CURRICULUM VITAE 2009 FREMONT CHIROPRACTIC GROUP 39140 Paseo Padre Parkway Fremont, California 94538 REDDING CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC (Med/legal and consultation only) 3609 Bechelli Lane, Ste. A Redding, California 96002 Tel 510 796 2225 Fax 510 792 0802 Cremata@earthlink.net www.drcremata.com Billing Office Tel 800 767 9545 Fax 530 622 3955 Spinal and Joint Rehabilitation Preventive Health Care Doctors have surgery center and/or hospital privileges to allow for multidisciplinary management of chronic pain syndromes EDWARD CREMATA, DC, FAFICC Qualified Medical Evaluator American Board of Disability Analysts ULYSS BIDKARAM, DC Industrial Disability Evaluator SUSAN RHODES, RN, MS, MFCC Pain Psychology INSTRUCTORS IN CLINICAL SCIENCES AT CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGES AND PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS MEMBERS CALIFORNIA CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUA PHYSICIANS GONSTEAD CLINICAL STUDIES SOCIETY AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MANUAL AND PHYSICAL MEDICINE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SPINE PHYSICIANS EXERCISE REHABILITATION MED/LEGAL EVALUATIONS DISABILITY EVALUATIONS Edward Elizondo Cremata, D.C. Doctor of Chiropractic FORMAL EDUCATION College Degrees Shasta College, Redding, California. Associate in Arts Degree in Pre- Chiropractic, 1978, graduating with honors. Palmer-West, Sunnyvale, California. Doctor of Chiropractic Degree, 1981, graduating with high honors. Professional Seminars Attended and/or taught approximately 180 seminars with emphasis on improving technical skills and updating the application of chiropractic, utilizing new scientific information to improve patient care, interdisciplinary management, medical/chiropractic coding, and appropriate guideline-based care. POST DOCTORAL CERTIFICATION Industrial Medical Evaluator, 1995. Qualified Medical Evaluator, State of California, 1996. Senior Disability Analyst and Diplomate, American Board of Disability Analysts, 1996. Manipulation Under Anesthesia and Hospital Protocols (quadruple certifications), beginning in 2000. A) American Academy of Physical and Manual Medicine B) Texas Chiropractic College
2 of 7 C) National College of Chiropractic D) California Academy for MUA Fellow, Academy of Physical and Manual Medicine, 2000. Fellow, Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants, 1998. Fellow, National Academy of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Physicians, 2001. Clinical Proctor, Manipulation Under Anesthesia; Texas Chiropractic College, the California Academy for MUA, and the American Academy of Manual Medicine, 2001. National College of Chiropractic Cornerstone Education. Certified, American Medical Association impairment evaluator. American Board of Forensic Professionals, 2004. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (US), Royal College of Chiropractic Medicine, 2007 California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Expert Reviewer/Witness, 2008. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Member: California Chiropractic Association CCA Workers Compensation Committee Gonstead Clinical Studies Society Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research National Academy of MUA Physicians International Chiropractors Association of California Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants Council for Chiropractic Hospital and Convalescent Care Council for Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP), Delphi Panelists Contributor, 2008 POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD
3 of 7 Research Associate: Gonstead Clinical Studies Society President: National Academy of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Physicians Staff Privileges: Pleasanton Surgery Center, Pleasanton, California, 2003 through present OMNI Surgery Center, Fremont, California, 2007 through present Santa Teresita Hospital, Duarte, California, 2000 Vista Medical Center Hospital, Pasadena, Texas, 2000 Tracy Surgery Center, Tracy, California, 2008 through present The Surgery Center at NorthBay, VacaValley, Vacaville, California, 2008 through present Instructor, post-graduate education: Life Chiropractic College West Palmer-West College of Chiropractic Extension Faculty, Preceptor Program Texas Chiropractic College Extension Faculty, MUA proctor New York Chiropractic College, Extension Faculty, MUA National College of Chiropractic, Extension Faculty, MUA Lecturer for the following seminars and institutions: American Back Society Gonstead Seminars Innercalm Associates Life College of Chiropractic West International Chiropractic Association Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants California Chiropractic Association, Contra Costa and Alameda Districts
4 of 7 Approved Speaker for DC license recertification credit, Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Approved Speaker for QME Education Credit, California Division of Workers Compensation. American Academy of Physical and Manual Medicine. Board Member: American Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants; Vice President of Internal Affairs National Academy of MUA Physicians; President AmCom Insurance Corporation Institutional Review Board, Life College of Chiropractic West International Chiropractors Association of California Scientific Journal Reviewer: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT), Elsevier Publishing Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, Elsevier Publishing LECTURE TOPICS Subluxation Pathology Examination Procedures Application of Chiropractic Technique Subluxation with Visceral Concomitant Establishing a Prognosis Radiographic Interpretation - Biomechanical Objective Screening of the Manipulative Patient Clinical Research Observable Effects of Manipulative Therapy Rationale of Manipulative Treatment Clinical Decision Making California Workers Compensation (QME recertification) Chiropractic Technique Fibrosis Release Procedures, including Manipulation Under Anesthesia Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Multidisciplinary Management pursuant to the ACOEM Guidelines.
5 of 7 Medical/Chiropractic Coding and Billing Manipulation Under Anesthesia POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY HELD Research Director: Gonstead Clinical Studies Society Research Associate: Life-West College of Chiropractic Chiropractic Director: Pleasanton Surgery Center Bay Area Ambulatory Care Center (co-director) Executive Committee and Managing Partner: Pleasanton Surgery Center CHIROPRACTIC PUBLIC RELATIONS Host, The Dr. Cremata Show on KNEW 910am, San Francisco. Podcasts at www.drcremata.com, click on Radio Show Scientific expert for KQED Radio Talk Show on Chiropractic. Lecturer for the American Back Society to medical physicians, attorneys, insurance company representatives, physical therapists, and chiropractors on the scientific application and role of chiropractic manipulative therapy within the multidisciplinary arena of healthcare. Radio talk show guest on Health Quest. Co-Host, You and Your Health, Markazi TV. MEDICAL/LEGAL EXPERIENCE Testimony in approximately forty depositions
6 of 7 Served as an expert witness approximately thirty times in personal injury, workers compensation, criminal, malpractice, and regulatory board defense cases. PUBLICATIONS Neural Control of Immunity. Chiropractic Economics, 1981. Chiropractic Management of Cephalgia. Chiropractic Economics, 1982. The Role of Functional Radiographs of the Lumbar Spine. Proceedings from Conference on Current Topics in Chiropractic reviews of the literature, 1983. Goniometric Assessment and Response to Chiropractic. Adjustment to Cervical Lateral Flexion in Otherwise Asymptomatic Subjects. J.M.P.T., December 1989. A Critique of Biplanar Stereographic Method. Proceedings from 1989 International Conference on Spinal Manipulation, F.C.E.R. Time Course Considerations for the Effects of Unilateral Lower Cervical Adjustments with Respect to the Amelioration of Cervical Lateral Flexion Passive End-Range Asymmetry. J.M.P.T. July/August, 1990. A Retrospective Consecutive Case Analysis of Pretreatment and Comparative Static Radiological Parameters Following Chiropractic Adjustments. J.M.P.T. November/December, 1990. Technique System Application The Gonstead Approach. Chiropractic Technique, February 1991. Effects of Cervical Adjustments on Lateral Flexion Passive End-Range Asymmetry and on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Plasma Catecholamine Levels. J.M.P.T. October, 1991. The Inter- and Intra-Examiner Reliability of a Paraspinal Skin Temperature Instrument. J.M.P.T. August, 1991.
7 of 7 Chiropractic Inclusion in the Treatment of Injured Athletes. ICA Review. February, 1998. Manipulation Under Anesthesia A study of four cases - JMPT, September, 2005. TEXTBOOK CONTRIBUTOR Textbook of Clinical Chiropractic: A Specific Biomechanical Approach. Edited by G. Plaugher and M. Lopes. Williams and Wilkins, 1992. Somatovisceral Effects in Chiropractic. Edited by C. Masarsky and Marion Masarsky. Churchill Livingstone, New York, New York.