An examination chair has a seating surface, a back surface that is movable between a first position generally perpendicular to the plane of the seating surface and a second position generally parallel to and co-planar with the seating surface, a pair of arm members, disposed on opposite sides of the seating surface, each of the arm members having an upper section pivotally mounted to a lower section to enable the upper section to pivot away from the seating surface to permit greater access to a patient in the chair, each arm further containing a retractable stirrup member in the lower section thereof, and a scissor lift pivotally mounted to a carriage beneath the seating surface such that, when actuated, the scissor lift will raise and lower the seating surface.
