Our Physicians

Memberships:

american academy of spine physicians, american academy of pain management (diplomate), american academy of m.u.a. physicians, anjc, sigma alpha mu national fraternity, american board of disabilty analysts (fellow).

Professional Skills:

15 years of managing and coordinating spinal injury cases in an interdisciplinary setting inclusive of pain management, physical therapy, neurology and orthopedics.

Research:

2011-present utilizing diffusion tensor imaging as a secondary prevention strategy in mild traumatic brain injury patients. (assisting dr. rc krishna, neurologist in patient selection and review of records)

States of Licensure:

• NY XO09080 Worker’s Compensation # CO09080-5b
• NJ MC0580900
• NPI 1174676167

Staff Priveleges:

Specialty Surgery of Secaucus, MUA priveleges

Expert Testimonies

• March 2, 2012 for Mercury Insurance Co. in arbitration of M. Pannicia MUA billing, Mineola, NY
• May 11, 2012 for Commerce Insurance Co. in civil litigation of S. Sukhu MUA billing, Kings County Civil Court, NY
• June 1, 2015 F. Maldonado v. United States, expert plaintiff deposition, New York, NY
• New York State Worker’s Compensation expert telephonic depositions in cases of ongoing disability status, causality of injuries, and issues of permanency as a treating Chiropractor as well as plaintiff independent expert from 2004-present
• Expert medical witness in the jury trial of T. Approvato, Mt. Holly, NJ February 1, 2017
• Expert medical witness in the jury trial of S. Rickabaugh, Mt. Holly, NJ May 5, 2017
• Expert medical witness in the jury trial of M. Gonzalez-Pace, Camden, NJ September 26, 2017
• Expert medical witness (video deposition) in the jury trial of C. Young, Poconos, PA May 7, 2018
• Expert medical witness (video deposition) in the case of M. Edwards, Burlington County, NJ February 25, 2019
• Expert medical witness (video deposition) in the case of Durojaye vs. NJM, Camden County, NJ February 7, 2020

Continuing Education:

• sports rehabilitation for the clinician, 12/9/98 from nyu medical center.
• back pain in golfers, 5/15/00 through 5/16/00.
• 1 hour clinical applications of mri by dr. terry yochum from 9/16/00.
• 12 hours certified chiropractic sports physician head, cervical spine, and maxillofacial trauma module 2 from 7/21/01 to 7/22/01.
• 12 hours certified chiropractic sports physician module 1 shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand from 8/4/01 and 8/10/01.
• 12 hours functional medicine forum from 3/27/04.
• 12 hours advanced chiropractic management of scoliosis dated 5/14/05 to 5/15/05.
• physical therapy 101 dated 10/15/06.
• 3 hours lumbar spine mri interpretation review from 1/18/07.
• 1 hour new york city workers’ compensation board 2012 guidelines for medical professional.
• forensic chiropractic diplomate 104, 105, and 106 dated 5/20/07.
• Ethics for professionals 103 dated 12/20/08.
• forensic chiropractic 103 dated 12/21/08.
• ethics for professionals 105 dated 12/24/08.
• ethics for professionals 101 dated 12/25/08.
• applied diagnostic therapy from 3/15/09.
• forensic chiropractic 101, 102, and 103 dated 3/22/09.
• practical musculoskeletal radiology: 12 hours advances in orthopedic spinal imaging from 1/16/10 to 1/17/10.
• forensic chiropractic 104, 105, and 106 dated 1/17/10 to 1/18/10.
• 12 hours american academy of pain management 21st annual clinical meeting, exploring with signs of practicing the art of pain management from 9/21/10 to 9/24/10.
• ½ hour new york state workers’ compensation board review of forms and processing from 11/7/10.
• 12 hours ethics and jurisprudence: evidence based documentation from 3/26/11 to 3/27/11
• 2 hours department of transportation certified medical examination training module 2 dated 1/28/13.
• cms fraud, waste, and abuse training completed 2/19/13, 6/14.
• 1 hour new york city workers’ compensation board 2013 medical treatment guidelines update overview dated 2/15/13.
• 2 hours department of transportation certified medical examination training module 4 dated 2/25/13.
• 12 hours Comprehensive MRI Imaging of the Spine, Dr.. Terry Yochum 8/11/13
• 1 hour Identifying and treating chronic and episodic migraine 7/29/14
• 8 hours department of transportation certifed medical examination training modules 1,3,5,6 dated 8/15/15
• 5 hours ethics and jurisprudence 8/15/15
• 4 hours ethics and jurisprudence 8/22/15
• 12 hours Brain Injury and Neurodegeneration, Dr. Dan Murphy 8/29/15
• 12 hours Science based nutrition, Dr. Van Merkle 9/26/15
• 2 hours MRI reading, Dr. Terry Yochum 10/1/15
• 3 hours ethics and jurisprudence 10/4/15
• 8 hours electrodiagnostics 10/4/15
• 24 hours of FCE/Work Hardening training through Occupro 4/10/17
• 2 hours MRI reading 8/28/17
• 1 hour diagnosis 8/28/17
• 2 hours ethics and jurisprudence 8/29/17
• 4 hours ethics and jurisprudence 9/9/17
• 5 hours of neurology imaging 9/17/17
• 3 hours of cervical spine imaging 10/7/17
• 1 hour of pragmatic mri of the spine and extremities 11/7/17
• 2 hours advanced mri spinal case studies 12/14/17
• 2 hours NY workers comp documentation 1/25/18
• 12 hours whiplash and associated disorders 1/28/18