Dr. Joel Alcantara received his undergraduate training at the University of Calgary in Chemistry/Biochemistry and Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology. A 1995 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West, he has served as research faculty at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research from 1996-1999. In 2000-2001, he joined the research department at Life West College of Chiropractic. In addition serving as the Research Director for the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and supervising the largest practice-based research network in chiropractic, he is the co-developer and Instructor for TFFT22, a craniospinal technique and maintains a private practice in San Jose, CA. As chiropractor and researcher, he brings his unique expertise to the profession by serving on the post-graduate faculty at Cleveland College of Chiropractic, LA and Kansas City, Parker College, Life University and Northwestern College of Chiropractic.

Dr. Alcantara's research interests are diverse but focus on the safety and effectiveness pediatric chiropractic, the chiropractic care of the pregnant woman and the role of chiropractic in wellness care. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific literature as well as a served as a contributing author for several textbooks of chiropractic. He has presented his research findings at various research conferences within and outside of chiropractic such as the Association of Chiropractic Colleges and Research Agenda Conference, the World Federation of Chiropractic Conference, the PANGEA Conference on Integrative Pediatric Medicine, the American College of Nurse-Midwifery Conference, The European Chiropractic Union Congress, the Canadian Chiropractic Association Research Conference, the International Conference on Holistic Health and Medicine and the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research. Dr. Alcantara lectures extensively on chiropractic, nationally and internationally, in such countries as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Spain and France to name a few.