Dr. Gary E. Bolen was born on May 13, 1969 to Gary D. and Patricia Bolen. He is one of three children raised in a small town near Mt. Vernon, Illinois. From early childhood, Dr. Bolen had a desire to help others and aspirations of becoming a doctor.
Dr. Bolen attended Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Illinois where he was active in the student council, science club, basketball, football, baseball and wrestling. In 1992, Dr. Bolen received his Bachelors of Science degree in pre-medical Zoology from Eastern Illinois University. While at Eastern, Dr. Bolen was President of the Delta Chi Fraternity and through his leadership, the fraternity was nominated for many awards including the President's Cup, the most prestigious award for an individual chapter. Dr. Bolen pursued his graduate studies at Logan College of Chiropractic and in 1996 received a Doctorate of Chiropractic degree.
After chiropractic college, Dr. Bolen was lured to sunny Florida, beginning his chiropractic career as an associate with a Bradenton, Florida chiropractic office. Always seeking to better himself, Dr. Bolen sought out his own practice and in 1999 made Venice, Florida his home and purchased the Venice Village Chiropractic Clinic. Since 1999, Dr. Bolen has been reaching out to the community and educating on the benefits of chiropractic care. The success of Venice Village Chiropractic enabled Dr. Bolen to open a state of the art wellness and chiropractic facility in July 2008 in the Woodmere Business Park.
Dr. Bolen participates in quarterly Chiropractic and Wellness seminars, Pettibon Spinal Correction Seminars, CLEAR Spinal Institute and is a participating Chiropractor with Maximized Living, Inc. Dr. Bolen regularly lectures on nutrition, exercise, wellness, injury prevention and stress management at local churches, schools, clubs, and businesses. He is active with the Venice Bible Church and enjoys spending time with his family and friends, boating, fishing, playing golf and volunteering for charitable organizations.
Dr. Gary E. Bolen
4140 Woodmere Park Blvd. Ste. # 2
Venice, Fl. 34293
O-941-497-7424
F-941-493-8413
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Logan College of Chiropractic– St. Louis, Missouri Degree 1996
Eastern Illinois University – Charleston, Illinois Degree 1992
Post Graduate Training
Gold Seminars 1996
Post Graduate Studies Completion in Radiographic Analysis,
Orthopedic Testing, Diagnostics and Chiropractic Spinal Adjusting
Waiting List Practice
Continuing Education, Practice Management and Team Building 1999-2001
Dr. C.J. Mertz, Dr. Ben Lerner, Dr. Greg Loman, et al
Pettibon 2005-current
Advanced Spinal Correction
Maximized Living 2003-current
Continuing Education, Practice Management and Team Building
Dr. Ben Lerner, Dr. Greg Loman, et al
Clear Institute 2006-current
Scoliosis Correction
License and Certifications
Florida State Board of Chiropractic Examiners 1996
Florida State Chiropractic License #7837
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Part 1 Certified – March 1995
Part II Certified- September 1995
Part III Certified- September 1996
Physiotherapy- March 1996
Clinical Experience
Private Chiropractic practice. Full service clinic offering complete radiographic
department. Current techniques used are Pettibon, Biophysics,
Diversified – Cutting edge spinal correction
One year as an associate doctor for Dr. Kathleen Pickering.
One year as an associate doctor for Dr. Gary Mester.
Senior Student Chiropractic Intern. Techniques included Gonstead, Logan Basic, Motion Palpation, Diversified, Thompson, Flexion / Distraction, as well as all physiotherapies.
200 hours adjusting and 100 hours in physiotherapies.
Logan Chiropractic College Health Centers – St. Louis, Mo. 1995
Student Chiropractic Intern.
Presentations & Research
Research
RCS Authorized Clinical Researcher 2006-Present
RCS is a private sector research program with the mission to educate, train and equip chiropractors with the latest objective health outcomes assessment tools and procedures, and link participants through the largest population, web-based health outcomes project in the history of the profession.
Presentations
Health & Safety Training and Presentations to Companies and Organizations Including:
-Take Care- Home Healthcare Nurses
-Venetian Falls- Resident Club
-Circlewood- Resident Club
-South Venice Rotary
-Venice Bible Church
-Venice First Christian Church
-Venice Middle School
-Venice Christian School
-Weekly Health Orientation Class
-Monthly Health Workshops
-YMCA – Venice
-Lifestyles Family Fitness
Teaching Experience
Venice Bible Church – Extreme Makeover God’s Way
Instructor
Venice Bible Church- Rebuild the Temple – Body by God Program
Instructor
Venice Christian School-Rebuild the Temple – Body by God Program
Instructor
Venice First Christian Church- Rebuild the Temple – Body by God Program
Instructor
Venice Middle School-
Guest Lecturer In Health and Healthcare Careers
Venetian Falls- Extreme Makeover
Instructor
Community Outreach and Public Education Seminars
Occupational Program Liaison and Guest Lecturer
Circlewood- Resident Club -Chiropractic Philosophy and Principles
Guest Lecturer
Occupational Health & Safety
Instructor
Activities
Member – Florida Chiropractic Society
Member – Venice Area Chamber of Commerce
South Venice Rotary Club- Offices Held- Sergeant at Arms and Secretary
Eastern Illinois University-
Delta Chi Fraternity- Offices Held –Secretary and President
I. F. C. –Philanthropy Co-Chair
