Dr. Melissa MacDonald is a graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University where she earned her Doctor of Chiropractic. She then spent two years of specialty training in the Human Performance Center where she focused her research and clinical skills on specific testing and treatment protocols. Additionally, Dr. Mac served as the team Clinician for the Minnesota Vixen, a professional women's football team that won the conference championship in 2018. She recently traveled to the World Championship of Rowing to provide care for the athletes in Sarasota, FL.  Dr. Mac is the American Chiropractic Association Sport Council coordinator for the state of Wisconsin and is working on providing the highest level of care to athletic events.

Dr. Mac has achieved both international and national certification as a chiropractic sport provider. She is a faculty member at Northwestern Health Sciences University where she teaches Emergency Procedures.  She is a speaker on sports chiropractic issues in the United States as well as abroad.

Beth Antoine brings 13 years of athletic training experience to her current fellowship position at Northwestern Health Sciences University, and has received her MS in Sports Psychology (Minnesota State University, Mankato 2010) and MHS in Clinical Nutrition (NWHSU 2018)and Doctorate of Chiropractic from Northwestern Health Sciences University(2015). 

In her current position as the FICS Education Commission Fellow, her primary focus is the development of new educational material for FICS and NWHSU. Her research centers on the relationship between concussion and psychiatric disorders and the long-term impact on the individual. This research will allow her to link together her work as a practitioner and her passion for Sport Psychology.