David Greif DC
8625 Golf Course Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87114
Phone: 505-899-6600
Fax: 505-899-3262
david_greif@msn.com
SELECTED OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY
Chiropractic Physician (Solo), West Mesa Wellness, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2012 - 2017
Chiropractic Physician (Solo), Taylor Ranch Family Chiropractic, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1996 - 2012
Chiropractic Physician (Solo), David B. Greif, DC (PC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994 - 1996
Associate Doctor, Clinicorp, North Palm Beach, Florida, 1993 - 1994
EDUCATION AND LICENSURE
Doctorate of Chiropractic, National College of Chiropractic, Lombard, Illinois, 1994
Internship, National, Lombard, Illinois, 1992 - 1993
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part I, 1992
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part II, 1992
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part III, 1993
BA in Chemistry, Wagner College/ SUNY Oswego, Staten Island/Oswego, NY, 1989

SELECTED POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND DIPLOMATES

Spinal Biomechanical Engineering: Cartesian System, The Cartesian Coordinate System from the history to the application in the human body. Explanation of the x, y and z axes in both translation and rotations 9 thetas) and how they are applicable to human biomechanics. Cleveland University - Kansas City, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2018
Personal Injury 101, Triaging and reporting while maintaining ethical medical-legal relationships 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. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, New York, 2017
Physical Examination & Documentation of the Trauma Patient, 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 he significance of "risk factors" in spinal injury. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, New York, 2017
Crash dynamics and Its Relationship to Causality, An extensive understanding of the physics involved in the transference 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. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, New York, 2017
MRI, Bone Scan and X-Ray Protocols, Physiology and Indications of the Trauma Patient, MRI Interpretation, physiology, history and clinical indications, bone scan interpretation, physiology, and clinical indications, x-ray clinical indications for the trauma patient. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, New York, 2017
Neurodiagnostic Testing: EMG/NCV, VEP, BAER, V-ENG and SSEP, Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV), Somato Sensory Evoked Potential (SSEP), Visual Evoked Potential (VEP), Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAER), and Visual Electronystagmosgraphy (V-ENG) interpretation, protocols and clinical indications for the trauma patient. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, New York, 2017
Documentation and Working within Your State Laws to Ensure Compliant Paperwork and Reimbursment, 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. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, New York, 2017
Strategic Plan, 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 kinesiopathology, myopathology, neuropathology, and pathophysiology in both a functional and structural paradigm. Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, New York, 2017
MRI History and Physics, 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. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
MRI Interpretation of Lumbar Herniated Discs, MRI Interpretation of Lumbar Herniations, MRI slices, views, T1, T2, STIR axial, stacking, FFE, FSE, and sagittal images in the interpretation of lumbar herniations. With the co-morbities and complications of stenosis, pseudo-protrusions, cantilevered vertebrate, Schmorl's nodes and herniations. Morphology of lumbar disc pathologies of central and lateral herniations, protrusions, extrusions, sequestration, focal and broad based herniations are defined and illustrated. Central canal and cauda equina compromise interpretation with management. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
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. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
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. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
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. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
MRI Methodology of Analysis, MRI interpretation sequencing of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine inclusive of T1, T2, STIR and #D gradient studies to ensure the accurate diagnosis of the region visualized. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
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. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
MRI Disc Overview & Imaging Protocols, MRI Protocols Clinical Necessity, MRI slices, views, T1, T2, Stir axial, stacking, FFE, FSE, and sagittal images. Clinical indication for the utilization of MRI and pathologies of disc in both trauma and non-trauma sequellae, including bulge, herniation protrusion, extrusion, and sequestration. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
MRI Interpretation of Lumbar Bulge/ Degeneration Disc Disease, MRI Interpretation of Lumbar Degeneration/ Bulges, MRI slices, views, T1, T2, STIR axial, stacking, FFE, FSE and sagittal images in the interpretation of lumbar degeneration. With the co-morbidities and complications of stenosis, pseudo-protrusions, cantilevered vertebrate, Schmorl's nodes and herniations. Central canal and cauda equina compromise interpretations with management. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
MRI Interpretation of Cervical Bulges/ Degenerative Disc Disease, MRI Interpretation of Cervical Degeneration/ Bulges, MRI slices, views, T!, T2, STIR axial, stacking, FFE, FSE, and sagittal images in the interpretation of cervical degeneration. With the co-morbidities and complications of stenosis, pseudo-protrusions, cantilevered vertebrate, Schmorl's nodes, and herniations. Spinal cord and canal compromise interpretation with management. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
MRI Interpretation of Cervical Herniated Discs, MRI Interpretation fo cervical Herniations, MRI slices, views, T1, T2, STIR Axial, FFE, FSE, and sagittal images in the interpretation of lumbar herniations. With the co-morbidities and complications of stenosis, pseudo-protrusions, cantilevered vertebrate, Schmorl's nodes and herniations. Morphology of the cervical disc pathologies of central and lateral herniations, protrusions, extrusions, sequestration, focal and broad based herniations are defined and illustrated. Spinal cord and canal compromise interpretation with management. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
Virtual Grand Rounds , MRI Interpretation of Degenerative Spine and Disc Disease with Overlapping Traumatic Insult to Both Spine and Disc, MRI slices, views, T1, T2, STIR Axial, FFE, FSE, and sagittal images in the interpretation of degenerative spondylolisthesis, spinal canal stenosis, Modic type 3 changes, central herniations, extrusions, compressions, nerve root compressions, advanced spurring, and thecal sac involvement from an orthopedic, emergency room, chiropractic, neurological, neurosurgical, and physical medicine perspective. Texas Chiropractic College, ACCME Joint Providership with the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2017, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017
Active Release Upper Extremity, Applying Active Release Technique to muscles of the upper extremity Certification in Upper extremity Active Release Technique, Active Release Technique, 2007
Active Release Spine, Applying Active Release Technique to the muscles and tendons along the spine Certification in Active Release Spine, Diplomate, Full Body Cerified in Active Release Technique, Active Release Technique, 2007
Chiropractic Biophysics Semi-Annual, Variety of seminars on curve reconstruction in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions Chiropractic Biophysics Association , Las Vegas, Nevada, 2006
Active Release Lower Extremity, Applying Active Release Technique to muscles and tendons of the lower extremity Certification in Lower Extremilty ART, Active Release Technique, 2006
Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries, Reconstructing Mechanism of Human Injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents and appropriate documentation to support said accident. Certification in Motor Vehicle Collision Rehabilitation, Western States Chiropractic College, 2005
The New Era in Whiplash and Spinal Trauma (Part 1), Evaluating and Documenting Injuries in Motor Vehicle Accidents Certification in The New Era in Whiplash and Spinal Trauma, Life Chiropractic College West, 2005
Chiropractic Biophysics Cervical Rehabilitation, Proficiency in evaluating cervical spinal curvature alterations and evaluating/ applying appropriate traction/ rehabilition to restore normal lordosis Certification in Chiropractic Biophysics Cervical Rehabilitation, Diplomate, no, Chiropractic Biophysics Association , Cleveland College, 1995

SELECTED TEACHING/INSTRUCTING/LECTURING/CONSULTING

Instructor, Pathophysiology, Universal Therapeutic Massage Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2013- 2013

SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS

New Mexico Chiropractic Association, Member, 1994 - 2017

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Patient Choice Winner, Open Care, 2016
Elite Provider, Active Release Technique, 2009