CV/Resume Dr. Castanet

Craig Castanet, D.C., DAAPM, CEDIR
1901 Montreal Road, Suite 126
Tucker, GA 30084
Phone 770-908-0740
Fax 770-908-0463
castanet@backstrong.net

SELECTED OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY

Chiropractor, Neuromusculoskeletal Diagnostics, Decatur, GA, 1987-1989
Chiropractor, Rehab Orthopedic Medicine, Decatur, GA, 1989-2005
Chiropractor and Clinic Director, Backstrong Non-Surgical Rehab Clinic, Tucker, GA, 2005- present

EDUCATION & LICENSURE

Doctorate in Chiropractic, Palmer College of Chiropractic-West, Sunnyvale, CA 1983-1986
College of San Mateo, Undergraduate Studies, San Mateo, CA 1977-83
Prarie State College, Undergraduate Studies, Chicago Heights, ILL 1977
Diplomate, National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, 1986
Doctor of Chiropractic, Licensed in Georgia, License #2767, 1988-present
Doctor of Chiropractic, Licensed in Florida, License #5661, 1987-1989
Doctor of Chiropractic, Licensed in California, License #18621, 1987-1989

SELECTED POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATIONS

Certified in Spinal Rehabilitation, Medx Cervical and Lumbar Rehabilitation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, 1991
Certified FCE Evaluator, E.P.I.C. Functional Capacity Evaluations, University of California, San Diego, Orthomed Center, La Jolla, CA, 1996
Certified Graduate in Whiplash and Brain Traumatology, Spine Research Institute, San Diego, CA, 2005
Certified Practitioner in Active Release Techniques of the Spine, Dallas, TX, 2006
Certified Spinal Decompression Practitioner, SpineMED Spinal Decompression, Baltimore, MD, 2006
Diplomate, American Academy of Medical Legal Professionals, 2008
Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management, 2008
Certified, Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression Treatment, Kennedy Seminar, 2009
Certification in Evaluation of Disability and Impairment Rating (CEDIR), 6th Edition Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (AADEP), 2009

SELECTED POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION

Advanced Chiropractic Seminars, Roentgenology, Orthopedics, Neurology, Physical Diagnosis and Chiropractic Science, DE, 1987
Pride Research Foundation, New Frontiers for the Industrial Spine: Sports Medicine for Working People, Dallas, TX, 1990
Industrial Back Injury Prevention and Management, Theory and Practice, Duane Saunders, Bloomington, MN, 1991
University of Florida Center for Exercise Science, Colleges of Medicine and Health and Human Performance, Musculoskeletal Evaluation and Rehabilitation, Medx Spinal Rehabilitation, Gainesville, FL, 1991
Palmer Chiropractic College, Chiropractic Roentgenology, Davenport, IA, 1993
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Exercise Rehabilitation of the Spine, Gainesville, FL, 1993
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Spine and Strength Symposium, La Jolla, CA, 1994
Parker College of Chiropractic, Mazion’s Optimal Spinal, Dallas, TX, 1994
Life College of Chiropractic, Validating Chiropractic and Documentation, Marietta, GA, 1994
Life College of Chiropractic, Radiologic Review, Marietta, GA, 1995
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Objective Measurement of Soft-Tissue Injury, La Jolla, CA, 1995
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Comprehensive Spine and Joint Care from Exercise to Outcomes, La Jolla, CA, 1996
Parker College of Chiropractic, Differential Diagnosis of Pain, Dallas, TX, 1996
National College of Chiropractic, Northwestern College of Chiropractic and Healthcare Education Associates, Comprehensive Chiropractic Managed Care Self-Assessment Program- Volumes 1, 2 and 3, Lombard, IL, 1997-1998
The Association of Hospital Health and Fitness/Medical Fitness Association, Medical Fitness: Strategies for Today’s Healthcare Leaders, Chicago, IL, 1997
University of Florida College of Medicine, Rehabilitation of the Spine, Gainesville, FL, 1997
National-Lincoln School of Post-Graduate Education, Clinical and Legal Implications, Lombard, IL, 1998
NCMIC/Triad, Risk Management Seminar, Des Moines, IA, 1998
University of Florida- Intelicus, Medical and Operational Issues, Forensic Issues, History of FCE, Ocoee, FL, 1998
Life Chiropractic College-West, Whiplash and Spinal Trauma, Part 1, Atlanta, GA, 1999
New York Chiropractic College, Risk Management and Jurisprudence, Clinical Whiplash, Seneca Falls, NY, 1999
Logan College of Chiropractic, Clinical Assessment Program, Primary Assessment: Diagnosis, Evaluation and Management, Chesterfield, MO, 2000
Life University, Neuromechanical Innovations in Patient Case Management, Marietta, GA, 2000
Georgia Council of Chiropractic, Risk Management, Marietta, GA, 2001
Lincoln College of Post-Professional Graduate and Continuing Education, Solving the Puzzle of Chiropractic, Lombard, IL, 2001
Life College of Chiropractic-West, New Era in Whiplash and Spinal Trauma, Atlanta, GA, 2001
New York Chiropractic College, Rehabilitation of the Spine, Georgia Law and Risk Management, Levittown, NY, 2002
University of Bridgeport, Clinical Documentation of Spinal Pain Syndromes, Risk Management and Georgia Law, Bridgeport, CT, 2003
University of Bridgeport, Whiplash Syndromes, Bridgeport, CT, 2004
University of Bridgeport, Compliance Guidelines for Documentation, Bridgeport, CT, 2005

Spine Research Institute of San Diego, Whiplash and Brain Injury Traumatology, Module 1, Basic and Special Concepts of Biomechanics, Injury Impairment Scales, Epidemiology of Whiplash, Brain, Neck and Cervical Spine Trauma Mechanisms from Motor Vehicle Crashes, Soft Tissue Injuries, Common Syndromes, Conditions Affecting Muscles, Pain Syndromes, Outcome of CAD Injury, Orlando, FL, 2005

Spine Research Institute of San Diego, Whiplash and Brain Injury Traumatology, Module 2, Accident Reconstruction Primer, History Taking, Physical Examination, Radiographic Examination, CT Examination, MRI Examination, Special Diagnostic Imaging, Electrodiagnostics, Summary of Diagnostic Testing, Diagnosis/Impression, Orlando, FL, 2005

Spine Research Institute of San Diego, Whiplash and Brain Injury Traumatology, Module 3, Intake Forms, SOAP Notes, Re-examinations and Supplemental Reports, The Narrative Report, Special Procedures, Disability Questionnaires, Independent Medical Examinations, Practice Development, Orlando, FL, 2005

Spine Research Institute of San Diego, Whiplash and Brain Injury Traumatology, Module 4, Reporting, Records Keeping, Medical Photography, Depositions, Arbitrations, Testifying in Court, Using Evidence, Medicolegal Rebuttal, Daubert and Frye, Motions in Limine, Orlando, FL, 2005

Chirocode Seminars, Ethical Standards for Proper Payment, 2005
University of Bridgeport, Risk Management and Georgia Law, Bridgeport, CT, 2006
New York Chiropractic College, Active Release Techniques, Spine Certified, Seneca Falls, NY, 2006
University of Bridgeport, Pain, Risk Management and Georgia Law, Bridgeport, CT, 2007
Life College of Chiropractic, Chiropractic and Beyond, Multi-Disciplinary Continuing Education Program, Marietta, GA, 2008
Piedmont Spine Center, A Spinal Update For Primary Care Providers, Atlanta, GA 2008

Neurodiagnostics, Imaging Protocols and Pathology of the Trauma Patient, An in-depth understanding of the protocols in triaging and reporting the clinical findings of the trauma patient. Maintaining ethical relationships with the medical-legal community, CMCS Management Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education Board for Chiropractic, Long Island NY 2008

Diagnostics, Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation and Triaging the Trauma Patient, An extensive understanding of the injured with clinically coordinating the history, physical findings and when to integrate neurodiagnostics. An understanding on how to utilize emergency room records in creating an accurate diagnosis and the significance of “risk factors” in spinal injury, CMCS Management Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department Board for Chiropractic, Long Island NY, 2008

Crash Dynamics and it’s Relationship to Causality, An extensive understanding of the physcis involved in the transferrence of energy from the bullet car to the target car. This includes G’s of force, Newtons, gravity, energy, skid marks, crumple zones, spring factors, event data recorder and the graphing of the movement of the vehicle before, during and after the crash. Determining the clinical correlation of forces and bodily injury. CMCS Management Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department Board for Chiropractic, Long Island NY, 2008

MRI, Bone Scan & X-Ray Protocols, Physiology and Indications for the Trauma Patient, MRI interpretation, physiology, history and clinical indications, Bone Scan interpretation, physiology and clincal indications, x-ray clinical indications for the trauma patient, CMCS Management Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department Board for Chiropractic, Long Island NY, 2008

Neurodiagnostic Testing Protocols, Physiology and Indications for the Trauma Patient, Electromyography (EMG,) Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV,) Somato Sensory Evoked Potential (SSEP,) Visual Evoked Potential (VEP,) Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAER) and Visual-Electronystagmosgarphy (V-ENG) interpretation, protcols and clinical indications for the trauma patient, CMCS Management Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island NY, 2008

Documentation and Reporting for the Trauma Victim, Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation and diagnosis utilizing the ICD-9 and the CPT to accurately describe the injury through diagnosis. Understanding and utilizing state regulations on reimbursement issues pertaining to healthcare, CMCS Management Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island NY, 2008

Documenting Clinically Correlated Bodily Injury to Causality, Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation, diagnosis and clinical correlation to the injury when reporting injuries in the medical-legal community. Documenting the kinesiopatholy, myopatholgy, neuropathology, pathophysiology in both a functional and structural paradigm, CMCS Management Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Education Department, Board for Chiropractic, Long Island NY, 2008

American Academy of Pain Management, Neuropathic Pain Syndromes: New Localized Therapeutic Options, 2008
BackProject Corporation Education Services, ATM Concept Core Stabilization, 2009
American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians, Twenty-Second Annual Scientific Session and Business Meeting, 2009
Kennedy Decompression Technique, Certification Training in Spinal Decompression and Active Therapeutic Movement, 2009

MRI Interpretation of Spinal Cord, Spinal Disc and Spinal Canal Disorders, MRI interpretation of herniated, protruded, extruded, bulged and sequestered discs & spinal stenosis as sequelae of ligamentous hypertrophy, congenital malformation, spinal cord pathology. Clinical necessity and contraindications, Robert Peyster MD, DABR, CAQ-NR, Neuroradiologist, CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, New York, 2009

AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 6th Edition, Clinically coordinating spinal pathology with neurological and functional sequelae including station & gait, migraines, sexual dysfunction, sleep & arousal disorders, paroxysmal disorders, radiculopathic disorders and central nervous system disorders, CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, New York, 2009

MRI Interpretation of Herniated Disc and Spinal Cord and Root Encroachment, MRI interpretation of herniated, protruded, extruded, bulged and sequestered discs and their relationship to the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and the clinical correlation to spinal adjustments, manual spinal therapy and joint mobilization, Magdy Shady MD, Neurosurgeon, Neuro-Trauma Surgery, CMCS Post Doctoral Division, New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, New York, 2009

2nd Annual Spinal Update for Primary Care Physicians, Piedmont Spine Center, 2009
Managing Back Pain: Coordinating Evidence-Based Approaches Across Disciplines, Dekalb Medical Center, November 2010
Documentation, Georgia Jurisprudence, Healthcare Compliance, DC Hours.com, November 2010.
FUNCTIONAL BLOOD CHEMISTRY ANALYSIS, Datis Kharrazian, D.C., D.H.Sc., M.S., M.Neuro.Sci., F.A.C.F.N., F.A.B.V.R., F.A.A.C.P., D.A.C.N.B., D.A.B.C.N., D.I.B.A.K., C.N.S, Apex Energetics, 2010

MRI History and Physics, Magnetic fields, T1 and T2 relaxations, nuclear spins, phase encoding, spin echo, T1 and T2 contrast, magnetic properties of metals and the historical perspective of the creation of NMR and MRI. New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, AACME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and CMCS Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2011

MRI Spinal Anatomy and Protocols, Normal anatomy of axial and sagittal views utilizing T1, T2, 3D gradient and STIR sequences of imaging. Standardized and desired protocols in views and sequencing of MRI examination to create an accurate diagnosis in MRI. New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, AACME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and CMCS Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2011

MRI Disc Pathology and Spinal Stenosis, MRI interpretation of bulged, herniated, protruded, extruded, sequestered and fragmented disc pathologies in etiology and neurological sequelae in relationship to the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots. New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, AACME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and CMCS Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2011

MRI Spinal Pathology, MRI interpretation of bone, intradural, extradural, cord and neural sleeve lesions. Tuberculosis, drop lesions, metastasis, ependymoma, schwanoma and numerous other spinal related tumors and lesions. New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, AACME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and CMCS Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2011

MRI Methodology of Analysis, MRI interpretation sequencing of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine inclusive of T1, T2, STIR and 3D gradient studies to ensure the accurate diagnosis of the region visualized. New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, AACME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and CMCS Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2011

MRI Clinical Application, The clinical application of the results of space occupying lesions. Disc and tumor pathologies and the clinical indications of manual and adjustive therapies in the patient with spinal nerve root and spinal cord insult as sequelae. New York Chiropractic Council, New York State Department of Education, Board for Chiropractic, AACME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and CMCS Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2011

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