Licensure

• Successfully completed all 3 parts of National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) in 1991

• Florida Medical License

• California Medical License (inactive)

Certification

• Special proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine – Certified by AOBSPOMM1996

• Certificate of Competency in Cranial Osteopathy – by Osteopathic Cranial Academy

• Cranial Manipulation Basic Course, 40 Hour Basic Course; By Viola M. Frymann, D.O., F.A.A.O., F.C.A.

• University of Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa – 1987

• Colposcopy for the Primary Care Physician, Orlando, FL – May 1992

• Board Certified  Family Practice by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians, February 1998-2006

• Undergraduate Osteopathic Manipulative Clinical and Teaching Fellowship at Southeastern Univ. of the Health Sciences 1987-1990.

• Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy (FAAO) on 3/19/05

• Neuromusculoskeletal Med/OMM (recertified) 12/05/06-12/31/2017

Education

• Bachelor of Science & Arts Business Management

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL – 1983

Medical Education

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Southeastern University of Health Sciences

North Miami Beach, FL – 1985-1990

Extra year due to teaching fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulation

Internship

• Rotating Internship

Florida Hospital East Orlando

Orlando, FL 1990 – 1991

Residency

• Family Practice

Sun Coast Hospital

Largo, FL 1991 – 1993

Previous Employment

• Independent Contractor Physician at the Osteopathic Wellness Center, Orlando, FL : March 2004- February 2006

• Family Practice Residency supervisor and instructor at Florida Hospital East Orlando from June 30, 2005-January 2006

• Family Physician 

Orlando, FL: 1993 – 1996

• Physician @ the Osteopathic Center for Children of San Diego, CA : January 1996 – October 2003

• Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Manipulation, Family Medicine - Western University of Health Sciences of Pomona, CA : January 1996 – October 2003

Present Employment

• Primary Care Specialists, LLC  5540 East Grant St , Orlando, Fl 32822

• Volunteer Faculty Physician for the Family Practice / Osteopathic Manipulation MedicineResidency at Florida Hospital East Orlando – July 2004 – Present

Professional Societies

• American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

• American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO)

• American College of General Practitioners (ACGP)

• The Osteopathic Cranial Academy

• Florida Academy of Osteopathy

• Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA)– District 3 Vice President 2008-20015

• Florida Academy of Osteopathy– President  2010-2014 ; Board of Directors: 1993-1994,2005-2015; Secretary-Treasurer 2008-2009, 

Osteopathic Skills

• Osteopathic Diagnosis

• Muscle Energy Technique

• Strain/Counterstrain (Jones Technique)

• HVLA

• Still Technique

• Myofascial Release (indirect and direct)

• Ligamentous Tension Balancing (Sutherland Technique)

• Membranous Tension Balancing of the Cranium (Sutherland Technique)

• Fulford’s Percussion Hammer Techniques

• Visceral Techniques 

Lectures

• Dr. Frymann’s Basic Cranial Course (40 hours) – table trainer

May 1999; August 1997; January 1996

• Osteopathic Approach to Respiratory Problems (16 hours) – lectured and table trainer (February 1998)

• Workshop on Palpation (16 hours); table trainer – January 1999

• The Occiput – Basic Cranial Course, May 1999

• Benefits of physical fitness – ITV, educational television show

• SOMA convention for osteopathic medical students – lecture and demonstration, March 31, 2000

• Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians, May 12, 2000

• Lectured on Treating Traumatic Forces in the Body at an intermediate course- May 2001

• Lectured at a Basic Cranial course directed by Viola M. Frymann – Aug 2001

• Lectured for Osteopaths in Holland – Osteopathic Treatments for Children 

• Lectured on Osteopathic Manipulation for Common Diseases – Annual Convention of the Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians – July 1998

• Table trainer for intermediate course held at the Osteopathic Center for Children in January 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

• Lectured to students, interns, and residence in Orlando about once a month 1995.

• Lectured and table trainer for intermediate course- Osteopathic Approach to Respiratory Problems- Feb 1998

• Lectured on Treating Children Osteopathically – COMP- March 1998

• Lectured at a Cranial Academy Basic Cranial course – Feb 2003 

• Lectured on Ligamentous Balancing Techniques for the Lower Extremities at an intermediate course- May 2003

• Lectured on Osteopathic Approach to Low Back Pain at Florida Hospital East Orlando September 2004 

• Lectured on Influence of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism, Frontal and Parietal bones and table trained at Basic Cranial Course held by the Cranial Academy in Feb 2005

• Lectured on Treatment of Scars using Osteopathic Treatment at The Florida Academy of Osteopathy Conference in May 2005

• Table Trained at a Osteopathic Treatment for the Pediatric Patient directed by Dr Frymann in Montreal in June 2005

• Lectured on Influence of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism, Frontal and Parietal bones and table trained at Basic Cranial Course held in San Diego August 2005

• Lectured on Osteopathic Manipulation techniques for the Family Physician at the Florida Academy of Osteopathy in May 2006

• Introductory basic cranial osteopathy course – Course Director  -held in Japan February 2007 

• Lectured on OMT in the Office and Billing to the Florida Osteopathic Medical Assoc (FOMA)- November 2008

• Lectured on OMT for Pediatrics for Osteopaths in Brazil July 23-26, 2009

Public Relations:

• Spoke about Osteopathy to pre-osteopathic students at San Diego State University 2003, 2001, 1999

• Spoke about Osteopathy to pre-osteopathic students at UC@ San Diego 2003, 2000

• Health Fair – San Diego Unified School District- March 1998

• Spoke about “Headaches and Their Treatments” on a local health related television show- 2000

• Spoke about the “Importance of Exercise” on a local health related television show- 1998 

Honors/Awards

• Graduated with honors – University of Florida, 1983

• Osteopathic Physicians of the Year 1995 at Florida Hospital East Orlando

• Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy (FAAO) on 3/19/05

Publications

Alleviating Atypical Tender Points Through the Use of Myofascial Release of Scar Tissue. The AAO Journal. June 2007. pp. 19-24