Dr. Christopher Zander is the past president of the Oregon Chiropractic Association and has been regarded by his colleagues as one of the top Chiropractic adjusters in the country. During his career he has worked with top NHL draft picks, PGA tour champions, NFL, MLS, NWSL, X games and collegiate athletes. His passion and success comes from helping people get out of pain and return to and continue doing things they love! Dr. Z is a Florida native and a graduate of the University of Illinois with biology and chemistry degrees. At the U of I he was a Big Ten club X-C Mountain Bike Champion and striker for the club soccer team there. He later attended Western States Chiropractic College in Portland Oregon to earn his doctorate of Chiropractic and is currently an adjunct professor there.  He currently lives in Portland, Oregon and has been a practicing chiropractic in the Pacific Northwest since 2006.

Following graduation from the University of Illinois, Dr. Zander was a prominent figure in rheumatology and arthritis research at Northwestern University’s Feinberg Medical School on Chicago’s Magic Mile. He was credited as a “viral expert”, important for studying the genetic cause and effect on arthritis. He is co-authored in the medical journals, “Blood” and  “Nature of Immunology” for research regarding the molecular causes of arthritis and joint degeneration.

Dr. Zander fulfilled his Chiropractic residency under the direction of the US Olympic, Portland Timbers, and Winterhawks chiropractor and continues to stay involved with the most current and up-to-date research and treatment advancements. He attends continuing education courses and seminars regularly and has benefited from the mentoring of some of the most prominent chiropractors and sports medicine doctors in the profession.  He has had the opportunity to work with many professional PGA tour golfers, extreme sports athletes, skiers and snowboarders, runners and ultra-marathoners and MLS players. His leadership and dedication to his patients and profession led to his colleagues nominating and electing him as the (now past)President of the Oregon Chiropractic Association. He utilizes knowledge gained from these experiences as well as extensive training in Chiropractic adjustive technique to provide his patients with professional, quality diagnosis and care.

His passion lies in helping people reach their best level of health without the need for drugs or surgery. In addition, he has developed a great team of referral sources in Portland for Physical Therapy, Medicine, Naturopathic, Acupuncture, and Massage Therapy to make sure each patient is getting the right care and treatment they need.