Thomas Ventimiglia, DC

NCMIC

Dr. Ventimiglia's lectures focus on doctor-patient communication and its impact on the patient's clinical outcome. The presentations build upon the practitioner's foundational communication knowledge and skills (e.g., health data collection and information dissemination) to advanced communication techniques that improve their empathic listening, promote collaborative decision-making, and encourage the use of a guiding communication style. 

In addition, the lectures discuss the importance of the provider's awareness and sensitivity to the unique determinants of the health of a culturally diverse patient population and the communication skills needed to address them.

The overarching objective is to provide the doctor with the skills needed to promote patient empowerment and will lead to improved health behavior choices. 

A graduate of New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) and Fellow of the American College of Chiropractors, Dr. Ventimiglia served as dean of NYCC Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education. In addition, he has served as the chairperson of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges, subcommittee on Postgraduate Education.

Dr. Ventimiglia coauthored "The Wellness Consultation: A Communication Model for Improved Patient Outcomes." It was presented at the NYCC Research Symposium in 2018. He was the principle investigator/conference director for the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine R-13 Conference Grant on "Conference on Chiropractic and Allopathic Integration."

Although he retired from private practice after 40 years, he remains active in the profession as a member of the NCMIC Speakers Bureau, the American Public Health Association's Chiropractic Health Care section and the Federation of International Chiropractic Sports.