FREMONT CHIROPRACTIC GROUP 39355 California St., Ste. 106 Fremont, California 94538 Tel 510 796 2225 Fax 510 792 0802 [email protected] Billing Office Tel 877 644 4588 Fax 310 818 5506 www.DrCremataDC.com
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
American Board of Disability Analysts
ULYSS BIDKARAM, DC
Industrial Disability Evaluator
INSTRUCTORS IN CLINICAL SCIENCES AT CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGES AND PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS
MEMBERS
CALIFORNIA CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUA PHYSICIANS GONSTEAD CLINICAL STUDIES
SOCIETY
• EXERCISE REHABILITATION • MED/LEGAL EVALUATIONS • DISABILITY EVALUATIONS • SECOND OPINION CONSULTATIONS • MEDICAL/LEGAL TESTIMONY
CURRICULUM VITAE – 2014
Edward Elizondo Cremata, D.C. Doctor of Chiropractic
California Board of Chiropractic Examiners Active License Status, DC 14349
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 200
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 - 4.14.14
Senior Disability Analyst and Diplomate, American Board of Disability Analysts, 1996. Manipulation Under Anesthesia and Hospital Protocols (quadruple certifications),
A) American Academy of Physical and Manual Medicine B) Texas Chiropractic College
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, the American Academy of Manual Medicine, 2001, New York 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
Certified, American Association of Sensory Electrodiagnostic Medicine, September 1, 2010.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member:
• California Chiropractic Association
• CCA Workers’ Compensation Committee
• Gonstead Clinical Studies Society
• International Chiropractors Association of California
• Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic
Consultants, Vice President
• Council for Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice
Parameters (CCGPP), Delphi Panelists Contributor, 2008
• California Applicants Attorney Association, 2010.
• International Society of Medical Shockwave Treatment,
POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD
Research Associate:
• Gonstead Clinical Studies Society - consultant
• American Association of MUA Providers – Vice Chairman,
Research and Development Staff Privileges:
• Tracy Surgery Center, Tracy, California, 2008
through present
• Bay Spine Surgery Center, Richmond, California
Instructor, classroom and post-graduate education:
• Life Chiropractic College – West
• Palmer-West College of Chiropractic, Associate Professor
• New York Chiropractic College, Past-Extension Faculty,
MUA
Lecturer for the following seminars and institutions:
• Gonstead Seminars
• Innercalm Associates
• Life College of Chiropractic – West
• Palmer-West College of Chiropractic
• International Chiropractic Association
• International Chiropractors Association of California
• Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic
Consultants
• California Chiropractic Association, Contra Costa, Santa
Clara, and Alameda Districts
• 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.
• California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery
• Educator of the year, ICAC 2014
Board Member:
• American Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic
• American Academy of MUA Physicians; www.aamuap.org. Vice Charman
• Institutional Review Board, Life College of Chiropractic
West
• International Chiropractors Association of California
• Douglas Laboratories, Advisory Board Member
Scientific Journal Reviewer:
• Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
(JMPT), Elsevier Publishing
• Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, Elsevier Publishing
GUIDELINE CONTRIBUTOR
International Chiropractors Association
- Best Practices Whiplash Guidelines
Council for Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice
Parameters, Chronic Pain
Practicing Chiropractors Utilization of Radiography in Clinical Chiropractic Practice
National Academy of MUA Physicians
Academy for Manipulation Under Anesthesia Practice
Parameters, Guideline Chair
Guidelines for Manipulation Under Anesthesia, Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2014
LECTURE TOPICS
• Subluxation Pathology
• Examination Procedures
• Application of Chiropractic Technique
• Subluxation with Visceral Concomitant
• Establishing a Prognosis
• Radiographic Interpretation - Biomechanical
• 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 applicable
treatment guidelines.
• Medical/Chiropractic Coding and Billing
• Impairment using the AMA Guidelines, Fifth Edition
• Ethics and Jurisprudence
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/EDUCATION
Host, The Dr. Cremata Show on KNEW 910am, San Francisco.
Podcasts at www.DrCremata.com, click on Radio Show. 12 week
run, 2009.
Scientific expert for KQED Radio Talk Show on Chiropractic. Lecturer for the American Back Society to medical
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 90 depositions
• Served as an expert witness approximately sixty times
in personal injury, workers’ compensation, criminal, malpractice, and regulatory board defense cases.
MEDICAL/LEGAL REFERENCES
Roger Calton, Esq. Daniel Horowitz, Esq. Alyce Maurer, Esq. Jonathan Brand, Esq. Barry Vogel, Esq.
Phillip Buckwalter, Esq. Harry Wirta, Esq.
Michele Raley, Esq. Fred Boyd, Esq. Michael Yates, Esq. Patricia Perry, Esq. Bob Hahn, Esq.
Bob Camors, Esq. Eric Geffon, Esq.
PUBLICATIONS
Neural Control of Immunity. Chiropractic Economics, 1981. Chiropractic Management of Cephalgia. Chiropractic
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. Chiropractic Inclusion in the Treatment of Injured Athletes. ICA Review. February, 1998.
Manipulation Under Anesthesia – A study of four cases -JMPT, September, 2005.
Manipulation Under Anesthesia: A safe, effective, and cost-effective procedures for suitable candidates. LexisNexis, Emerging Issues 5082. June, 2010.
Guidelines for the practice and performance of manipulation under anesthesia. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2014, 22:7
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.