Physician Perspectives

Dear Fellow Physicians:

I have dedicated my life and neurosurgical career to the research and advancement of medical treatments that I believe truly benefits the human condition, in doing so; I have performed extensive research and published over 250 medical papers in journals all over the world.  While I am honored to have been referred to as “the foremost expert” on non-invasive spinal treatment and decompression, with this notoriety comes the difficult task of clarifying claimed associations with people or companies who create an impression of association with me, yet with whom I have no dealings whatsoever.

As the decompression market has proliferated in recent years, so have the companies building all sorts of back treatment devices. I believe many of these misrepresent their product by utilizing my studies to support their efficacy.  Not only do I take moral issue with this practice, but I believe it is important to make clear that this is not good science.

Currently, any manufacturer can claim their product is built to accomplish an outcome, but until they actually test their own device to prove that outcome, they cannot honestly make that claim!  And they cannot claim to have equipment which is providing effects similar to mine.  I’ve even seen a device, the SpineMED™, which completely changes the biomechanics of the patient during treatment by tilting the pelvis to achieve a treatment angle- yet they are referencing my studies as performed on completely different designs, biomechanics and technology.  I believe this to be grossly misrepresentative.

Medical research today is a costly and arduous endeavor that takes true commitment.  Consider carefully the companies that attempt to use our research and to sell you equipment on the basis of my work.  The Accu-SPINA® system is the ONLY model that built upon and continues to improve upon my work.  I have no financial interest in NAM itself but consult with only them because I believe in their integrity and how they are advancing this science.

Sincerely,

Dennis McClure, M.D.,  enlisted in the US Air Force as a second lieutenant while attending Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and got a scholarship to medical school through the Air Force. In 1977, he received his senior medical license. Dennis finished his neurosurgery residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984, where he was accepted without an interview while also being promoted to Major in the US Air Force.

He spent two years as a neurosurgeon at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, before being transferred to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, as Chief of Neurosurgery. He was honorably retired from the United States Air Force in 1988 and went on to practice neurosurgery at Good Samaritan Hospital, Miami Valley Hospital, Kettering Hospital, and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. In 1986, he volunteered as a clinical associate professor of surgery at Wright State University.

Dr. McClure and a colleague used ground-breaking intra-operative procedures that were later presented at a surgical symposium. He later purchased an Accu-SPINA® System, a non-invasive back pain treatment device in 2003. As he and his wife gathered study data on the results, his professional career was revolutionized. The findings were so significant that they were published in the Musculoskeletal Review Magazine in the United States and Europe in 2006. In the same year, he was invited to speak about his research findings at the Britspine Medical Conference in Cardiff, Wales.

Dr. McClure said that the highlight of his professional career was standing up in front of his peers and giving a presentation on his outstanding results using the non-invasive Accu-SPINA® System with IDD Therapy® protocols at the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons Conference in 2008.

Dennis E. McClure M.D. Neurosurgeon