FELLOWSHIPS, MINI-FELLOWSHIPS, QUALIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND DIPLOMATES
MRI Interpretation Review Qualified - Cleveland University-Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, 2022
Expert Witness & Documentation Qualified – Cleveland University-Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas 2022
Trauma Qualified - Cleveland University-Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, 2022
Evaluation & Management Qualified – Cleveland University-Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, 2022
Hospital Qualified – Cleveland University-Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, 2022
Primary Spine Care Qualified: This qualification includes graduate chiropractic education in healthy and traumatically altered spinal morphology, including osseous, connective tissue, and neurological structure, function, and pathology. This certifies you are qualified to assess predictive models in spinal biomechanics and devise engineering paradigms for treatment plans to maximize spinal homeostasis in an evidenced based conclusion. In addition, this qualification acknowledges your expertise in triaging the injured and coordinating collaborative care from the trauma through the conclusion of rehabilitation, Cleveland University-Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, 2022
Certification (#828477) Protecting Human Research Participants, National Institute for Health Office of Extramural Research, 2012
Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management, 1991
Board Certified, Applied Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Research Institute, 1990
Diplomate - National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, 1981
Mini-Fellowship in Neuroradiology, 300 hours of MRI Spine Interpretation. The subject matter includes, but is not limited to, MRI physics, protocols, nomenclature, pathology, analyzing pre-existing issues, and the latest MRI technology for spine imaging. This certification was accomplished in a hospital, imaging center, and private settings rendering an education that encompasses a cross-section of traumatically induced, chronic, and systemic pathologies. Robert Peyster MD, Neuroradiologist, Professor of Radiology and Neurology, Chief Division of Neuroradiology, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine, Stony Brook NY, 2013
SELECTED POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
Trends in Spinal Healthcare, Analyzing spinal healthcare trends in both utilization and necessity and understanding the marketplace and how a level of clinical excellence is reflected in a doctors' documentation and credentials. Treatment pathways in triaging spinal pathobiomechanics, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Cleveland University Kansas City, 2020
MRI Spine Interpretation, An evidence-based understanding of time-related etiology of disc pathology considering the American Society of Neuroradiology's designation of protrusion, extrusion, and sequestration of spinal discs, Considering the signal intensity of discs in age-dating pathology and acquisition protocols for advanced spinal imaging. Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Cleveland University Kansas City, 2020
Spinal Biomechanics; A Literature Perspective, An evidenced-based model for spinal biomechanical engineering and pathobiomechanics considering the pathophysiological limits in translations, angular deviation, and rotational planes. Utilizing the Cartesian system in plotting vertebral points to demonstratively conclude an accurate diagnosis, prognosis and biomechanical treatment plan with the consideration of long-term care in the non-specific mechanical spine pain patient when necessary, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Cleveland University Kansas City, 2020
Case Management of Mechanical Spine Pathology, Clinical Grand Rounds of herniated, protruded, extruded, sequestered, and bulging discs. Differentially diagnosing vascular vs. mechanical spinal lesions and the necessity for urgent vascular, neurological intervention, Collaborating in a team environment utilizing a neuroradiologist, electrophysiologist, and neurosurgeon with the chiropractor as the primary spine care provider, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Cleveland University Kansas City, 2020
Chiropractic as the First Option for Spine, A Literature-Based Standard, creating literature-based documentation inclusive of history and a clinical examination that encompasses causality, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plans. Ensuring the whole person impairment ratings are consistent with contemporary literature, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Cleveland University Kansas City, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island NY 2020
Chiropractic as the First Option for Spine, A Literature-Based Standard, Spinal biomechanical engineering models related to pathobiomechanics and literature-based standards in creating an accurate diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan. Determining impairment ratings based upon alteration of motion segment integrity utilizing motion-imaging, and creating demonstrable evidence for continued treatment plans, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Cleveland University Kansas City, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island NY 2020
Coding, Documentation and Compliant Coding, Ensuring the correct codes are utilized in an evaluation and management encounter. The correct elements are utilized to support the level of E&M coded along with a self-audit program to ensure ethical billing occurs. Guidelines for history of present illness, primary complaint, review of systems, family, social and past histories are discussed and how to document the same, PACE approved fo the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Cleveland University Kansas City, Chiropractic and Health Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island NY, 2019
Ethics and Medical Collaboration, Having referral relationships with emergency rooms, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, pain management specialists, neurologists, neuroradiologist and medical primary care providers based upon clinical dilemmas that processed after a thorough history, examination and imaging if clinically indicated to conclude diagnostic dilemmas. Utilizing evidence-based protocols and acquisition of images and treatment pathways, collaborating with medical specialists and primaries to conclude, and accurate treatment plan, Academy of Chiropractic, New York State Department of Education, Board of Chiropractic, Long Island New York, 2019
Documentation in a Medical – Legal and Insurances, Constructing and concluding an E&M (99202-99205) report that accurately reflects the history, clinical findings and management of trauma cases that concurrently meets the needs of both the carriers in the courts and ethical relationship that concurrently matches the standards of both contemporary academia requirements and a contemporary literature-based standard, Academy of Chiropractic, New York State Department of Education, Board of Chiropractic, Long Island New York, 2019
Evidenced Based Care in a Collaborative Setting; Primary Spine Care 5, A literature based model for collaborating with hospitals, medical primary care providers and specialists. Reviewing the documentation requirements to communicate the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plans with medical entities and having the evidence as a basis for those recommendations. Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Cleveland University- Kansas City, Long Island, NY, 2018
Spine Brain Connection in Pain Pathways; Primary Spine Care 5, MRI Spine The spine-brain connection in managing chronic pain patients. Understanding how chronic pain negatively effects brain morphology and potential pathology as sequela. The role of chiropractic in preventing the loss of gray matter and the most recent evidence as outlined in indexed peer reviewed literature over the last 10 years verifying chiropractic’s role. Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Cleveland University- Kansas City, Long Island, NY, 2018
Science of the Chiropractic Spinal Adjustment and Vertebral Subluxation, The literature-based definitions of both the mechanisms the chiropractic adjustment and how it affects the central nervous system in pain pathways and systemic issues that is the arbiter for normal vs. abnormal function. The “physiological mechanisms” of how the chiropractic spinal adjustment affects the peripheral and central nervous systems. Subluxation degeneration/Wolff’s Law will be detailed from a literature perspective combined with the mechanism of subluxation (bio-neuro-mechanical lesion). A literature perspective why “long-term” chiropractic care is clinically indicated as usual and customary to effectuate demonstrable biomechanical changes in the spine. An evidenced-based perspective of why physical therapy is a poor choice for spine as a 1st referral option for any provider inclusive of the literature. Cleveland University Kansas City, Chiropractic and Health Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2018
Documentation, Collaboration, and Primary Spine Care, An academic basis for documentation that is usual and customary across professions in collaborative care. Maintaining ethical medical-legal relationships based upon Voir Dire and Duabert standards with ensuring a “4-corners” inclusive report. Ensuring Primary Care Status based upon an academic standard. Cleveland University Kansas City, Chiropractic and Health Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2018
Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Analysis, Understanding spinal motor units as it relates to the Cartesian system and normal vs. pathological movement. Analyzing normal coupling functions of the spine in relations to gait and pelvic biomechanical function and determining stress units and standards of deviation of segmental dysfunction. Interpreting mensuration lines and block analysis beyond standards of deviation in spinal motor dysfunction about connective tissue failure. Cleveland University Kansas City, Chiropractic and Health Sciences, New York State Department of Education, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island , NY, 2018
Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Pathology and Clinical Application, Integrating pathological function based upon the Cartesian system and digital mensuration in developing treatment plans with diagnosed connective tissue failures. Diagnosing corrective vs. clinical management scenarios when considering maximum medical improvement in both the chronic and acute, insidious and traumatically induced patient. Cleveland University Kansas City, Chiropractic and Health Sciences, New York State Department of Education, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2018
Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Analysis, Normal vs. abnormal coupling motions in a mechanical model utilizing engineering principles in a predictive model. Applying the cartesian nomenclature to normal and pathological sequela of the human spine, PACE approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Melville NY, 2017
Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Clinical Application, Creating treatment plans based upon predictive models in determining what is corrective vs. management of pathological spinal biomechanical behavior, PACE approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Melville NY, 2017
Contemporary Literature in Spinal Biomechanics, Normal vs. pathological biomechanical spinal motion both in a single motor unit and coupling actions. Interdisciplinary approach to mechanical spine issues and evidenced based care paths, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board, Academy of Chiropractic, Melville NY, 2017
Documentation of Spinal Trauma, Interdisciplinary approaches in documentation of spinal related injuries inclusive of connective tissue disorders and biomechanical failure. Clinically correlating history, imaging, advanced imaging and clinical findings to conclude an accurate diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan, Texas Chiropractic College, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board, Academy of Chiropractic, Melville NY, 2017
Connective Tissue Pathology and Research, Primary Spine Care, Utilization in spinal models considering the opioid abuse and various spinal models in contemporary health care. Care paths for mechanical spine pain and the evidence for conservative chiropractic care, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Texas Chiropractic College, Long Island NY 2017
Ethics, Documentation and Research, Primary Spine Care, Maintaining ethical Interprofessional relationships based upon an evidenced based practice inclusive of triage, diagnostics and reporting. Creating thorough documentation that reflects your complete findings encompassing descriptive ICD-10 codes and concludes the presence or absence of pathology. Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Texas Chiropractic College, Long Island NY 2017
Impact Perspectives on Modern Chiropractic Care, Analyzing how chiropractic is impacting chiropractic on a world platform and the challenges in many countries where inclusion is challenging, World Federation of Chiropractic, Palmer Chiropractic College, Washington DC, 2017
Should Chiropractic Remain a Drugless Profession, Exploring the potential outcomes of care in a drug vs. drugless model in chiropractic care, World Federation of Chiropractic, Palmer Chiropractic College, Washington DC, 2017
Achieving Practice Goals Through Clinical Excellence, Creating a primary spine care model based upon advanced imaging, diagnostics and peer relationships in the medical community, World Federation of Chiropractic, Palmer Chiropractic College, Washington DC, 2017
Impact Though Leadership in Practice, Exploring contemporary practice models, World Federation of Chiropractic, Palmer Chiropractic College, Washington DC, 2017
Primary Spine Care Qualified, This qualification includes graduate chiropractic education in healthy and traumatically altered spinal morphology inclusive of osseous, connective tissue and neurological structure, function and pathology. This certifies you are qualified in assessing predictive models in spinal biomechanics and devising engineering paradigms for treatment plans to maximize spinal homeostasis in an evidenced based conclusion. In addition, this qualification acknowledges your expertise in triaging the injured and coordinating collaborative care from the trauma through conclusion of rehabilitation, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Cleveland University-Kansas City, College of Chiropractic, Long Island NY, 2017
Primary Spine Care Symposium 3 – Interprofessional Spine Care, Clinical analysis of anatomic versus biomechanical spine pain and clinical triage protocols. Relating current research trends in the Whole Spine Model of patient including normal versus abnormal sagittal curvature in the adolescent and adult spine, pelvic incidence as a parameter for sagittal balance in the human spine and current methods of assessment. Patient centered approach to Evidenced Based Spine care with a focus on diagnosis, prognosis and triage of the spine pain patient, Texas Chiropractic College Post-Doctoral Division, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Melville NY 2017
Primary Spine Care Symposium 3 – Epidemiology of Spine Pain, Review of the current Centers for Disease Control [CDC} data on the frequency of musculoskeletal pain in the United States population with emphasis on pain of spinal origin. CDC guidelines on opioid medication were discussed and correlated to persistent pain syndromes. Research was reviewed showing the importance of managing the spine pain patient properly from the entry point of care with a concentration on maintenance of spinal biomechanics, Texas Chiropractic College Post-Doctoral Division, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Melville NY 2017
Primary Spine Care 2: Utilizing Research in Trauma, The ability of your electronic health records to convey tissue pathology while documenting case studies, field experiments, randomized trials and systematic literature reviews, Introducing evidence based macros in documentation to support the literature and necessity of care. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic, Setauket NY, 2016
Primary Spine Care 2: Chiropractic Evidence, Analyzing segmental pathology, adjusting vs. mobilization with cervicogenic headaches, Opioid alternatives and case management of mechanical spine pain based upon outcome studies. Texas Chiropractic College, Setauket NY, 2016
Medical Errors Slated as Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S., Medical errors leading to mortality on the United States and possible solutions to reverse the trend of iatrogenic deaths, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
Do Opioids Effectively Treat Low Back Pain? The utilization of opioids, bed rest and other pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of chronic low back pain in outcome studies, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
Can Drug Monitoring Programs Reduce Opioid Prescribing, The creation of state-run and funded class II opioid monitoring and the effects on the prescribing patterns of physicians, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
Understanding the Values and Ethics of Interprofessional Collaboration, Developing ethical Interprofessional relationships in a patient centered paradigm to ensure better outcomes while considering cultural and personal diversity needs of patients, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
Interprofessional Communication: How Can it Improve Healthcare? The best practices in Interprofessional communication and optimizing the tools in clinical practice to benefit patient outcomes, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
Establishing Roles and Responsibilities for Interprofessional Care Team Members, Defining roles in a collaborative environment based upon skills, knowledge and abilities of each provider while engaging patients in the process, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
Interprofessional Collaboration to Improve Health Care: An Introduction, Creating patient centered approaches to healthcare to improve outcomes in treatment models while concurrently reducing risk, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
New Blood Biomarkers Useful for Concussion Diagnosis, The utilization of GFAP and UCH-l-1 in determining, traumatic brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury and mild-moderate traumatic brain injury as a triage tool to manage head trauma patients, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education in cooperation with Medscape, 2016
Primary Spine Care – MRI, Bone Edema and Degeneration, The effects of trauma on spinal vertebral segments and the short and long term sequela to morphology. Identifying and diagnosing bone edema, spurring, types of degeneration in assessing biomechanical stability in conjunction with Modic and Pfeiffer changes Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic, Academy of Chiropractic, PACE Recognized by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Melville NY, 2016
Evidenced Based Interprofessional Collaboration- Primary Spine Care, Chiropractic as Primary spine care based upon the literature conclusions and the documentation requirements to support those conclusions in an ethical collaborative environment inclusive of hospitals, emergency rooms, primary care medical doctors and medical specialists. Academy of Chiropractic, PACE Recognized by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing boards, Texas Chiropractic College, Las Vegas NV, 2015
Evaluation and Management of Low Back Conditions, Diagnosis, prognosis and the creation of treatment plans based upon the contemporary literature inclusive of the neurological pathways of pain from both upper and lower motor neuron pathways. Etiologies of mechanical pain with radicular and myelopathic sequelas along with stabilization and modalities as treatment pathways, DC Seminars, Texas Chiropractic College Post Graduate Division, Westbury NY 2015
Human Subjects Research Basic Course, Ethics, institutional review boards, informed consent, records, genetic research in human population, vulnerable subjects, FDA requirements, HIPAA, reporting unanticipated problems, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative,University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. 2014
Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research, Using animal subjects in research, research involving human subjects, export controls and national security, plagiarism, mentoring, responsible conduct of research, research misconduct, data management, authorship, peer review, conflict of interest, collaborative research, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative,University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. 2014
MRI Interpretation of Bone Marrow Edema, Predictor markers in MRI analyzing spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis utilizing STIR technology and bone marrow edema, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, White Plains NY, 2014
Chiropractic Bio-Physics, Biomechanical principles in normal vs. pathological cervical curves and treatment protocols in reversing the curves, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, White Plains NY, 2014
Documentation of Chronic and Post-Trauma Care, Managing patients documentation in the clinical and insurance setting inclusive of ICD and CPR clinical correlation, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, White Plains NY, 2014
Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Triage and Documentation, Utilizing the principles and algorithms of spinal biomechanical engineering to analyze chronic and trauma patients in creating diagnostic, prognostic and treatment protocols, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, PACE Recognized by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Elmhurst, NY 2014
Evidenced Based Practice, Triage and Documentation, Understanding and applying scientific literature in trauma patients to create diagnostic, prognostic and treatment protocols, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, PACE Recognized by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Elmhurst, NY 2014
Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Principles and Application, Integrating spinal biomechanics and pathobiomechanics through digitized analysis. The comparison of organized versus disorganized compensation with regional and global compensation. Advanced analysis and integration of pathobiomechanics as sequela to trauma in clinical practice and documentation, PACE Recognized by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Las Vegas NV 2013
Evidenced Based Practice, Integrating indexed peer reviewed research as evidence into clinical practice related to trauma and the creation of a diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan, PACE Recognized by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Las Vegas NV 2013
Diagnosis and Non-Operative Management of Cervical and Lumbar Spine Disorders, Managing the acute spine patient in co-treating environment with pain management and physical medicine, New York State Chiropractic Association, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Hauppauge NY, 2013
Documenting and Managing Chronic Back Pain in the Injured Worker, Documentation standards for the injured in a chronic paradigm and meeting regulatory standards for the continued management of the injured, New York State Chiropractic' Association, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Hauppauge NY, 2013
Functional Soft Tissue Taping, The utilization of soft tissue supports in the chronic and trauma patient, New York State Chiropractic Association, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, Hauppauge NY, 2013
Certification, Opti Gate and Opti Jump,Gait analysis in human locomotion utilizing instrumentation for measuring body movements, body mechanics and the activity of muscles, Microgate USA, University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Bridgeport CT, 2012
Biomechanics and Physiology of Human Performance in Trauma and Sports, Biomechanics of the human body and it's interrelationship to the spine and human performance. Objectifying sequela of trauma, proper and improper training and outcome assessments in neuro-musculoskeletal care. University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, Bridgeport CT, 2012
Documentation and Triage in Trauma, ICD-9 and CPT requirements in coding for the traumatically injured including integrating electronic health records including informed consent, evaluation and management, testing orders. The utilization of research in medical reports for both the trauma and non-trauma patients. Clinical coordination of care and reporting to healthcare and legal providers, PACE Recognized by The Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Academy of Chiropractic, American Academy of Medical-Legal Professionals, Hollywood, Florida , 2012
Medical-Legal Research and the Documentation of Causal Relationship, Prognosis and Treatment of the Traumatically Injured, Review of current research published in peer reviewed medically indexed journals focusing on traumatic injuries and how current literature affects the diagnostic conclusion and how to formulate treatment plans. PACE Recognized by The Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Academy of Chiropractic, American Academy of Medical-Legal Professionals, Hollywood, Florida, 2012
Biomechanics of Spinal Trauma and its Relationship to Pre-Existing Injuries and Degenerative Changes. Whiplash Associated Disorders and the biomechanics of side impact vs. rear impact with emphasis on traumatic forces and body position, the mechanism of whiplash injury phases with their relationships to physiologic tolerance to trauma, specific diagnosis of disc pathology and annular tear, disc herniation, fracture, ligamentous injury and instability. Details of spinal nerve root stretching injury and dimensions of the spinal canal during whiplash was outlined particular to significant spinal injury resulting from low level accelerations including pediatric spinal trauma and physiological normal. Spinal surgical intervention techniques including ordering diagnostic studies using MRI, CT and digital motion x-ray. PACE Recognized by The Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Academy of Chiropractic, American Academy of Medical-Legal Professionals, Hollywood, Florida , 2012
Electrodiagnostics Interpretation, EMG/NCV, Somato-sensory evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked potential and visual evoked potential utilization, physiology and interpretation, electrodiagnostic testing as a clinical component in part of the neurological work-up of the traumatically injured patient in both the peripheral and central nervous system. Inductions and contraindications to electrodiagnostic procedures. The utilization of electrodiagnostics in concluding radiculopathy, myelopathy and plexopathy and determining recent trauma or chronic pathology, PACE Recognized by The Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Academy of Chiropractic, American Academy of Medical-Legal Professionals, Hollywood, Florida , 2012
Admissibility Standards of the Medical Expert in Trauma, Documentation requirements of the courts in a medical-legal case including causality, bodily injury and persistent functional losses, ethically reporting of functional loss as it pertains to the integrity of the joint and activities of daily living and implications of chronicity, reporting of normal findings, maximum medical improvement and the release of the patient in the medical-legal arena, PACE Recognized by The Federation of Chiropractic Licensure Boards, Academy of Chiropractic, American Academy of Medical-Legal Professionals, Hollywood, Florida , 2012
Injury Guidelines for the Cervical Spine, Procedures and modalities for the injured. Protocols and utilization guidelines for cervical spine injuries including physical rehabilitation, drug therapy and surgical interventions. New York State Workers Compensation Board, New York State Department of Education, Albany NY 2010
Injury Guidelines for the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, Procedures and modalities for the injured. Protocols and utilization guidelines for the thoracic and lumbar spinal injuries including physical rehabilitation, drug therapy and surgical interventions. New York State Workers Compensation Board, New York State Department of Education, Albany NY 2010
Procedural Guidelines and Processes for the Injured Worker, The requirements, required forms, legal avenues and procedures to be followed in the utilization review and variance process, New York State Workers Compensation Board, New York State Department of Education, Albany NY 2010
Medical Treatment Guidelines Training; History and Examination, The requirements as set for the by the workers compensation board in the history and evaluation process for the injured worker in New York State, New York State Workers Compensation Board, New York State Department of Education, Albany NY 2010
Rehabilitation for the Traumatic, Acute and Chronic Patient, Utilizing a multimodality approach in the physical rehabilitation of patients to prevent adverse sequela post care, including the documentation required for an accurate description of care, New York State Department for Education, New York Chiropractic Council Post-Doctoral Education, Tarrytown NY 2010
Workers Compensation Regulations and Guidelines, Implementation and utilization guidelines in applying functional abilities of the injured worker in occupational settings. The documentation required to certify the underlying pathology and how to ensure proper care for the injured worker, New York State Department for Education, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, Tarrytown NY 2010
Kineosiotaping as Support in Rehabilitation, The utilization of kinesiotaping in the acute, chronic and trauma patient to support the unstable structures of the spine and extremities, University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic Post Graduate Division, Newport RI 2010
Bio-Energetic Synchronization, The use of energy in creating homeostasis in the body, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, Tarrytown, NY 2009
Documentation, Patient Communication, Ethics and the Law, The integration and understanding of the application of regulations and the documentation required to satisfy those rules, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, Tarrytown, NY 2008
Neuro-Degenerative Disorders and the Neuro-Science of Care, Utilizing evidenced based results in overcoming chronic neuro-degenerative disorders in multiple age bracketed patients, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, Tarrytown, NY 2008
Documentation of Medical Necessity & Compliant SOAP Note-Taking Preventing Audits & Medicare, Cross linking ICD-9 and CPT codes in the correct coding format. Understanding the use of modifiers, correct coding initiatives and cross coding parameters in documenting treatment accurately, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, Tarrytown, NY 2008
Patient Evaluation & Management, Chiropractic & Physical Medicine Coding, The correct evaluation and management codes, parameters and values required for each level of E & M codes and the documentation required for each,New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, Tarrytown, NY 2008
Pediatric Neurology, Neurological disorders in pediatric patients; the etiology and sequela of those illnesses with a focus on neuro-muscular diseases and the efficacy of chiropractic care, along with methodology of care, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, Tarrytown, NY 2008
Clinical Treatment Protocols, Cervical, thoracic and lumbar musculoskeletal disorders and the clinical guidelines and protocols for care, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, White Plains NY, 2006
Record Keeping and Ethics, Documentation of evaluation and management of patients along with guidelines for encounter notes and timelines for documenting the continuity of care, including ICD-9 coding,New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, White Plains NY, 2006
Doctor-Patient Communications, Effectively communicating patient findings, care protocols and treatment goals along with the explanation of potential complications of the necessity for referrals when a team treating is clinically required, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, White Plains NY, 2005-2006
Clinical Application of Neurology, The care of neuromuscular disorders related to the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines and the complication of the vertebral subluxation in caring for those maladies, with a focus on nerve roots, cauda equina, stenosis and spinal cord issues, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, White Plains, NY, 2005
Risk Management, Documentation, communication and referrals in caring for the straight forward to complicated patient, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, White Plains, NY, 2005
Neurology, Neuromuscular disorders related to the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines and the complication of the vertebral subluxation in caring for those maladies, with a focus on nerve roots, cauda equina, stenosis and spinal cord issues, New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, White Plains, NY, 2004
Research and Clinical Science of the Vertebral Subluxation Process" New York Chiropractic Council Post Doctoral Education, New York State Department of Education, White Plains, NY, 2004
Pediatric Care, The diagnosis and clinical application of treatment of neuromuscular disorders in Pediatrics, International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, New York, NY 1993
Somatosensory Evoked Potential, Clinical application in use and interpretation of Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEP) including indications and the role in care, Life Chiropractic College, Marietta, Georgia, 1993
Neurology and Neurological Integration of the Subluxation Process, Diplomate Studies in Applied Chiropractic Science, Life Chiropractic College West, New York, NY, 1992
Radiography and MRI Principles Procedures and Interpretation, Diplomate Studies in Applied Chiropractic Science, Life Chiropractic College West, New York, NY, 1992
Acute Soft Tissue Injury and Healing, Diplomate Studies in Applied Chiropractic Science, Life Chiropractic College West, New York, NY, 1992
EMG/NCV, Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity interpretation, clinical indications, physiology and utilization parameters of the test, Life Chiropractic College, Marietta Georgia, 1991
AP Lumbosacral Spine and Pelvis, Spinal biomechanical engineering analysis with quantum reconstructive maneuvers and coefficients of structural instability along with the causal factors in trauma and chronic patients, Manchester, Applied Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, New Hampshire, 1990
Cervical Spine and Biomecahnical Failure, Lateral cervical spine, regional ASBE, diagnostic and therapeutical quantum engineering maneuvers and instability along with the causal factors in trauma and chronic patients, Manchester, New Hampshire, Applied Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Research Laboratory,1990
Thoracic Spine and Biomechanical Failure, Clinical procedures in reducing thoracic biomechanical instability, distortion coefficients of VSS and VSD along with the causal factors in trauma and chronic patients, Manchester, New Hampshire Applied Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 1989
Cervical Spine Biomechanical Failure, AP Cervical spine, regional differential coefficients of biophysics, therapeutical and diagnostic quantum mechanics along with the causal factors in trauma and chronic patients, Manchester, New Hampshire, Applied Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 1989
Statistical Analysis of Spinal Biomechanics, Applied Spinal Biomechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Manchester, New Hampshire, Department of Scientific Statistical Education, 1987