Patrick Downie graduated from National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, Illinois in 1996 and subsequently completed two years of an in-house, clinically based chiropractic, orthopedic training program. He is currently completing postgraduate coursework in chiropractic neurology.
Patrick has been a professor at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine since 2005 and has extensive lecturing experience within his profession. From 2000-2005, he was the assistant director of an NIH-funded educational grant that introduced complementary and alternative medicine into the graduate and undergraduate nursing programs at Rush University Medical Center. He recently completed three years at an integrative clinic offering chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopathy and massage therapy and has recently opened his own practice focusing on neurology, rehabilitation and orthotics.