THE ITALIAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION IS HERE FOR YOU
To guarantee you authenticity, professionalism and security.
L’AIC has been active since 1974 and aims to protect the patient and the profession itself from the phenomenon of squatting, which is so prevalent in Italy, by guaranteeing patients Qualified Chiropractic Doctors and promote the
Chiropractic as art, science, philosophy.
- Ensure exclusively Doctor of Chiropractic graduates according to the International Standards on Chiropractic Education.
- Assistance hotline 800 017 806.
- Service by voicemail To provide all necessary information to the patient about chiropractic care.
- Support The patient in the informed choice of a Doctor of Chiropractic.
- Work side by side with institutions to obtain a final regulation on the profession to guarantee the patient.
- FB page and AIC App Constantly updated on chiropractic care and latest information.
- Chiropractic & Health the four-monthly magazine sponsored by the AIC.
- Political commitment alongside institutions for the ultimate recognition of chiropractic.
- Open register of Chiropractic Doctors in Italy.
- Implementing Italian university course for chiropractic.
- Membership in the International Chiropractors Association (ICA).
- Membership in the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC).
- Mass media and social media promotion and communication.
- Constant monitoring in print and online press.
- Refresher courses in line with international standards.
- Insurance policy.
- Legal assistance.
- Tax counseling.
- Official AIC brochures and posters.
- Chiropractic & Health the four-monthly magazine sponsored by the AIC.
HISTORY IN ITALY
Italians' interest in Chiropractic began as early as 1924. It turns out that in that year as many as five Italians had enrolled in U.S. colleges to study this new scientific discipline: four at Palmer College of Chiropractic, Iowa, and one at the National College of Chiropractic in Chicago.
We do not know when chiropractors actually began working in Italy, although there is talk of activity before World War II.
The name of one Dr. Pistolesi surfaces almost 100 years after his appearance, and after more than 45 years of A.I.C. activity, Chiropractic is a highly regarded health profession in Italy.
THE DIRECTOR.
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
Benito Oliva
PRESIDENT
Graduated in Biology in 1991 in Canada from the University of Western Ontario and graduated in Chiropractic in 1995 from Parker University. In 1995 he obtained the Diplomate Functional Neurology degree from the Carrick Institute. Member from 2010 to 2018 of the European Council of Chiropractic Education he became its Chair of CoA in 2017-2018. He has been a member of the Ontario Chiropractic Association of Canada and the Italian Chiropractic Association since 1996. He practices his profession in Sardinia and Calabria.
Wayne Steiner
VICE PRESIDENT
Graduated in 1979 from Southern California University of Health Sciences. He has practiced in Italy since 1981, first in Padua and currently in Milan and San Donato Milanese. AIC vice president and chair of the AIC Ethics Committee. Examiner for the GEP program. Observer for AIC to the European Chiropractic Union. Former contributor to Corriere Salute of Corriere Della Sera.
DAMIAN COSTA
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Graduated in Chiropractic from Madrid College of Chiropractic in 2015. He currently practices in Genoa and Naples and is responsible for organizing the Events of the Italian Chiropractic Association. From 2015 to 2017 he was a board member of the World Congress of Chiropractic Students serving first as Vice President and then as President. Dr. Costa also received a degree in physical therapy from the University of Genoa in 2010
The Board of Directors of the Italian Chiropractic Association consists of three members: the President, the vice president and the Secretary, whose offices are periodically subject to election by the’Membership Assembly.
The members of the Board of Directors are Doctor Chiropractors who have always been committed to pursuing the goals of the Association in order to protect the profession and ensure qualified practitioners for patients, in keeping with the high principles by which Chiropractic has always been guided.
THE SECRETARIES.
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
SARA AND ANNA
Secretaries
Pillars of the Association, Anna and Sara are the face and voice of the AIC. Always available to provide information and elucidation to Patients and to provide the necessary support to the Association's member Chiropractic Doctors.
THE COMMUNICATION MANAGER
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
DAMIAN COSTA
COMMUNICATION MANAGER
Graduated in Chiropractic from Madrid College of Chiropractic in 2015. He currently practices in Genoa and Naples and is responsible for organizing the Events of the Italian Chiropractic Association. From 2015 to 2017 he was a board member of the World Congress of Chiropractic Students serving first as Vice President and then as President. Dr. Costa also received a degree in physical therapy from the University of Genoa in 2010
LIASON WITH INSTITUTIONS
JOHN WILLIAMS
LIASON WITH INSTITUTIONS
Graduated in Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport USA, in 1979 and arrived in Italy in 198. In 1990 he was elected President of the AIC (Italian Chiropractic Association) Legislative Committee and presented the first bill on chiropractic in Italy. In 1999 the AIC presented him with the “Chiropractor of the Year” award and in 2004 he was elected President of the AIC. In 2007 following important and constant work with the government he obtained recognition of chiropractic as a primary health profession in the field of the right to health (Art. 2 - 355 of the 2008 Budget Law). In 2008 the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) gives him the prestigious “Presidential Award.” In 2025 he leaves office as President of the Italian Chiropractic Association, but continues to work with ministries to define the profile of the Chiropractor and related training.
ETHICS COMMITTEE
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
Wayne STEINER
CHAIRMAN ETHICS COMMITTEE
Graduated in 1979 from Southern California University of Health Sciences. He has practiced in Italy since 1981, first in Padua and currently in Milan and San Donato Milanese. AIC vice president and chair of the AIC Ethics Committee. Examiner for the GEP program. Observer for AIC to the European Chiropractic Union. Former contributor to Corriere Salute of Corriere Della Sera.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
Joseph CANNILLO
CHAIRMAN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dr Joseph Cannillo BS, MS, DC, PhD BS Biology - Long Island University MS Molecular Genetics - Long Island University PhD Cytopathology / Biochemistry - Cornell University / New York Hospital Doctor of Chiropractic - New York Chiropractic College In Chiropractic practice since 1988, founder of Forza Vitale Italia a Herbal Supplement manufacturing company and Director of Research & Development. Lab Director of Citiva / University of the West Indies Jamaica Cannabis Research and Manufacturing, and mentor at UWI, University of Bari and University of Catania for PhD candidates student research projects. Teach Nutrition and Herbology at Post Graduate Nutrition Masters programs (ABAP) in Puglia.
Members of the Scientific Committee
Benito Oliva, D.C. President AIC
John Rosa, D.C. External member AIC Research Committee
Prof. Valeriana Colao, University Professor of Statistics Uni Bari
Dr. Antonio Salerno, Biologist specializing in biochemistry and clinical chemistry
Prof. Elvira Tarsitano, university professor PhD biology
Luisanna Ciuti, D.C. AIC Member
Riccardo Bentivogli, D.C. AIC Member
Luca Vannetiello, D.C. AIC Member
Commission
Health & Innovation International
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
Baiju Khanchandani, DC, ICSSD, FACFN
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION
A graduate of the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC) in 1986, he was a member of the institution's Board of Governors. A member of the Order of Chiropractors in the United Kingdom, he has been practicing in Italy for more than 30 years. He has held prominent leadership roles within the Italian Chiropractic Association (AIC), the Federation of International Sports Chiropractic (FICS), and the European Chiropractors’ Union (ECU), including serving as chair of the ECU's European Affairs and Public Health Committee. He has contributed to health workforce policy and planning initiatives in collaboration with WHO, OECD, ILO and European Union institutions, coordinating numerous international contributions on health systems, regulation and classification of the chiropractic profession. He is Chair of the AIC Health & Innovation International Commission, Vice President of the European Lean Managers Society, and represents the profession in Europe on the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Chiropractic.
CICS SPORTS COMMITTEE
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
GINO CAMPANELLI
CICS MANAGER
Graduated in Kinesiology from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1996 and in Human Biology in 1998. Passionate about the study of human movement and its bio-psycho-social effects on health. These holistic concepts prompted him to become a doctor of chiropractic, M.D. degree in 2000 from National University of Health Sciences. He worked in the role of “chiropractic physician” in a multidisciplinary health care setting in Chicago. Since 2001, he has been living and working in Trieste first with a well-known health facility affiliated with the SSN and then with an integrated medicine center. He is currently the AIC representative to the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic.
RESPONSIBLE GEP
GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
matteo steiner
RESPONSIBLE GEP
A 2014 graduate of the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic, he immediately returned to Milan to launch his career, and after working with several chiropractic offices he opened his own practice in Melegnano. A member of the AIC since 2014, he is now in charge of the Graduate Education Program (GEP), which aims to welcome new AIC members and institute them to practice in Italy.
SEMINAR ORGANIZER
Of the Italian Chiropractic Association
DAMIAN COSTA
SEMINAR ORGANIZER
Graduated in Chiropractic from Madrid College of Chiropractic in 2015. He currently practices in Genoa and Naples and is responsible for organizing the Events of the Italian Chiropractic Association. From 2015 to 2017 he was a board member of the World Congress of Chiropractic Students serving first as Vice President and then as President. Dr. Costa also received a degree in physical therapy from the University of Genoa in 2010.