Joseph Horrigan is a full time Clinical Faculty member at SCU and serves as Executive Director of Tactical Sports Medicine. He teaches MSK differential diagnosis while serving as an advisor for SCU’s Sports Medicine Clinic and educational programs including the Sports Medicine Honors Program and Sports Medicine Residency. Dr. Horrigan also leads a new clinical program in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Academy, which provides clinical learning opportunities to SCU students and residents.

In addition to his involvement with SCU, Dr. Horrigan is the President of Horrigan Sports Chiropractic and the Soft Tissue Center. He has served on the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians for fifteen years, including one year as President, five years as Vice-President, and nine years as Chairperson of the Written Examination Committee. Dr. Horrigan was awarded the Sports Chiropractor of the Year in 2001. In addition to his professorship at SCU, he is a post-graduate faculty member at Northwestern College of Chiropractic and Palmer College of Chiropractic in the Sports Medicine Department.

Dr. Horrigan served as the Head Speed-Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Los Angeles Kings from 1999 –2002. He served as Team Chiropractor for the Long Beach Ice Dogs hockey team from 1995 – 1999 and as their Director of Speed-Strength and Conditioning from 1996 – 2003. Dr. Horrigan served on the Sports Medicine Committee for USA Weightlifting from 1997 – 2005 and as the Chief Medical Officer for Team USA for the 1999 Junior World Championships and 2003 World Championships in Weightlifting. He served as a member of the official sports medicine providers for Red Bull North America from 2011 – 2016.

Dr. Horrigan has published in several professional journals. He has written the Ironman Magazine sports medicine column for twenty years cumulatively and intermittently written the sports medicine columns for Inside Kung-Fu and Ms. Fitness magazines. Dr. Horrigan has co-authored two books, The Seven Minute Rotator Cuff Solution published by Health for Life Publications, and Strength, Condition, and Injury Prevention for Hockey published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Publications. He currently writes a blog for The Huffington Post. Dr. Horrigan lectures for USA Track and Field in the Elite Hurdle Development Program.

Dr. Horrigan’s sports medicine and sports performance skills have also been utilized by the entertainment industry. He has served as Medical Consultant for the films: The Matrix (1999), Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015); and served as Athletic Performance Consultant on Seabiscuit (2003), The Skeleton Key (2005), Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), Che: Part One (The Argentine) (2008), and Che: Part Two (Guerrilla) (2008), The Lovely Bones (2008), The Hunger Games (2012), Savages (2012), and Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014). He also was a Medical Consultant for the NBC television show, S.T.R.O.N.G.

Michael Fanning is a New England native, born and raised in Rhode Island. He served six years in the USAF as a member of the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) stationed at the 15th Air Support Operations Squadron, Detachment 1 at Fort Benning, GA. His service included two tours in Iraq’s Diyala and Wasit provinces as a Forward Air Controller attached to the 1/15 Infantry Regiment and 3-1 Cavalry Squadron.

Fanning’s military specializations included joint Terminal Attach Controller (JTAC), Basic-Parachutist qualifications and receiving an Associate of Arts in Information Systems from the Community College of the Air Force.

Upon Honorable Discharge as a Staff Sergeant in 2011, Fanning studied Biology at the University of Utah while working as a USA Triathlon Certified Coach and competing in Ironman distance events. In 2013 he transferred to Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU).

Fanning recently graduated Cum Laude from the Doctor of Chiropractic program at SCU and received the Dr. Lester McCoy Clinical Excellence Award. He is now part of SCU’s Chiropractic Sports Medicine Residency Program.

Joseph Houde received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Boston College. He went to graduate school at Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) where he earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic. A few years after graduating, he pursued his passion for sports medicine, taking post-graduate training through the American Chiropractic Boards of Sports Physicians (ACBSP), where he achieved his Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner (CCSP) designation, along with the highest designation in chiropractic sports medicine, the Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP).

Dr. Houde completed a two week sports medicine rotation at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in 2015. He has been a medical team staff member for Team USA Beach Volleyball and Team USA Men’s Field Hockey events since 2014. In 2017, Dr. Houde became the team doctor for the U.S. Men’s Field Hockey National Team. He has also worked in the field at various volleyball and lacrosse tournaments, marathons/triathlons, and high school football games.

Dr. Houde has gained the respect of the athletic community in Southern California and beyond. He knows that each person is unique, and he approaches each patient’s needs from that perspective. He treats all patients, not just the athletes or weekend warriors, and applies his sports medicine expertise to everyday people and injuries. His goal in practice is to always return his patients to a pain-free and active lifestyle, and Dr. Houde does his best to understand their individual goals.

David Velasquez brings a strong clinical skill set from twenty years in private practice in multidisciplinary clinics. Dr. Velasquez has presented eight podium and poster abstracts to the ACBSP Chiropractic Sports Science Symposia over a twelve year period. He currently serves as a Clinician for the SCU Tactical Sports Medicine Department.

John Hofman holds a Master of Science in Kinesiology. Hofman is a Tactical Strength and Conditioning Facilitator with Distinction (TSAC*D) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction (CSCS*D), both from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He currently serves as the Director of SCU Tactical Strength and Conditioning.

Vanessa Smith earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from California State University, Fullerton. After working as a Speech Language Pathologist in public schools, she earned her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) in 2017. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at SCU and operates a thriving private acupuncture and Eastern Medicine practice in Laguna Hills, California. With a focus in orthopedics, her practice offers integrative and non-invasive options for recovery and health.

Tommy Ton was born and raised in Southern California. In 2015, he graduated Cum Laude from California State University, Fullerton where he received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. In 2019, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) and received a Doctorate of Chiropractic. Dr. Ton has always had an interest in movement and the human body as a whole. Throughout high school, he participated in various activities including water polo, swimming, and volleyball. During his time in college, he completed five marathons, a sprint triathlon, piranha fishing in the Amazon River, and spent ten days trekking the Himalayan Mountain in Nepal. Dr. Ton believes that integrating CRISP protocols, sports medicine, and strength/conditioning can be the catalyst to improving a person’s life through movement, science, and well-being.

Mahealani Schreindorfer currently works as a Clinician at Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU). Dr. Schreindorfer completed her Chiropractic Doctorate at SCU, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from Western Oregon University with a minor in Human Biology. She has volunteer experience working with a wide range of sports medicine patients participating in the following: biking, fencing, football, rowing, powerlifting, and athletic training rooms. Dr. Schreindorfer enjoys helping her patients become pain-free without having to resort to surgery or opioids.