SELECTED POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND DIPLOMATES
| Triaging the Trauma and Non-Trauma Patients, Correlating clinical findings and the patient history in determining the correct course of care in triaging the patient utilizing orthopedic and neurological evaluations in the clinical setting. Understanding the parameters for immediate referrals vs. following the continuum of care to determine the necessity for referrals CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2011 | | | | | Head Trauma, Brain Injury and Concussion, Brain and head physiology, brain mapping and pathology as a sequella to trauma. Traumatic brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, axonal shearing, diffuse axonal injury and concussion are detailed in etiology and clinically. Clinical presentation, advanced diagnostic imaging and electrodiagnostics are detailed in analysis to create a differential diagnosis. Balance disorders that often occur as a result of trauma are also explored from clinical presentation to advanced imaging and differential diagnosis CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2012 | | | | | Accident Reconstruction: Terms, Concepts and Definitions, The forces in physics that prevail in accidents to cause bodily injury. Quantifying the force coefficients of vehicle mass and force vectors that can be translated to the occupant and subsequently cause serious injury CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2012 | | | | | Accident Reconstruction: Causality, Bodily Injury, Negative Acceleration Forces, Crumple Zones and Critical Documentation, Factors that cause negative acceleration to zero and the subsequent forces created for the vehicle that get translated to the occupant. Understanding critical documentation of hospitals, ambulance reports, doctors and the legal profession in reconstructing an accident CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2012 | | | | | Accident Reconstruction: Skid Marks, Time, Distance, Velocity, Speed Formulas and Road Surfaces, The mathematical calculations necessary utilizing time, distance, speed, coefficients of friction and acceleration in reconstructing an accident. The application of the critical documentation acquired from an accident site CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2012 | | | | | Accident Reconstruction: Research, Causality and Bodily Injury, Delta V issues correlated to injury and mortality, side impact crashes and severity of injuries, event data recorder reports correlated to injury, frontal impact kinematics, crash injury metrics with many variables and inquiries related to head restraints CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2012 | | | | | Physical Therapy 101, An in-depth understanding of the use of electrical therapy to control pain and establishing parameters for therapeutic rehabilitative exercises. This includes how sacroiliac manipulation effects anterior knee pain, post fracture manipulation and ankle rehabilitation University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Forensic 102, Introduction to forensic science developing a level of knowledge, comprehension and understanding of the medical legal system as it relates to the practice of forensic science. Identifying a new dimension of chiropractic practice that will minimize risks and failure in court appearances as a practitioner University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Forensic 105, Medical legal issues including identifying risks and liabilities that may be encountered by examiners with electronic communications and developing a level of understanding of the medical legal system as it relates to junk science University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Forensic 106, Understanding the medical legal system as it relates to the ethical expert witness. This includes a new dimension of chiropractic practice that will minimize risks and failure in court appearances as an ethical expert witness, nurture skill sets and forensic examination and appearing as an expert witness through certification University of Bridgeport. College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Forensic 107, Emphasizes that each chiropractic provider must keep informed as to the laws, their interpretation and their particular state of practice. Identifies Daubert criteria, discusses what each chiropractic expert should look for when preparing for the opposing attorney. Develops nurturing of skill sets improving expert opinion University of Bridgeport, College of Bridgeport, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Forensic 108, Identifies the basics of deposition, discusses the tricky question types and suggested responses, develops knowledge of comprehension and understanding of the an impairment rating based on evidence-based literature, science and AMA guidelines University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Emergency Procedures, How to prepare for a medical emergency including extensive review of common medical emergencies, heart attacks, stroke, difficulty breathing and diabetic emergencies. How to provide the appropriate medical legal system as it relates to the deposition process to encourage skill sets in responding to questions posed in a deposition University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Impairments, Identifies criteria used by formally trained forensic examiners, develops a level of understanding, knowledge and comprehension of the criteria used by impairment rating reviewers, and identifies certain practices that lead forensic examiners to question the reports of IME examiners. Developing and nurturing of skill sets when formulating emergency treatments University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2011 | | | | | Patient Intake, History and Physical Examination, Determining the etiology of the patient's complaints in a trauma or traumatic scenario, analyzing the patient's history and review of systems along with the performance of a complete orthopedic, neurological and clinical examination to correlate both past, current and causality issues to formulate an accurate diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan. There is an emphasis on triaging both the trauma and non-trauma patient Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Educational Department, Long Island, New York, 2011 | | | | | Neurodiagnostics, Imaging Protocols and the Pathology of the Trauma Patient, An in-depth understanding of the protocols in triaging and reporting the clinical findings of the trauma patient. Training includes maintaining ethical relationships with the medical-legal community CMSC Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2010 | | | | | Diagnostics, Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation and Triaging the Trauma Patient, An extensive understanding of the injured with clinically coordinating the history, physical findings and when to integrate neurodiagnostics. An understanding of how to utilize emergency room records in creating an accurate diagnosis and the significance of “risk factors” in spinal injury CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2010 | | | | | Crash Dynamics and Its Relationship to Casualty, An extensive understanding of the physics involved in the transference of energy from the bullet car to the target car, This includes G’s of force, Newton’s gravity, energy, skid marks, crumple zones, spring factors, event data recorder and the graphing of the movement of the vehicle before, during and after the crash .The course provides insight in determining the clinical correlation of forces and bodily injury CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2010 | | | | | MRI, Bone Scan and X-Ray Protocols, Physiology and Indications for the Trauma Patient, MRI interpretation, physiology, history and clinical indications, bone scan interpretation, physiological and clinical indications, and x-ray clinical indications for the trauma patient CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2010 | | | | | Neurodiagnosic Testing Protocols, Physiology and Indications for the Trauma Patient, Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV), Somato Sensory Evoked Potential (SSEP), Visual Evoked Potential (VEP), Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAER) and Visual-Electronystagmosgraphy (V-ENG) interpretation, protocols and clinical indications for the trauma patient CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2010 | | | | | Documentation and Reporting for the Trauma Victim, Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation and diagnosis utilizing the IDC-9 and the CPT to accurately describe the injury through diagnosis, Understanding and utilizing state regulations on reimbursement issues pertaining to health care CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2010 | | | | | Documenting Clinically Correlated Bodily Injury to Causality, Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation, diagnosis and clinical correlation to the injury when reporting injuries in the medical-legal community. Documenting the kinesiopathology, myopathology, neuropathology, pathophysiology in both a functional and structural paradigm CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island, New York, 2010 | | | | | Anti-Aging Certificate Program, The factors and influences associated with aging and what can be done to slow the aging process. Aging statistics and the variables associated with aging, including exercise, stress, emotions, social relationships, religion, alcohol, smoking, antioxidants and their relationship to cancers and heart disease, food nutritional value and quantities and weight control University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 2009 | | | | | The Pathophysiology of Degenerative Joint Disease and Its Relationship to CMT, The epidemiology of LBP, degenerative joint disease and its association to degenerative disc disease, concept of axial load shift, biomechanics and manipulation value, vertebral self-righting principal with annular fiber disorganization and disc bulge, facet mechanics including intra-articular adhesions and intra-articular hemmorage DC Tracts, Brooklandville, Maryland, 2008 | | | | | Osteoarthritis, An Overview, Cartilage disintegration and osteoarthritis, risk factors for osteoarthritis, secondary osteoarthritis, clinical presentation with the paradigms for understanding disease risk factors DC Tracts, Brooklandville, Maryland, 2008 | | | | | Diagnosis and Treatment of Epicondylitis, The two types of epicondylitis, clinical presentation, symptoms of epicondylitis, diagnosis, cervical spine evaluation, treatment options including rehabilitive exercise, high-volt galvanics, ultra sound, splinting and surgical options DC Tracts, Brooklandville, Maryland, 2008 | | | | | Pain Management of Lower Extremities, The definition of pain, chronic and acute, treatment parameters for pain, P.R.I.C.E., proteoliytic enzymes, electrical stimulation,high volt, T.E.N.S., microcurrent, acute injury pain management and chronic pain management DC Tracts, Brooklandville, Maryland, 2008 | | | | | Pre-hospital Assessment of Seriously Ill or Injured Patient, The chiropractors role in prehospital care, practicing universal precautions, primary survey of the medical patient, trauma patient and secondary survey: vital signs, patient history and head-to-toe examination DC Tracts, Brooklandville, Maryland, 2008 | | | | | Plain Film and MRI Interpretation of Common Shoulder Conditions/Glenohumeral Instability, X-ray and MRI interpretation of acromioclavicular separators, glenohumeral joint instability, lateral tears, and impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tears DC Tracts, Brooklandville, Maryland, 2008 | | | | | Chiropractic Pediatrics, The state of pediatric research, pediatric adjusting, pediatric radiology from a chiropractor’s perspective. Techniques and case management for pregnancy birth and infant care Oregon X-Ray Council, Portland, Oregon, 2008 | | | | | Foot Orthotics-Instructions and Patient Care, The history of walking surfaces and shoes, overview of gait, primary shock absorber, basic biomechanics, pronation, supination, structural deformities and leg length discrepancy, functional and accommodative orthotics Oregon X-Ray Council, Portland, Oregon, 2008 | | | | | Myofascial Therapy, Information and techniques needed to treat myofascial restrictions. Anatomy and physiology of fascia and its relationship to proper physiological function Oregon X-Ray Council, Portland, Oregon, 2007 | | | | | Injury Prevention: What Your Patient Should Know, Injury prevention instruction in safe body mechanics to teach patients, including proper posture, lifting, sitting and stretching techniques Oregon X-Ray Council, Portland, Oregon, 2007 | | | | | Physioball Rehabilitation, Exercise rehabilitative training for professionals with utilization of exercise balls to provide a well rounded home workout Oregon X-Ray Council, Portland, Oregon, 2007 | | | | | The Diagnosis and Chiropractic Management of Scoliosis, Scoliosis and spinal deformity, including spinal anatomy scoliosis in children and adults, and idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. Radiographic and other imaging, curve measurement and classification, and non-surgical treatment Oregon X-Ray Council, Portland, Oregon, 2007 | | | | | Pain Management, New research in the processing of pain in the context of CNS, neuroplasticity, the neuromatrix of the body and interventions which alter the unique genetically determined neurosignature Western States Chiropractic College, Portland, Oregon, 2007 | | | | | Evidence Based Outcomes Assessment, Outcome management tools appropriate for curative chiropractic treatment. Evidence that supports use of these tools and present methods or protocols for use, including documentation that offers specific treatment approaches and proves the need or not for ongoing care Western States Chiropractic College, Portland, Oregon, 2007 | | | |
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