chiropractor Boston, Boston Spine Clinics

Dr. Haberströh is now in his 25th year of practicing chiropractic care. He started practice in his home state of New Jersey upon graduating from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1983. By 1988, he was ready for a change and moved to Boston, Massachusetts where he has remained ever since. Upon Opening Boston Spine Clinics in Boston, Dr. Haberströh, in quick succession, began aquiring numerous post-graduate credentials. He always felt that to achieve clinical excellence, post-grad training was essential for all the doctors employed at Boston Spine Clinics. He first obtained the coveted Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Neurology. There are only 584 chiropractors with a Diplomate in Chiropractic Neuology worldwide. Shortly after that he obtained his second degree in Neurology by obtaining a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Academy of Neurology. There are only 4 chiropractors world wide with two or more neurology Diplomate degrees. He remains an active member of the American Chiropractic Council on Neurology. He also acquired numerous other certifications over the years including:

Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners,
Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP)
Certified Chiropractic Insurance Consultant (CCIC)
Certified Chiropractor in Spinal Trauma (CCST)
Certified Accident Reconstructionist (CAR)
Certified Medical Investigator-Level 5 (CMI-V)
Certified Forensic Consultant (CFC)
American Chiro. Rehab Board- 1 (ACRB-1)

As of 2008, Dr. Haberströh is one of the most credentialed chiropractors in the USA. He is still in active practice treating patients. Dr. Haberströh also consults other chiropractors on how to better document their case files and he offers a Forensic File review in the event of a challenge from a third party. He established the format for case documentation that has been widely emulated throughout the profession including the First Day Reports,Clinical addendas, Final Narratives and IE rebuttals. He loves spending time with his three children when possible. Alexandra is now wrapping up her first year in College here in Boston. Kurt is a junior in High School and will be off to college soon. Little Jordan still likes hanging out with dad as much as possible though. Dr. H's hobbies include, MUSIC, writing books, frequent weekly sessions weight training, and motorcycle riding. Want to take a MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR with Dr. H?

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Basic Background: DOB: 9/26/56 High School Grad: 1974, Manasquan High School, Manasquan, NJ. No criminal record.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:

May 1983:
Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.)- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (Toronto, Canada)

*INTERNSHIP:

1982-1983:
CMCC Clinic-1900 Bayview Ave., Toronto

POST-DOCTORAL CHIROPRACTIC EDUCATION:

July & September/ 2007:
Spine Research Institue of San Diego, Modules III & IV in Whiplash: Brain Injury and Tramatology seminar series/Arthur Croft, DC. Series now complete. Chicago and Las Vegas locales respectively. (24 hours of CME)

October/2005: *Certified Forensic Consultant (CFC) through the ACFE.

September/2005: Certified Forensic Consultant seminar: 20 hours through the ACFE, Marc Rabinoff, Ed.D., San Diego, California.

March/2004: Certified IME review course sponsored by the Chicago Medical Society and the ABIME, San Juan, Puerto Rico (15 hours).

October/2002: *Certified: CMI-V through ACFE.

September/2002: Certified Medical Investigator-Level V (CMI-V) Seminar: 20 Hours American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFE)/Robert McCann, DO,JD,FACFE. Orlando, Fla. Locale.

January/2001: MUA {manipulation under anesthesia} update seminar-32 hours. Through National College of Chiropractic, Manchester, NH locale (Merrick Spine Center).

September/2000: *Certified: Accident Reconstructionist through SRISD and Dr. Arthur Croft.

August/2000:
Low Speed Rear Impact Crash Reconstruction (LOSRIC) Seminar: 20 Hours
Spine Research Institute of San Diego/Arthur Croft, DC. San Diego, CA locale.

April-May/2000:
Whiplash: Brain Injury and Traumatology Seminars: Module 1& II (24 hours)
Spine Research Institute of San Diego/Arthur Croft, DC. Waltham, MA locale.

March/1998:
*Certified: CCIC (Certified Chiropractic Insurance Consultant)
Through New York Chiropractic College. (100 hrs. 9/97 -3/98). Stoughton, MA locale.
(Includes both IME and Peer Review Certification programs)

September/1997:
Promoted: Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners, by the ACFE Board.

September/ 1997:
*Certified: CCRD (Certified Chiropractic Rehabilitation Doctor)
Through the American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board. AKA: “Registered in Rehabilitation by the ACRB-I”. Exam taken in Boston. *Now called just ACRB-Level 1 as of 1/06.

January/ 1997:
MUA (Manipulation under Anesthesia): pre-Certified: completed course-32 hours.
Through National College of Chiropractic, North New Jersey locale.

November/1996:
*Certified: CCST (Certified Chiropractor in Spinal Trauma)
Through Life Chiropractic College West, Lynnfield, MA Locale(120 hrs.1/96-11/96).

December/1995:
Completed Chiropractic Rehabilitation Doctor program.
Through Palmer & New York Chiropractic Colleges, Westford, MA Locale(144 hrs. 1993 & ‘95).

9/91-11/95:
387 hrs. of post-grad Orthopedics through Parker College of Chiropractic and National C.C., Boston Area Locales.

October/1994:
*Board Certified: Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners
(DABFE). Exam Completed.

April /1994:
Certified: Trainer
National Safety Council, Westford, MA Locale(15 hours).

October/ 1992:
*Board Certified: Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Academy of Neurology
(DACAN) through Parker College of Chiropractic and the ACAN. Exam taken in Philadelphia. Previously qualified for exam via DABCN course.

July/ 1992:
*Certified: CCSP (Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician)
Through the American Chiropractic Association. Took exam in Orlando, FL.

December/ 1991:
*Certified: AMA Impairment Ratings
(Stanley Kaplan, DC 48 hrs.- through Parker College of Chiropractic)

June/ 1991:
*Board Certified: Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Neurology
(DABCN) through Logan College of Chiropractic. (315 hrs., residency program from (9/89 - 6/91), Bentley College, Waltham, MA locale.

January-November 1985:
CCSP: Took and completed course at this time in Newark, NJ. Through National Chiropractic College-120 hours.(Wrote the certification exam 7 years later in 1992)

UNDERGRAD and POSTGRAD STUDIES :

September 1995:
B.Sc.(Liberal Arts)
Regents College, SUNY, Albany - NY

April 1979:
A.Sc. (Human/vertebrate biology)
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft- NJ

EMPLOYMENT:

1989-present:
CEO
Boston Spine Clinics, Inc. 67 Broadway, Somerville, Massachusetts.

2004:
IE MONITORS: A consulting specialty by Dr. H that includes lecturing to chiropractors and occasionally lawyers on how to better document a case file, follow up on evidence, establish a coherent time-line with patient/doctor encounters as well as report retrieval, present same in an easy to follow-professionally organized report and more to the point, forensically examine independent examiners, their reports and credentials and how to more successfully rebut IE reports. Dr. H can is called upon to actually consult individual DCs and has been retained to help rebut independent exam reports for DCs.

1985-1988:
CEO
Sea Girt Plaza Chiropractic Clinic, Sea Girt, NJ

1983-1984:
CEO
Manasquan Chiropractic Clinic, Manasquan, New Jersey

LICENSES:
N.J. #2548 (September, 1983){inactive}

M.A. #1330 (August, 1988)

N.H. #134-0893R (August, 1993)

C.O. #3938 (July, 1994) {inactive}

Wash. D.C. #CH30008 (October, 1997){inactive}

TYPE OF PRACTICE:
1) Chiropractic care; Diagnostic Evaluation, 2nd Opinions, X-ray on premises, Therapies..
2) Manipulative Therapy
3) Forensic Consults

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Member of:

American Chiropractic Association
ACA-Council on Neurology
American College of Forensic Examiners

HONORS AND AWARDS SUMMARY:
Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Academy of Neurology - DACAN
Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Neurology - DABCN
Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners-DABFE
Diplomate of National Board of Chiropractic Examiners: I,II,III,,IV,PT (License)
Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Examiners-FABFE
Certified Chiropractic Insurance Consultant- CCIC
Certified Chiropractor in Spinal Trauma - CCST
Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician - CCSP
Certified Chiropractic Rehab. Doctor- CCRD
Certified Accident Reconstructionist - CAR
Certified Medical Investigator, Level V- CMI-V
Certified Forensic Consultant - CFC
Certification of Clinical Proficiency - Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Certified on Radiological Proficiency - Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Certificate of Sports Injuries Proficiency - National College of Chiropractic

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
March, 1993: Haberströh J, Orphan J: "Critique: Randomized Clinical Trial of Manipulative Therapy and Physiotherapy for Persistent Back and Neck Complaints: Results of one year Follow-Up", Neurology Chronicle, Vol. 2, #10, Spring, 1993, Alan Ropper, MD, Editor-in-Chief.

September, 2005: Haberströh J, Mulhern, K, Henry, J, "Properly Documenting a Case File and Forensic Examination of IME Doctors," The Forensic Examiner, Vol. 14, #4, Winter, 2005. See PDF file download on PUBLICATIONS page.

August, 2006: Haberströh J, Mulhern, K, "Qualifications and Paradigms for the Independent Examiner," The Forensic Examiner, Vo. 15, (3), Fall, 2006. See PDF File download on the PUBLICATIONS page.

February, 2008: Haberströh J, Mulhern K, “Stories From the Front: IE (IME) Excesses and How to Counter Them,” The Forensic Examiner, Spring-2008, Vol. 17 (1).

HOSPITAL AFFILIATION:

6/97-12/98: Hospital Privileges established at the “Alternate Medicine & Complimentary Services” Clinic within St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton, MA. This Div. was dissolved. Currently attending the Neurology Conference most Thursdays with Alan Ropper’s Neurology Group at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.

PROFESSIONAL LECTURES:

6/18/94: St. Elizabeth Hospital Neurology Staff: “Pain inhibition in the cellular arena via chiropractic manipulation.”

8/95:New England Baptist Hospital Orthopedic Dept.: Same

2/10/04: Greater Boston Chiropractic Society (Newton, MA): IE MONITORS “How to Properly Document a Case File, Forensically Examine Insurance Doctors and Successfully Rebut IMEs and Peer Reviews.”

4/7/04: Pioneer Valley Chiropractic Society (W. Springfield, MA): IE MONITORS - Same as above.

6/8/04: Naponset Valley Chiropractic Society (Dedham, MA): IE MONITORS Same as above.

6/29/04: Tewksbury Chiropractic Society (Tewksbury, MA): IE MONITORS
- Same as above.

8/3/04: North Shore Chiropractic Society (Peabody, MA): IE MONITORS
- Same as above.

9/25/05: Mass. Chiropractic Society Annual Convention (Woburn, MA): Proper documentation of a case file and the forensic examination of IE doctors."

9/30/05: American College of Forensic Examiners(Annual Convention-2005, San Diego, CA): "How to properly document a file and the forensic examination of IE doctors." Also on that day, Dr. H was a chosen panelist is an open discussion regarding the Federal Rules of Evidence, #26.

9/23/06: Was a featured lecturer at the annual American College of Forensic Examiners International convention, 2006, in Orlando, Florida; " IMEs in Personal Injury: Medical/Chiropractic Approaches and Controversies." This lecture was co-hosted with renowned IME orthopod Robert Fielden, MD who practices in Toronto, Canada.

10/6/07: Was a featured lecturer at the annual American College of Forensic Examiners International convention, 2007, in Kansas City, "IMEs-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." This lecture was co-hosted with renowned IME orthopod Robert Fielden, MD who practices in Toronto, Canada.

Howard W. Fisher, B.Sc., B.Ed., D.C.
Chiropractic Physician, Affiliated Office in Toronto

Glen Park Clinic
102 Shelborne Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
M5N 1Z2 CANADA
Phone: 416.785.1211
Fax: 416.785.1496
docfish@idirect.com

Dr. Howard W. Fisher, a prominent Toronto Chiropractic Physician, is the founder and operator of the Glen Park Clinic. His clinic has special interests in sports injuries and nutrition. Dr. Fisher lectures internationally on nutrition, wellness, and immunology and has written many articles for trade publications and has just finished his third book. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Fisher is a member of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Ontario Chiropractic Association and the Canadian Chiropractic Protective Association. He has received an Award of Appreciation from the Canadian Chiropractic Association for the invention of the Back Strip, a spinal protective pad for contact sports.

Dr. Fisher received his B.Sc. and B.Ed. degrees from the University of Toronto and his Doctor of Chiropractic, cum laude, from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1983. He is licensed to practice in the Province of Ontario and the State of Michigan .

In addition to his chiropractic career, Dr. Fisher is an avid athlete who still plays competitive hockey, coaches and can be found on the golf course most afternoons. He has co-authored several screenplays, a television series and is currently in pre-production for a feature length film.

A dynamic and colorful personality, Dr. Fisher resides in Thornhill, Ontario with his wife and two children.

Recent Publications by Dr. Fisher:

Extreme Toxic Times: How to Escape on your Own Two Feet (November 2004)

Reishi Rescue: R & R for the Immune System (March 2005)

Nature's Silver Bullet: Colloidal silver; Killing The Fear Factor (June 2005)

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