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CCI providers

New to CCI? Read the guide first, and what is known about the risks, before contacting anyone listed here.

Providers on a map

Every provider named in the guide and the three directories below, placed at city centre. Tick the kinds of provider you want to see, zoom in, and click a marker for details and a link to its entry. Listing is not an endorsement; verify everything with the provider.

documented reported by patients or protocol to be confirmed Markers sit at city centres, not addresses. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom. Alaska is in the World view.

Available anywhere by telehealth

  • Evaluation: Dr. Vicenç Gilete (neurosurgery teleconsult, Barcelona); Centeno-Schultz Clinic (telemed CCI evaluation after imaging, Colorado).
  • Physical therapy: Susan Chalela, MPT; Todd Ball, PT (online program); Wendy Wagner, PT; Dr. Mike Makher, PT.
  • Imaging and film review: Dr. Sasha Blaskovich, DC (virtual consults); Dr. Evan Katz, DC and Dr. Doug Lightstone, DC (analysis of DMX films you already have, patient-reported).

Details, caveats and links for each are in the guide.

Directories

  • US upright MRI directory, state by state

    Fifty-one documented upright or flexion-extension MRI locations plus five to confirm, from a 2026 audit by the Upper Cervical Instability Awareness group, with corrections and additions patients reported; reproduced with credit.

  • US CCI and AAI surgical directory

    Eighteen surgeons and programs with documented craniocervical or atlantoaxial instability work, in eight states, from an October 2026 audit by the Upper Cervical Instability Awareness group; reproduced with credit.

  • US Atlas Orthogonal chiropractor directory, state by state

    Chiropractors identified in Atlas Orthogonal directories and practice websites, listed by state. Compiled by the Upper Cervical Instability Awareness group; reproduced with credit.