Dr. Cynthia Vaughn, DC

Dr. Cynthia S. Vaughn is a 1984 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. She practices in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Dr. James Edwards, and is the proud mother of three wonderful children.

In 1997, Texas Governor George W. Bush appointed her to the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners. In 2000, Governor Bush appointed her Board President where she served for three years. She has also served as the Texas State Delegate to the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards.

In August 2002, Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Anthony Principi appointed Dr. Vaughn to the Veterans Affairs Chiropractic Advisory Committee, which was charged with advising the secretary on how to implement chiropractic into the VA system. Then, in January 2005, VA Secretary R. James Nicholson appointed her to the Advisory Committee on Chiropractic Care Implementation that is charged with oversight of the new chiropractic benefit.

Dr. Vaughn currently serves as the East Texas Delegate to the American Chiropractic Association and in addition to serving as Chairman of the ACA Clinical Documentation Committee, she is a member of the ACA Membership Executive Committee, the ACA Bylaws Committee, the ACA Media Response Committee, and is a former member of the ACA Coding and Reimbursement Committee. In June 2007, she received the highest award from the TCA, the "Keeler Plaque," and in September 2008, she received ACA's "Delegate of the Year Award" at its annual House of Delegates meeting. 

In August of 2009, Dr. Vaughn was elected a member of the Parker College of Chiropractic's Board of Trustees where she still serves.