge within each resident to provide chiropractic care when appropriate and effectively coordinate care for patients with spinal related and other musculoskeletal disorders through the full spectrum of a patient care experience. The residents will triage patients referred from Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Departments, and other specialists for consult; coordinate necessary tests/imaging; communicate with the care team; provide multimodal treatment when appropriate, within scope (mobilization/manipulation, postural/ergonomic advice, soft tissue techniques, self-care strategies, stretches/exercises); and refer patients when appropriate to other specialists.

The residents will:

• Triage patients referred from Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Departments, and other specialists for consult
• Coordinate necessary tests/imaging
• Communicate with the care team
• Provide multimodal treatment when appropriate, within scope (mobilization/manipulation, postural/ergonomic advice, soft tissue techniques, self-care strategies, stretches/exercises)
• Follow patient until resolution

Once you’ve completed the application, please send your CV to Maggie Keefer at maggie.keefer@sluhn.org.

The Chiropractic Residency Program currently utilizes the National Matching Service for the interview process for the 2026-2027 Academic Year. Interviews are required, and visits from prospective candidates are welcomed.

Minimum Requirements

Applicants must hold or be scheduled to receive a DC degree from a CCE-accredited school prior to the start of the residency program

• Minimum 3.5 GPA in DC degree program
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Interest in evidence-based, psychologically informed multimodal care
• 3 reference letters from DC/MD/DO
• Intern/extern/preceptorship experience in integrated setting (i.e. VA, BID-Plymouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, FQHCs)