Christine Benner, DC |
Dr. Benner practices Chiropractic at
the Oasis Healing Arts Center in New York City, NY and is a 1989 graduate
of New York Chiropractic College. Dr. Benner is a Certified SOT Practitioner
as well as a Certified SOT Cranial Practitioner, and presently working
towards her Acupuncture licensure. She has extensive knowledge of
TBM, AK and exercise rehabilitation. Dr. Benner has been a SOT instructor
since 1998, is chair of SOTO-USA’s board of certification and active member
of the advisory board for SOTO-USA. |
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Charles L. Blum, DC |
Charles
L. Blum, DC is in private practice Santa Monica, California and president
of SOTO – USA. Consulting SOT clinician at the clinic of CCC–LA and associate
faculty at SCUHS, teaching cranial biodynamics and cranial technique. Dr.
Blum is a Certified SOT Cranial Practitioner. For over 23 years he
has lectured nationally and internationally, has written various SOT related
texts, compiled SOT and cranial related research, and extensively publishes
in multiple peer reviewed indexed journals and at research conferences from
1984 to the present |
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John Bradley, DC |
John
Bradley, DC, Sacro Occipital Technique instructor and lecturer for
4 decades, born in Vancouver British Columbia Canada February 21, 1930;
married Faye Harkness 1960, Doctor of Chiropractic degree, Western
States Chiropractic College Portland, Oregon 1960. Certified in Craniopathy
by the International Craniopathic Society. Private practice in Campbell
River, British Columbia Canada 1961 to the present. |
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Robert Coté, DC |
Robert Coté, DC was awarded the 2003 SOTO-USA Lifetime Achievement Award is given to Dr. Robert A. Coté. Dr. Coté was first introduced to SOT in 1943 when his father returned from a seminar given by Dr. DeJarnette. He still remembers himself standing in front of the distortion analyzer demonstrating the new technique, SOT. Dr. Coté graduated in 1959 from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and began studying and attending SOT seminars in 1961 continually for 25 years. He was active with the Sacro Occipital Research Society supporting Dr. DeJarnette’s work and starting in 1964 he was a member of the board of directors for 25 consecutive years, including the presidency 1973-74 and chairman 1975-76. Presently he is practicing in Rosemére, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Coté is certified in craniopathy and has is a Fellow and Diplomate with the International Craniopathic Society. He has been a primary instructor of SOT for over 20 years and has presented his innovative techniques and methods of care at the 2000, 2001, and 2003 SOTO-USA clinical symposiums. |
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Carmine Esposito, DC |
Carmine Esposito, DC is in private practice Brooklyn, NY, and is a former faculty New York Chiropractic College, Post Graduate Division; recipient of the Sacro Occipital Research Society International Researcher of the Year award as well as a lecturer, author and technique developer. | ||||||||||||
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Vincent Esposito, DC |
Vincent Esposito, DC graduated in 1983 from New York Chiropractic College and has been a faculty member as well as a member of the research committee. He is a Diplomate and Fellow of the International Craniopathic Society. Past member of the Sacro Occipital Research Society International’s research board and recipient of the Researcher of the Year awards in 1993 and 1994. Currently engaged in research, to prove the efficacy of chiropractic therapeutics with MRI. Private practice in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Published author in the Journal of Neuroscience. | ||||||||||||
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Richard C. Gerardo, DC |
Richard
C. Gerardo, DC is in private practice Burbank, California. Dr. Gerardo
has lectured extensively on SOT, Cranial and TMD since the late 1980s.
He lectures at SCUSH and CCC-LA on SOT and cranial therapies. Aside from
being a Certified SOT Cranial Practitioner, he is a Diplomate of the American
Chiropractic Board of Nutrition, Certified in Clinical Nutrition
by IAACN, certified in craniopathy, and has been on staff and director of
the Chiropractic and Craniopathic Center at the Santa Teresita Hospital,
Duarte California. Dr. Gerardo has his BS in Biology from California
Polytechnic University, Pomona, California is an advisory board member
of SOTO-USA.. |
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Jonathan M. P. Howat, DC |
Jonathan
M. P. Howat, DC is in private practice in Oxford, England and founder of
Sacro Occipital Technique Organization (SOTO) – Europe. Diplomate
in Craniopathy and Dean of Academic Affairs for the Cranial Faculty in the
College of Chiropractic (United Kingdom). Dr. Howat lectures world
wide on SOT, Craniopathy, and Paediatrics and has Fellowships in the Cranial
and Peadatric Faculties. He has written and developed the modules for
the Masters Degree in Craniopathy, is author of “Anatomy and Physiology
of Sacro Occipital Technique” and co-author of the text, “Complementary Therapies
in Dentistry.” |
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Bruce Johnson, DDS |
Dr.
Johnson earned his DDS degree at the University of California in San Francisco
in 1976 and immediately began practicing general dentistry. Early
forays into functional orthodontics led him like many into cranio-mandibular
disorders, and ultimately the dental-skeletal relationships. He continues
to practice general dentistry, but approaches virtually every problem from
the holistic dental-cranial perspective. He participates in several
study groups, including his own dental-cranial multidisciplinary group. |
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Robert D. Klingensmith, DC |
Robert D. Klingensmith, DC is
in private chiropractic practice in Sparta, NC. He is Board certified
by American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) and on the Advisory committee
and chiropractic (SOT) liaison to the American Academy of Pain Management.
Aside from being pilot he is WMT/Paramedic/PA certified in several states
and a North Carolina level III fire instructor. Dr. Klingensmith
is the executive director of the Sacro Occipital Technique Organization
– USA and is a Certified SOT Practitioner. |
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Tedd Koren, DC |
Tedd Koren, DC is an author and publisher of patient education brochures, plus booklets, posters, tapes and other educational materials on chiropractic as it relates to current health care issues and concerns. His brochure series has become the most popular patient education series in the profession with over forty million pieces sold (and counting). Koren Publications’ materials are published (under license) in Japan, Australia, Canada(Quebec), United Kingdom, Russia and Spain. | ||||||||||||
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Curtis Langer, DC |
Curtis Langer, DC has been practicing
chiropractic in Massachusetts since 1976. While still a student,
he attended his first SOT/Cranial seminar taught by Dr. DeJarnette in
Omaha, Nebraska in 1974, and has integrated SOT into his chiropractic practice
ever since. An avid windsurfer, mountain biker, and snowboarder, he treats
many amateur, professional, and Olympic athletes. He was chosen as
chiropractor for the 1st Transatlantic Windsurfing Race and has lectured
throughout the eastern United States. |
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Stephanie Leonard, DC |
Stephanie Leonard, DC is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic has maintained a practice in San Ramon, California with Dr. Ron Miklebost since 1978. She has studies in Nutrition, Alternative Healing, and is a Diplomatic of Chiropractic Neurology Program which has complemented the integration of mind, body, spirit in healing for the en’ wave Program. | ||||||||||||
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Jeffrey Mersky DC |
Jeffrey Mersky DC has been in private
practice for 18 years and currently maintains two offices in San Diego
California. He holds Certified Status as an advanced SOT practitioner
and has special emphasis on Cranial and TMJ treatment. He currently serves
on the advisory board for SOTO-USA and has been teaching SOT in California
for the past few years. Dr. Mersky has special expertise in Clinical Nutrition
and is the past Vice President of Claire Laboratories, a nutritional company
specializing in Hypoallergenic Pharmaceutical grade products exclusively
for the practicing clinician. He is a QME (Qualified Medical Examiner)
for the state of California and specializes in dental chiropractic co-treatment
of TMD. |
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Ronald Miklebost, DC |
Ronald Miklebost, DC has practiced Chiropractic in San Ramon, California, since 1978 with his wife Stephanie Leonard, DC. He traveled throughout the U.S. with Dr. DeJarnette teaching SOT from 1980-1988. From 1985-1996 he taught elective advanced SOT classes at Life Chiropractic College, West. He is also certified in chiropractic foot care with special attention to examination and casting techniques for fitting of foot orthotic supports. | ||||||||||||
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Robert Monk, DC |
Robert
Monk, DC is the primary doctor of the Gentle Chiropractic Office located
in Briarcliff, New York from 1987 to the present. His office combines Sacro-Occipital
Technique with massage therapy to relax muscles and reduce
painful conditions. Dr. Robert Monk, a certified SOT and SOT Cranial instructor
as well as a Craniopath, is a founding member of and certified
instructor for SOTO-USA. He is the author of the SOT Level 1 &
2 Manuals, the SOT Extremity Manual, and the SOT Cranial Manuals 1, 2, and
3. Dr. Monk has extensive experience in treating the Hispanic community
and has developed state of the art patient management skills for treating
Spanish speaking patients and teaching these methods to non-Spanish speaking
chiropractors. |
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Marc Pick, DC |
Marc G. Pick is a Doctor of Chiropractic
with a private practice in Beverly Hills, California since 1973. In a desire
to enhance his services, he attended Emperors College of Traditional Oriental
Medicine from 1987-92, and in 1997, he completed the American Chiropractic
Association’s 300-hour postgraduate course in Neurology. Dr. Pick is a
lifetime and founding member of the Sacro-Occipital-Technique Organization
(SOTO) – USA. He earned his Fellowship status in Craniopathy has been a world
renown lecturer since 1979. Since 1973, he has accomplished several thousand
hours of human dissection and founded Project Human (the construction of
a prosected latex humanoid cast from the parts of human cadavers). His article
investigating MRI scanning and cranial manipulation and was published in
the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) in 1994.
He has published his research into cranial anatomy and therapy in a book
entitled, “Cranial Sutures: Analysis, Morphology & Manipulative Strategies,”
released through Eastland Press. |
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Esther Remeta, DC |
Esther
M. Remeta, DC is in private practice since 1988 in Winston-Salem, NC.
She Graduated from National College of Chiropractic in 1986 and is a Member
and faculty member of the Sacro Occipital Technique Organization-USA since
1999. Certified SOT Practitioner, instructor and Certified SOT Cranial
Practitioner. Past member of the SORSI Board of Research
and SORSI Board of Directors. Diplomate status from the American Academy
of Pain Management (AAPM) and AAPM faculty member. Honors include:
The Joseph Janse President's Award for Outstanding Contributions to NCC
in 1986, SORSI Presidential award in 1997. Co-Director of Clinical
Chiropractic Research Institute, a clinic performing chiropractic research
studies utilizing SOT and SOT Cranial devoted to patients with brain and
spinal cord trauma. |
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Martin Rosen, DC |
Martin
G. Rosen, D.C. is a 1981 summa cum laude graduate of Life Chiropractic
College. He lives with his wife Nancy Watson, D.C., and their two
children, Emily age 21 and Erin age 17 in Natick Massachusetts. For
the past 22 years Dr. Rosen has maintained a successful family oriented
wellness care practice in Wellesley MA. He is the current chairman
of the SOTO-USA pediatric and research committees and the past chairman
of the SORSI research committee. Over the last 19 years he has taught
S.O.T, craniopathy, and pediatrics nationally as well as lecturing on practice
management, philosophy, and technique protocols. He has written the
only Pediatric Participant Guide for S.O.T, The Pediatric S.O.T Spinal Adjusting
Manual, The Pediatric Cranial Adjusting Manual and has contributed to the
re-writing and updating of several S.O.T related publications.
He has been a quest speaker and teacher for numerous organizations such as SOTO-USA, SORSI, ICA-MA, Massachusetts Alliance for Chiropractic Philosophy, WCA Clinical Symposium, Forsythe Dental Clinic, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. and Children’s Hospital of Boston. His articles have been published in The American Chiropractor, The Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, and the SOTO-USA Dural Connection. Dr. Rosen is a certified SOT, SORSI, and SOTO-USA instructor, practitioner and craniopath, on the Board of Governors for the WCA, instructor for the ICPA, Advisory Board member of SOTO-USA, a consulting member of the Committee for Chiropractic Practice, and is co-director of Regional Seminar Management (RSM)- SOTO which currently organizes and sponsors over 23 regional seminars throughout the United States on SOT technique. If you would like to contact Dr. Rosen he can be reached at 781.237.6673 or email at csmart4@bigplanet.com |
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Anthony Rosner, PhD |
Dr. Rosner is the Director
of the Foundation for Chiropractic Education
and Research, (FCER) since 1992. He directs, reviews and
troubleshoots over 60 research programs (basic and clinical trials) pertaining
to chiropractic care, primarily headed by principal investigators at colleges
and universities. RAND Corporation, think tanks and clinical centers
worldwide. Assesses and defines priorities of chiropractic research and communicates
to both applicants and prospective sources of funding. Serves on editorial
boards of three peer-reviewed journals, and reviews for one other.
Directs fellowship and research residency programs funded by FCER .
Presents seminars/workshops on research worldwide. He has also chaired one
of six founding committees of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine. Presented
full-annotated testimony before governmental agencies [Department of Defense,
Veterans‘ Administration, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative
Medicine. Author of a multitude of published articles and monographs
providing a critical reviewof the strengths and weaknesses of previously
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J. Rodney Shelley, DC |
Rodney Shelley, DC is a 1976 graduate of Los Angeles Chiropractic College. He has owned and operated single doctor, multi-doctor and multidiscipline clinics for 20 years. He is a certified Sacro Occipital Technique Instructor and Certified Craniopath. In 1978 he began the publishing and distribution of educational materials for use in doctor’s offices. He has taught weekend seminars 2 – 3 times per month for several years to chiropractors, dentists and other health care practitioners. Classes included the use of reflexes as developed by Dr. De Jarnette, DO, DC and Standard Process products. He was an Advanced Technique Instructor at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic through 1984. He is currently the president of Nutritional Essentials Group, Inc. a consultation service for doctors who want one-on-one coaching on how to integrate nutritional support in their practices. | ||||||||||||
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David Simmons, DC |
David Simmons, DC is a 1979 graduate
of Cleveland Chiropractic College - Los Angeles and has been a certified
SOT instructor since 1984. He has a full time practice inTemple City,
California specializing in SOT methods of care. Dr.Simmons has taught at
both the Cleveland Chiropractic College - LosAngeles and currently at Southern
California University of Health Science'sSOT Clubs. He has taught
SOT seminars with SOTO-USA since 2000and is a Certified SOT Practitioner. |
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Tony Simeone, DDS |
Dr. Simeone is a dentist
practicing in a multi-discipline approach with SOT chiropractors for more
than 10 years and also teaching and presenting for the last 5 years. His practice
is based around TMD treatment and Functional Orthopaedics centered on neurological
health and function with a non-surgical, non-drug philosophy. He has accumulated
clinical data of SOT and dental co-treatment. Recently he spoke at an annual
meeting of Australian podiatrists regarding assending occlusal patterns relating
to the feet. |
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Jerry Simon, DDS |
Dr. Jerry Simon graduated from New
York University Dental School in 1970 and continued with a residency at Mt.
Zion Hospital in San Francisco. He has authored 22 scientific articles and
presented lectures in the United States, Europe and Asia. |
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Steve Tatevossian, DDS |
Dr. Steve Tatevossian
graduated in 1996 from Loma Linda Dental School. His post graduate
education has included a clinical residency with the Institute of Advanced
TMJ Studies and hundreds of hours studying the latest diagnosis and treatment
methods for head, neck, facial pain and TMJ disorders as well as its relationship
to snoring and sleep apnea. He is a lecturer at the Dental-Cranial
Study Club on TMJ disorders and Long Beach Community Hospital on sleep apnea.
Dr. Tatevossian focuses on multidisciplinary care, which is generally conservative
and non-surgical. He is a member of the American Academy of Craniofacial
Pain, Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and International Association for
Orthodontists. |
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