39140 Paseo Padre Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 | Phone: 510-796-2225

Meet Fremont CA Chiropractor Dr. Edward Cremata

Dr. Ed Cremata is a California board-licensed Chiropractor. He holds a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic West and has attended over 160 seminars with emphasis on improving technical skills and updating the application of chiropractic, utilizing new scientific information to improve patient care.

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CURRICULUM VITAE – 2010

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
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. 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

California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Expert Reviewer/Witness, 2008.

Certified, American Association of Sensory Electrodiagnostic Medicine, September 1, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member:
• California Chiropractic Association
• CCA Workers’ Compensation Committee
• Gonstead Clinical Studies Society
• 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
• California Applicants Attorney Association, 2010.

POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD

Research Associate:
• Gonstead Clinical Studies Society

President:
• National Academy of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Physicians
• National Association for Manipulation Under Anesthesia, Vice President
• American Association of MUA Providers – Vice Chairman, Research and Development

Staff Privileges:
• Tracy Surgery Center, Tracy, California, 2008 through present
• The Surgery Center at NorthBay, VacaValley, Vacaville, California, 2008 through present

Instructor, classroom and post-graduate education:
• Life Chiropractic College – West
• Palmer-West College of Chiropractic
• Texas Chiropractic College – Extension Faculty, MUA proctor
• New York Chiropractic College, 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
• 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

Board Member:
• American Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants; Vice President of Internal Affairs
• National Academy of MUA Physicians; President
• 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 applicable treatment guidelines.
• Medical/Chiropractic Coding and Billing
• Fibrosis Release Procedures, including Manipulation Under Anesthesia
• Impairment using the AMA Guidelines, Fifth Edition

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.

Host, 910 KNEW, The Doctor Cremata Show. 12 week run, 2009

MEDICAL/LEGAL EXPERIENCE

• Testimony in approximately seventy depositions
• Served as an expert witness approximately sixty 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.

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.

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.

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39140 Paseo Padre Parkway   Fremont ,  CA   94538