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Ronald Vernon, DC

NonSurgical Pain Relief Center

1811 Santa Rita Rd., Pleasanton, CA, 94566

Phone: 925-484-3472Fax: 925-484-1889drron@discfixer.comwww.NonSurgicalPainReliefCenter.com

Licensure

  • Doctor of Chiropractic, Licensed in the State of California, License # DC25817, 1998 – Present

Education

  • Doctorate of Chiropractic, Life Chiropractic College West, San Lorenzo, California, 1998
  • Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California, 1994
  • National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part II, 1997
  • National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part III, 1997
  • National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part IV, 1998
  • National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part V, 1998
  • National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Physiotherapy, 1998

Postgraduate Education & Certifications

  • MRI, Bone Scan and X-Ray Protocols, Physiology and Indications for 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2013

  • 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-Electronystagmosgraphy (V-ENG) interpretation, protocols and clinical indications for the trauma patient. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2013

  • Certification, Manipulation Under Anesthesia

    National University of Health Sciences, Lincoln College of Post Professional, Graduate & Continuing Education, Lombard, Illinois, 2005

  • Gonstead spinal analysis

    x-ray analysis, specific adjusting and spinal and extremity rehabilitation. Life Chiropractic College West, Vacaville, California, 2000-2011

  • Industrial Disability Examiner

    San Lorenzo, California, 1999

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Board for Chiropractic, ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Academy of Chiropractc Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2013

  • 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. California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2013

Memberships

  • American Academy of Medical Legal Professionals, Member, 2012 – Present
  • Academy of Chiropractic, Member, 2012 – Present
  • International Chiropractic Association, Member, 2012 – Present
  • Spine-Health, Member, 2010 – 2012
  • American Spinal Decompression Association, Member, 2008 – 2012
  • California Chiropractic Association, Member, 2002 – 2011