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Personal:
Doctor Skaggs retired from the Santa Fe railway Company after 17 years of service to pursue a career change to Chiropractic.  He is married with two boys, Shane and Kayle.   

E-mail drskaggs@skaggschiro.com

Education:
Undergraduate studies: Park College, Parkville, Missouri
Graduate studies: Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Missouri
                                     Graduated, Cum Laude with a Doctorate of Chiropractic degree
                                     August 1994.
                                     Continuing education as required by Missouri law.

Private practice:
Skaggs Chiropractic, LLC.  January 5, 1995 through present.

Community Service:
Volunteer Physician at the Community Clinic, Joplin, MO since August of 1995
Past President March of Dimes, Joplin, MO.

To earn a Doctorate of Chiropractic degree a candidate must have two years of pre-professional college education with a concentration in biological sciences plus four years of resident instruction at a Chiropractic college.

All 50 states plus the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico license Chiropractic Physicians and officially recognize Chiropractic as a health-care profession.  Chiropractic care is recognized by Medicare, and Medicaid and is listed as a medical deduction underneath the Internal Revenue Code.  Chiropractic Physicians are recognized as primary care providers and often serve as the entry to the healthcare system.