Fall Conference 2022 - "CE by the Sea"

Dr. Sean Drake, MS, DC, ICCSP, CCSP, CCEP, ICCSP, PES, CES Related Seminars and Products

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Athlete Chiropractic

Dr. Drake received his bachelor’s degree at Florida State University where he was a walk-on to the Track & Field team. He received his Masters in Sports Health Science with an emphasis in Sports Injury Management as well as his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Life University in Atlanta.

Dr. Drake has extensive experience in treating active individuals as well as professional athletes including athletes from the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, Nitro Circus, UCI BMX, XGames, USA Adaptive Surfing, ATP, WTA, AVP, AVP First, FIVB, CrossFit, PGA, LPGA, and Korn Ferry Tour.

• Team Doctor to multiple professional teams.

• Consults for professional and amateur teams and athletes.

• Professor and Faculty Member at Multiple Universities.

• Advisory Board Member for multiple brands and education platforms in sports medicine.

Dr. Drake’s hobbies include education, golf, tennis, surfing, cycling, swimming, skydiving, sailing, and running. 

Mark Ashworth, Esq. Related Seminars and Products

ASHWORTH & ASHWORTH, LLP

Mr. Ashworth was a founding member of Smith & Ashworth, after he joined the California Bar in 1978. Thereafter, Mr. Ashworth organized the firm of Ashworth, Hayes & Moran, LLP. In 2006, the firm became known as Ashworth & Ashworth, LLP. There are two partners in the firm in addition to associate attorneys, support staff, and other personnel. Carissa Ashworth-Johnson, Mr. Ashworth’s daughter, is the other partner in the firm. She worked as an intern at the Court of Appeal before becoming an attorney in 2004. She is also a trial attorney and sits second chair to Mr. Ashworth for all jury and bench trials.

Mr. Ashworth has arbitrated, mediated, or tried more than 3,000 cases during the past 43 years. He has taken nearly 80 jury trials to verdict throughout California. He represents chiropractors throughout California, and since 1988 has represented nearly 4,000 chiropractors in 52 of California’s 58 counties on

various litigated matters.

He has an ADR practice named Ashworth ADR Solutions, and he is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. Mr. Ashworth is AV-Rated by Martindale Hubbell, and he belongs to the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers and Super Lawyers; Top Attorneys of Orange County; Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators; and Lawyers of Distinction Recognizing Excellence in Medical Malpractice.

Mr. Ashworth was born in 1951 in Provo, Utah. He moved to California in 1972 and was headed to medical school when he decided to go to law school in 1975. He was admitted to the California bar in 1978 and has since been admitted to United States District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Districts. He is admitted to the United States District Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Mr. Ashworth is an Eagle Scout and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from BYU (1972) and a Juris Doctor from WSU School of Law (1978).

Dr. Stephanie M Barbakoff, DC, DACNB Related Seminars and Products

Oculus Brain Centers

Dr. Barbakoff is a board-certified Doctor of Chiropractic and a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Neurology Board (DACNB). Originally from New York, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree, graduating Cum Laude from the State University of New York Farmingdale. With a strong interest in health science, she began exploring different avenues to work with patients in a healthcare setting. She worked in offices of Osteopathy, Obstetrics, and Chiropractic before deciding on holistic health care.

She attended Life Chiropractic College West where she earned a Doctorate, graduating Magna Cum Laude with honors. During her time there, she founded a women’s softball team, the school’s first Sports Council, and led several clubs, including Functional Neurology and the League of Chiropractic Women. She has completed her postdoctoral neurology training through the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies. She currently serves as the Vice President of the California Chiropractic Association’s San Diego chapter.

Krista Burns, DC Related Seminars and Products

American Posture Institute

Dr. Krista Burns is the founder of the American Posture Institute, author of the textbook The Posture Principles, and TEDx Speaker. Dr. Krista has two doctorate degrees and is leading the charge against postural decline as a Doctor of Chiropractic and a Doctor of Health Administration.  

She has been featured on media including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News Radio, and Global Woman Magazine, and prestigious stages including the World Congress of Neurology and Neurological Disorders and the World Congress of Falls and Postural Stability.  She was recognized as a Top 100 Doctor by the Global Summits Institute.   

Dr. Adam J Del Torto, DC Related Seminars and Products

Chiropractor

Cranial Facial Release

Dr. Adam J. Del Torto, BS, DC, is a 1984 graduate of New York Chiropractic College. Dr. Adam presently has two successful practices in Burbank and Catalina Island, California. 

Dr. Adam started his professional practice as an associate doctor in Oyster Bay, NY, in 1985 under his mentor Dr. Rob Romanelli.  During that time Dr. Adam was selected as one of the few chiropractors to organize and conduct scoliosis examinations on grade school children in the state of New York.  This was a pioneer event, being the first time a Doctor of Chiropractic was allowed to participate in scoliosis screenings in the New York public school system. 

Dr. Adam went back to undergraduate college and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Life Science from New York Institute of Technology in 1985 - graduating Cum Laude.  While in undergraduate college, Dr. Adam participated in groundbreaking biofeedback research under Dr. Bertram Spector, PhD, when biofeedback was in the dawn of its existence.   

Dr. Adam was also actively involved in developing the Collegiate Inter-professional Committee - an organization designed to enhance inter professional relationships between health professions through communication and education for the common good of the patient.  

Dr. Del Torto moved back to his hometown of Lompoc, CA, in 1986, where he developed a very successful practice with two associate doctors. While in Lompoc, he was active in various community projects, including the "Leadership Lompoc Valley" program - a select group of individuals who elicited leadership qualities, and took part in an extensive 12 month program which concentrated on community development, local issues, and political concerns. 

Dr. Adam was also an active member of several international organizations, including the Rotary Club where he was responsible for organizing and hosting the annual district convention for the high school Interact Club, a major project involving over 200 students from 13 different high schools. For his efforts, Dr. Adam was awarded the prestigious Lions Award, an honor only given to an esteemed few individuals for their contribution to the community.

Dr. Del Torto moved from Lompoc in 1994 at which time he started a marketing company called DC Products, which marketed unique chiropractic educational and promotional products.  He authored a chiropractic educational coloring book for children called “Chiro Kids”, which is now in its second edition and distributed nationwide. 

Dr. Adam uses an integrative approach to treatment incorporating a combination of Diversified chiropractic adjusting techniques, SOT procedures, and Cranial Facial Release (CFR) – a specialized “balloon assisted” cranial adjusting technique that he developed, which evolved from an earlier form of endo-nasal cranial adjusting called Bilateral Nasal Specific (BNS).   

Dr. Adam is the founder and developer of Cranial Facial Release technique which is credentialed through Life West University and recognized as an acceptable and viable technique throughout the chiropractic community.  CFR is a unique cranial adjusting procedure that generates a lot of excitement + a high level of interest throughout the profession.  CFR often works with last resort patients who have not responded to other forms of conventional treatment - for such things as breathing disorders, migraine headaches, facial pain, facial paralysis, vertigo, learning disorders, neurological disorders, and especially Traumatic Brain Injuries and Post-Concussion Syndrome.  

Dr. Adam has lectured on this specialized cranial procedure at multiple chiropractic forums in both the U.S. and abroad, including Spain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, New Zealand, and Malaysia.  He has been featured as the mainstage speaker for the Annual CCA Convention, New Beginnings Seminar, SOTO-USA, and at the first ever Axiom Convention in Brussels, Belgium.  He teaches CFR seminars on an international basis which are eligible for Continuing Education Credits for licensed Chiropractors.

Dr. Adam has been featured on the E-Channel, Celebrity News Magazine, and The Randy Alverez “Wellness Hour”, which attracted international attention.  CFR is gaining momentum on an exponential basis as it gains recognition throughout the chiropractic profession. 

Dr. Adam’s latest creative endeavor includes the genesis of a new chiropractic movement and convention series called “CHIROPRACTIC ROCKS”, an annual event which features 20+ high-level speakers whose primary  focus is Unifying the Profession Behind a Common United Purpose & Helping to Shape the Future of Chiropractic.

Dr. Del Torto has 6 chiropractors in his family, including his uncle Dr. Gus Domenico who practices in upstate NY; his son Dr. Robert Del Torto who practices with Dr. Adam in his Catalina office + also has his own practice in Long Beach, CA; his cousin Dr. Brandon Friss and wife Dr. Amanda Friss who both practice in Singapore, and his cousin Dr. Bill McClune who also practices in upstate New York.  His 13-year-old grandson Angelo is the next generation of up-and-coming chiropractors in the Del Torto family rounding up 4 generations of chiropractors. 

Jay S. Greenstein, DC, CGFI-L1, CKTP, FMS Related Seminars and Products

Kaizenovate

Dr. Jay Greenstein has been in practice for 27 years and is the CEO of a multi-location, multi-division, multi-million dollar set of companies. The Kaizo Health companies consists of 3 divisions, a multilocation chiropractic rehabilitation and wellness practice, a multi-location personal training business, and a 501-c3 Clinical Research Institute. Dr. Greenstein is also the CEO of Kaizenovate, a technology and consulting firm that helps Doctor of Chiropractic grow their practices through technology. His companies have been on the Inc. 500 list multiple times. He is the past Chairman for the Clinical Compass, and the Federation of International Chiropractic Chairman of the Sport’s World Olympians Scholarship Program. Dr. Greenstein is a sought-after international speaker and consultant, teaching clinical guidelines, leadership, and the business management. He sits on multiple advisory boards in healthcare and technology.

Lee Hazen, DC Related Seminars and Products

Temecula Center for Integrative Medicine

Dr. Elizabeth S Hoefer, DC, DCCJP Related Seminars and Products

Well Connected Chiropractic

Elizabeth Hoefer has been a Blair Chiropractor for 14 years. As an advanced certified instructor for the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Society, Dr. Hoefer has trained hundreds of students and doctors in the blair technique for over a decade. Her passion for upper cervical has led her to earn a Diplomate in CranioCervical Junction Procedures.

Jeff Langmaid, DC Related Seminars and Products

The Smart Chiropractor

As an author, speaker, and founder, Dr. Jeff Langmaid is dedicated to helping chiropractors achieve more in practice.

He is the founder of The Evidence Based Chiropractor, co-founder of The Smart Chiropractor, and author of Marketing Chiropractic to Medical Doctors. His podcast and social media presence have made him one of the most followed chiropractors in the world.

Dr. Langmaid is a highly regarded speaker regularly found presenting material on chiropractic research, marketing, and relationship building.

He has been featured on Yahoo Health, Prevention Magazine, Chiropractic Economics, CBS News, MSN Health, and more. 

Dr. Dr. Sherry D McAllister, M.S (Ed)., D.C., CCSP Related Seminars and Products

President

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP)

Sherry McAllister, DC, M.S. (Ed) CCSP, serves as the President of the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, the national not-for- profit organization showcasing the benefits of chiropractic care across multiple platforms. Dr. McAllister earned her Master’s in Science from the University of California East Bay as a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West, where she served as an Associate Professor. She has recently completed two certification programs: One from Stanford Graduate School of Business in Executive Leadership Development and one from Yale University: Science of Wellbeing. She is a frequent guest speaker for National Conventions, Corporate Wellness Programs, International Chiropractic Seminars, Health Benefit/Advisory Panels and Business and Healthcare Alliances. Dr. McAllister has served as a Qualified Medical Examiner, Expert Chiropractic Witness for the State of California, and has been in private practice in San Jose since 1996.

Brandon Steele, DC, FACO Related Seminars and Products

ChiroUp

Dr. Steele is currently in private practice at Premier Rehab in the greater St. Louis area.  He began his career creating and implementing rehabilitation programs for members of the St. Louis Cardinals, Rams, and Blues. Dr. Steele currently lectures extensively on evidence-based treatment of musculoskeletal disorders for the University of Bridgeport’s diplomate in orthopedics program.  He serves on the executive board of the Illinois Chiropractic Society.  He is a Diplomate and Fellow of the Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists (FACO) and a member of the NCMIC speaker’s bureau. Dr. Steele is also the co-founder of ChiroUp.com, a resource used around the world by practicing chiropractors and colleges.

Dr. Lisa Thomson, DC, CFMP, CME Related Seminars and Products

Back Body Mind Chiropractic

Cliff Tao, DC, DACBR Related Seminars and Products

Cliff Tao DC DACBR Chiropractic Radiologist, Inc

Dr. Cliff Tao was born in Ottawa, Canada and has been in private radiology practice for 17 years in Orange County, California, serving chiropractors throughout the United States, Canada, and beyond.  Following graduation from National in Chicago, Dr. Tao completed his 3 year full-time radiology residency at LACC and then did a full-time musculoskeletal radiology research fellowship training at UCI Medical Center in Orange, California.  He is an internationally sought after speaker, and is published, both in chiropractic and medical literature, on the topic of chiropractic, spine, and musculoskeletal radiology.  Dr. Tao is part-time voluntary faculty at LACC and former voluntary instructor of radiology at the UCI Medical Center. He has been a CalChiro member, having served in various positions on his local board in Orange County.  He is married with a toddler, and enjoys the outdoors.

Dr. Moses J Jacob, DC, FCCA Related Seminars and Products

Novato Chiropractic

Paul J Marsh, DC, QME Related Seminars and Products

Paul J Marsh Chiropractic Corporation

Lorena M. Chambers, Esq. Related Seminars and Products

Verdieck Chambers

Lorena M. Chambers is one of the founding partners of Verdieck Chambers. She is a mother, attorney, artist, and passionate environmentalist. Mrs. Chambers graduated from San Diego State University, graduating with a degree in Security and Conflict Resolution and minoring in Rhetoric and Writing Studies. She then attended Thomas Jefferson School of Law as a recipient of the Jefferson Fellow Scholarship. While there, Ms. Chambers was an editor of the Law Review, co-founder of the Business Law Society and competitor on the Alternative Dispute Resolution team, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Ms. Garza also served as an extern for Magistrate Judge William Gallo at the Federal District Court for two summer sessions. Mrs. Chambers worked fighting for injured workers as an associate attorney before opening her own firm. She started her career representing employers in workers’ compensation matters, giving her a unique understanding of the opposing side’s position.

Hon. Robert G. Rassp, Esq. Related Seminars and Products

Judge Rassp practiced workers’ compensation and social security disability law from 1981 until his appointment as a Workers’ Compensation Judge on April 16, 2018. On December 16, 2019, he was appointed as the Presiding Judge at the WCAB Los Angeles District Office where he supervises 18 judges and 60 staff. He has been a certified specialist in workers’ compensation law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization since 1994. Judge Rassp is the author of “Lawyer’s Guide To The AMA Guides and California

Workers’ Compensation” with the 18 th edition in press, and Judge Rassp is the Editor-In-Chief of the Rassp & Herlick 22 chapter treatise, both published by LexisNexis. Judge Rassp has been an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law since 2017. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Friends Research Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. ( www.friendsresearch.org ). Judge Rassp enjoys teaching Workers’ Compensation law to the workers’ compensation community and spends his spare time as the keyboardist playing rock and roll in his two bands, “CC&R” and “Retro.”

Steve Cattolica Related Seminars and Products

Steve holds a degree in Physical Sciences from the University of California and a secondary teaching credential from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. Steve began his career in healthcare in the practice management field. Steve served in management roles in operations, human resources, product development, marketing and regulatory compliance. Steve developed and successfully ran an enterprise that combined a full-service medical cost containment and managed care organization (MCO) with a medical management services organization (MSO). During this same time, representing the interests of his physician clients, Steve was deeply involved with the revision of the Official Medical Fee Schedule as well as formation and later revision of the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule and In-patient Medical Fee Schedule. Prior to beginning his lobbying career in 2004, Steve successfully established and directed the operations for the HealthNetPlus California Workers Compensation Health Care Organization (WCHCO). In 2003 the unit was acquired by FirstHealth and after a series of acquisitions is now integral to the Coventry family of MPNs . The networks that formed the core of the HealthNetPlus MPNs here in California are based on that original work.

Paul Jain, MD, QME Related Seminars and Products

Paul Jain MD Internal Medicine/Pain Management

Dr. Jain is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Qualified Medical Evaluator who has been in practice for 14 years. He completed his medical school and residency training at George Washington University Medical Center. For the first 10 years of his career, he held a full time academic position as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California – San Diego Medical Center. He is currently in Private Practice and serves as an Expert Witness for the California Medical Board. He has performed over 300 IMEs and has been deposed, testified on numerous cases.

Specialty Focus: Pain Management, Neck/Whiplash Injuries, Shoulder Injury, Low back Injury, Knee Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Migraine Headaches, Vertigo/Dizziness, PTSD/Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Complex Medication Management, all forms of Internal/End Organ Damage – Heart, Brain, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach. All forms of solid tumor and bone marrow cancers.

Brent Musolf, DC Related Seminars and Products

frontline chiropractic

Brent is a results oriented executive and senior physician with twenty plus years of operational and leadership experience. He has a successful history of producing visionary, yet practical, goal-focused programs in rural and fiscally challenged emerging markets. This has been accomplished through planning, communication, budgetary and management skills. In the development of these markets, it was necessary to develop organizational health care delivery standards and patient management information systems.

Brent was brought into most of the projects to rescue and rehabilitate them if possible. This involved short and long-term enterprise business planning, enterprise marketing and business development. All while working in and providing operational management of widely dispersed clinical practices in high stress, post conflict environments. Brent directed and managed multiple programs with distinction at locations in the United States of America, Afghanistan, Iraq and South Sudan.

Jennifer Poast, DO, MA Related Seminars and Products

I came to medicine in a round-about way. I majored in Sociology and received both a BA and MA in sociology with an emphasis on Health Policy and then went to The Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following medical school, I did an osteopathic rotating internship at Cook County Stroger Hospital followed by an OSF Saint Francis Hospital (University of Illinois Peoria Program) and then a General Internal Medicine Fellowship also at the University of Illinois, this time in Chicago. During medical school, residency and throughout my career, I have worked with community health centers and have a passion for health policy, medically underserved populations, coordinated care and medical education. I served as the interim Regional Director of Medical Education for the AT Still- SOMA’s program at San Ysidro Health (SYH) and then transitioned to the SYH Internal Medicine Residency program where I am currently the Director of Research and Quality Improvement, Chair of the clinical competency committee and San Ysidro Health Clinic Site Director. In these roles I work 100% building curriculum, supervising residents in the outpatient setting and supervising their required research/QI programs.

Michele Lamantia, MD Related Seminars and Products

Born in San Diego California and raised in the small town of Ocean Beach she always appreciated the community. She went to Point Loma High School and went on to get her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Chemistry at UC, San Diego La Jolla. Always with a passion for medicine and love for community, she felt the call to medicine as a vocation of service she wanted to pursue and took the extra pre-med courses needed to apply to medical school. She was accepted at her Alma Mater UCSD and completed her Medical Degree and then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Scripps Mercy San Diego. Dr. Lamantia then went to serve in a small community practice in Lakeside, California with Dr. JanSturkow and enjoyed the flexibility of a clinic practice combined with her hospital skills maintaining privileges at Sharp Grossmont Hospital.

With the advent of “hospitalist” programs many hospitals found it more cost effective to retain their own Internal Medicine staff and Dr. Lamantia moved onto a position with Kaiser Permanente at their Clairmont facility with 2800 patients on her panel to manage. Upon retiring from Kaiser in 2008 Dr. Lamantia sought a part-time position and sought to return to the community medicine she had enjoyed out of training.

Working with a culturally diverse and underserved population she found she was able to enjoy the rewards of service to her community and has stayed with SYHealth now for 13 years. She currently serves as the Director of the SYHealth Chronic Pain Program, Chief of Internal Medicine, and Internal Medicine Program Director.