UPFRONT | News TRIBUTE In memory of Dr. Sherman The chiropractic profes-sion pays tribute to a beloved colleague, accomplished scholar, mentor and educator with the passing of Dr. Ray A. Sherman. Sherman died on Feb. 7, 2014, in Buffalo, NY after battling vascular dementia. He was 75. Sherman was born in 1938 and graduated from Cana-dian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) in Toronto in 1960. In 1961 he married Woody Martin and the cou-ple settled in Buffalo where Ray began practice with his uncle and fellow chiroprac-tor, Dr. Joe Ott. During this time, Sherman served in the New York National Guard for three years. In 1965, Sherman and his wife moved to Sydney, Australia where their two daughters were born: Melissa in 1966 and Mardi in 1969. In 1976, after ten years of practice in Australia, Sher-man was appointed director of clinics at CMCC, gaining the admiration and respect of his colleagues and stu-dents. In 1979, the family returned to Australia where they resided and Sherman practiced until 2008. From 1988 to 1999, he fulfilled several of his passions – for traveling as well as teaching and practicing chiropractic – by spending six months each year in his chiropractic office in Australia, and six months as a supervising cli-nician at CMCC in Canada. “Ray was a remarkable man who led by encourage-ment, enthusiasm, and ex-ample. Likewise he demon-strated the value of a happy-go-lucky demeanor and personality – his knack for putting patients, students and colleagues at ease was 12 Canadian Chiropractor April 2014 CLINICAL Researchers probe polio-like illness afflicting kids A polio-like illness has afflicted a small number of children in California since 2012, causing se-vere weakness or rapid paralysis in one or more limbs. The Los Angeles Times reports that state public health officials have been investigating the illness since a doctor requested polio testing for a child with severe paral-ysis in 2012. Since then, similar cases have sporadically been re-ported throughout the state. Dr. Carol Glaser, leader of a California Department of Public Health team investigating the illnesses, called the doctor’s re-quest “concerning” because polio has been eradicated in the U.S. and the child had not travelled overseas. The symptoms sometimes oc-cur after a mild respiratory illness. Glaser said a virus that is usually associated with respiratory illness but which has also been linked to polio-like illnesses was detected in two of the patients. Dr. Keith Van Haren, a pediatric neurologist at Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital who has worked with Glaser’s team, will present the cases of five of the children at the American Academy of Neurology’s upcoming annual meeting. He said all five patients had pa-ralysis in one or more arms or legs that reached its full severity within two days. None had recovered limb function after six months. “We know definitively that it isn’t polio,” he added, noting all had been vaccinated against that disease. Glaser wouldn’t provide the number of illnesses. Van Haren said he was aware of around 20. She urged doctors to report new cases of acute paralysis so that in-vestigators can try to figure out a possible cause. – The Associated Press Dr. Ray A. Sherman, 1938 -2014 nothing short of prodigious – and always insisted that high standards were essen-tial in education, health care delivery and professional-ism,” said Dr. James P. Laws, who graduated from CMCC and has taught in the college. Dr. Don Henderson, who worked closely with Sherman at CMCC recalls Ray having “a very kind and caring way of dealing with folks and that his relentless good humor was instantly contagious. People were made better just by knowing him. He was one of a kind, a keeper.” Sherman is a former edi-tor of the Jour nal of the Australian Chiropractors’ As-sociation . He has published extensively in that journal and in the Journal of the American Chiropractic Associ-ation and the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Asso-ciation . In 2000, Sherman was awarded an Honorary Fellow of the American Chiropractic College of Radiology for his “contribution to chiropractic radiographic excellence, qual-ity assurance, and radiation reduction measures.” -By Dr. John A.M. Taylor HEALTH CARE Alberta town wants more docs The mayor of a town northwest of Edmonton has asked the Alberta gov-ernment for more support in providing needed health practitioners in his commu-nity of 11,000. Health Minister Fred Horne, however, says Slave Lake, Alta., has “more than enough” resources to provide health care to residents. Horne said there are cur-rently four physicians work-ing in the community, and there are two more doctors from outside the town who visit Slave Lake to see pa-tients. Alberta Health Services said there are also seven nurse practitioners working in the community. But Slave Lake Mayor Tyler Warman said it’s simply not enough. “We’re a young commu-nity. The median age is 31. Lots of families, lots of young children. And these babies aren’t born in our commu-nity, very few of them are,” Warman said. Horne maintained there is no critical shortage in the town, but said the province is currently working to recruit two more doctors, a general practice anesthetist, and a general practice obstetrician to help perform C-sections. -The Canadian Press www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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