Toronto, Ontario –The Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) named Dr. Marco De Ciantis as the recipient of the Patient Care award for providing exceptional patient experiences. Dr.  De Ciantis was honoured at the OCA Gala ceremony held December 8, 2018.

Dr. De Ciantis was selected by the committee for his focus on a collaborative care environment that provides patient-centred care, both within his multidisciplinary practice and with his patient’s external health care team.

He cultivated this environment by leading clinical case meetings in which practitioners worked as a team to understand cases more fully. He also spearheaded a project to connect chiropractors with physicians to open the lines of communication to keep patient progress on track.

“It is an honour to receive this award from the OCA,” said Dr. De Ciantis. “It is especially gratifying to receive the Patient Care award as I have been dedicated to delivering exceptional care for all of my patients. I hope to continue helping all of my patients navigate the complex matrix of how the body works and the health care system!” 

Patient Care Award

The Patient Care Award recognizes a chiropractor, clinic or organization that has excelled in providing exceptional patient experiences. The Patient Care Award recipient is recognized by the effect they have on patients and their achievements in all of the following:

• Delivery of outstanding service & collaboration: The chiropractor works with a broad range of health professionals in a variety of collaborative models of care to provide high quality, cost-effective, patient-centred care.
• Patient experience & satisfaction: The chiropractor consistently receives positive feedback and high satisfaction ratings from patients about their experience. As a result of exceptional patient care, patients regularly return and refer the recipient to people they know.
• Development of patient-centred models of care: The chiropractor has developed models of care that are regarded as ideal treatments or a best practice guide among their professional colleagues.

About The Ontario Chiropractic Association

Founded in 1929, the Ontario Chiropractic Association represents the professional interests of more than 3,600 Ontario chiropractors. Chiropractic is a non‐invasive, hands‐on health care discipline that focuses on treatment and preventative care for disorders related to the spine, pelvis, nervous system and joints. Chiropractors are primary care practitioners, trained to develop and carry out a comprehensive treatment/management plan, recommend therapeutic exercise and other non‐invasive therapies, and provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counselling. More than two million Ontarians rely on chiropractic care every year to help them get back to work and back to doing the things they love. For more information about chiropractic care or to find a chiropractor in your area, go to www.chiropractic.on.ca.

For further information please contact: 

Miguel Pacheco
Director, Communications and Marketing
Ontario Chiropractic Association
MPacheco@chiropractic.on.ca
416-860-7183

Dr. Allie graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Doctor of Chiropractic from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto. She was the recipient of the Mark A. King Memorial Award for outstanding proficiency in the field of diagnostic imaging as well as the Harold Beasley Award for Excellence in Jurisprudence. She holds a Bachelor of Science Honors Specialization in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario, and is also a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) and Exercise is Medicine® Canada (EIMC) practitioner through the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP). Dr. Allie is an SFMA Certified practitioner focusing on functional movement assessments. She is a Certified First Responder with the Canadian Red Cross and has experience with on-field and sideline care for sports teams. Dr. Allie believes in living a healthy, well-rounded lifestyle. She is very active and loves sports, especially soccer where she has competed at the international level. She has a passion for travel and has had the opportunity to visit almost every continent – she was even selected as one of 13 interns to participate in a chiropractic outreach in the Dominican Republic during her final year at CMCC.

Dr. Allie loves working with patients of all ages and abilities! She has had the opportunity to work with everyone from elite athletes (both as a Student Athletic Trainer for the women’s Varsity Rugby team at Western and as a Team Host for the Chilean Blind Soccer team at the Parapan Am Games in Toronto in 2015) to weekend warriors to office workers and those with chronic pain and several comorbidities. She uses a functional approach tailored to each patient to get people back to doing what they love. In addition to her strong manual skills (adjustments, mobilizations, soft tissue therapy), Dr. Allie uses active care as an integral part of her treatment plans in order to get you stronger, happier and healthier. She will progress through rehab with you in the clinic and send you away with homework to maintain and build on the the progress made together.

Dr. Allie’s love of health and fitness drives her to always go above and beyond for our patients. Her welcoming and positive attitude, attention to detail, and exceptional knowledge of the human body and physical medicine make her an invaluable member of our healthcare team.