HIGHLIGHTS
• 26 years of full-time clinical practice.

• 2019 “Chiropractor of the Year” by the Georgia Chiropractic Association.

• Past American Chiropractic Association (ACA) delegate to Georgia.

• Approved Peer Reviewer by the Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

• Served on the Attorney Generals Anti Opioid Task Force for Georgia.

• Presented seminars for the Georgia Chiropractic Association and other organizations on TBI, billing / coding, facet injury, diagnosis, and other clinical topics.

• I have been accepted by as a “Review Agent” by the Georgia Chiropractic Board of Examiners to do expert reports concerning patient care. (see Rule 100-17-.01 Peer Reviewer).

• Opined and testified as an expert in many capacities concerning brain injury, spine injury, impairment ratings, malpractice, pathophysiology, injury causation, apportionment, reasonableness of fees, billing, coding, disability and as an independent examiner. In JOSEPH TERRY VS NAHOKO HER 20SC-0841-B, survived a Daubert Challenge concerning testimony about brain injury and impairment. My testimony and opinions have never been excluded.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, TRAINING AND AWARDS

 Certified Impairment Rater, International Academy of Independent Medical Evaluators, expires 2028
 Certified Brain Injury Specialists from Brain Injury Association of America # 27326 – 2020
 Certification in Motor Vehicle Trauma (C.M.V.T.) American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.
 Complete Concussion Management Inc. 40-hour concussion management course 2020
 Texas Chiropractic - Certified Chiropractic Sports Medicine Specialist – CCSMS – 2018
 Certified in concussion testing with Brainscope One – 2018
 CDC certified in concussion awareness certification #694230 ACSM CEC Certificate -2018
 Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Certified Provider - 2017
 American Board of Independent Medical Examiners - Board Certification # 05-00094. - CICE
 AMA Guides to Impairment Sixth Edition Training - American Board of Independent Medical Examiners.
 Georgia State Board of Workers Compensation - Medical Provider WC Professional - 2009
 Accepted by as a “Review Agent” by the Georgia Chiropractic Board - 2009
 Texas Chiropractic - Certified Chiropractic Insurance Consultant – CCIC - 2008
 The American Academy of Pain Management - Board Certified # 8395 – DAAPM – 2006 to 2010
 American Board of Independent Medical Examiners - Board Certification # 05-00097 – CICE - 2005
 AMA Guides to Impairment Fifth Edition - American Board of Independent Medical Examiners - 2005
 Licensed to practice Chiropractic in Georgia, License # 0005997. - 1998
 National Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Parts I, II, III & IV. -1997
 Life University - Doctor of Chiropractic - Summa Cum Laude. 1997
 New York Chiropractic College - Physiotherapy Certification. - 1997
 Radford University - Bachelor of Science Degree - Cum Laude -1994 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Full time clinical practice since 1998. Over this time, I have treated over 20000+ trauma cases, 300,000+ patient visits and 2000+ cases as an expert for second opinions concerning impairment, disability, causation, billing reviews or independent evaluations. I have taught more than 100 seminars relating to causation, coding, mechanism of injury, patient care, MRI reading and injury diagnosis. I have served as chair for the insurance & ethics committee as well as on the board of directors for the Georgia Chiropractic Association (2014-2017). Written a book on traffic injury. Survived a Daubert Challenge concerning brain injury and impairment ratings. Testified in a criminal trial concerning brain injury.  

OTHER SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS
 Published: “Diagnosis of Chronic Cervical Facet Pain”; American Journal of Pain Management, October 2005, 140.
 Elected to and served on the Board of Directors to the Georgia Chiropractic Association 2014-2017
 Recipient of the President’s Award for outstanding service to the GCA in 2016 & 2017.
 I have written articles and taught seminars on extracting data form records, the human risk factors for injury, diagnosis, impairment, coding, TBI, MRI reading and mechanisms of injury.
 I taught anatomy, physiology and dissection for 2 years as a lab assistant while in graduate school.
 Over 500 hours of continuing education on the management and treatment of injuries, TBI, impairment rating, diagnosis, rehab, MRI reading, causation analysis, disc injury management, work injury, pathophysiology and general patient care.

SELECT REFERENCES
• American Medical Association: Guides to the Evaluation Disease and injury causation, second edition. Chicago, American Medical Association, Mosby, 2014
• American Medical Association: Disability Evaluation, second edition. Chicago, AMA 2003.
• American Medical Association: Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, sixth edition. Chicago, American Medical Association, Mosby, 2007. (Also fifth edition published in 2000)
• Bansley, Lord, Bogduk. Whiplash Injury: Clinical Review . Pain 58, 1994, 283-307.
• Algorithms for the Chiropractic Management of Acute and Chronic Spine-Related Pain, Topics in Integrative Health Care 2012, Vol. 3(4) ID: 3.4007
• Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries, Second Ed, Lawrence Nordhoff, Jones & Bartlett Publishers 2005
• ODG Guidelines from Work Loss Data Institute, 2015-2023 • “The Anatomy & Biomechanics of Acute and Chronic Whiplash Injury”, Traffic Injury Prevention, 10: 2, 101-112
• Whiplash and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Arthur C. Croft , Spine Research Institute of Sa; 1st edition (2009)
• Whiplash-Associated Diseases, American Medical Association, Rene Cailliet, 2007
• CONCUSSION GUIDELINES STEP 2: EVIDENCE FOR SUBTYPE CLASSIFICATION. Neurosurgery.
• CDC: traumatic brain injury/concussion 2023 & Capizzi, A.; Woo, J.; Verduzco-Gutierrez, M. Traumatic Brain Injury: An Overview of Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Medical Management. Med. Clin. N. Am. 2020’
• ChiroCode DeskBook, 27th annual edition. ChiroCode Institute, Phoenix AZ, 2023
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Traumatic Brain Injury: A Roadmap for Accelerating Progress. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
• Whiplash: evidence base for clinical practice, Michele Sterling PhD, Churchill Livingstone, 2011
• Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, Second Edition : Whiting PhD, Zernicke PhD, March 17, 2008
• AMA CPT Book, ICD-10 Code Book, HCPCS Book – 2023 

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