JONATHAN PARRA, DC, BS

ac578n@r.postjobfree.com 917-***-****

EDUCATION & LICENSURE

Doctor of Chiropractic, Licensed in the State of New York, License # 013***-****

New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY

Doctor of Chiropractic 2016

University of New York at Buffalo

Bachelor of Science, Exercise Science 2013

Concentration in Nutrition

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Chiropractic Intern, Levittown Health Center, New York Chiropractic College January 2016 – Dec 2016

Practice chiropractic under DC supervision 5 different facilities on different types of populations

Examined, diagnosed, and treated patients through New York State scope of practice

Interacted professionally and courteously with patients to encourage sound health care practices

Achieved noteworthy results in all my patients

Chiropractic Clinical Assistant, Greater Buffalo Accident Injury Chiropractic January 2013 – May 2013

Oriented patients to certain physiotherapeutic applications and treatment rooms

Ensure the general hygiene, maintenance and smooth operation of the office

Developed an evidence based rehabilitation exercise program for patients with low back and neck pain

WORK EXPERIENCE

Private Home, Queens, NY

Elderly Caregiver June 2017 – June 2018

Took vital signs and recorded patient information by making entries in the patient journal

Assisted with personal care and facilitated activities for physical and mental stimulation

Scheduled doctor's appointments and rides to be picked up and dropped off at the home and doctors office

Maintained safe, secure, and healthy patient environment and completed all household chores

Levittown Health Center, Levittown, NY

Administration Assistant April 2016 – Dec 2016

Help analyze billing and claims for accuracy and completeness; submit claims to proper insurance entities and follow up on any issues

Help prepare claims for NYS Worker’s Compensation cases

Welcomes and greets patients/clients/visitors to the appropriate place in a manner that is helpful and friendly

Performs day-to-day administrative functions and general office duties including but not limited to word processing, copying, filing, faxing, answering phones and data entry

New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY

Administration Assistant at Alumni Office Sept 2013 – Dec 2015

Develop and organize student/alumni career programs with alumni and the career staff team

Assist and manage available networking opportunities between alumni and students. Contact alumni and schedule visits

Design and develop flyers, posters, bulletin boards specific to project given while adding creativity to each assignment

CONTIUING DEVELOPMENT

Primary Spine Care 2 Webinar, Texas Chiropractic College, Academy of Chiropractic, Setauket NY 2016

Spinal Trauma Pathology, Morphology of healthy and traumatized connective tissue and the permanency implication of adhesions, spinal disc morphology in the healthy and pathological patient as sequella to trauma in relationship to bulges, herniations, protrusions, extrusions and sequestrations. Aberrant spinal biomechanics and negative sequella to trauma.

Utilizing Research in Trauma, The ability of your electronic health records to convey tissue pathology while documenting case studies, field experiments, randomized trials and systematic literature reviews, Introducing evidence based macros in documentation to support the literature and necessity of care.

Chiropracitc Evidence, Analyzing segmental pathology, adjusting vs. mobilization with cervicogenic headaches, Opioid alternatives and case management of mechanical spine pain based upon outcome studies.

Chiropractic Spinal Adjustment Central Nervous System Processing, Literature reviews of mechanoreceptor, proprioceptor and nociceptor stimulation of later horn gray matter with periaqueductal stimulation affecting the thalamus and cortical regions with efferent distribution in disparate regions of the body in both pain and systemic stimulation.

Rocktape Functional Movement Technique: Basic & Performance Seminar 2016

Understand the physiological effects of kinesiology taping

Master functional taping and understands its role and use for the applications of rehabilitation, edema management, neuropathic pain, scar mobility and posture improvement.

Explore the concept of a longitudinal muscle chain approach to the elastic therapeutic taping and a myofascial sequencing model of “Taping movements, not muscles.”

Learn movement-screening techniques to identify faulty motor patterns in breathing, squat, lunge, step, push and rolling movements and taping strategies to enhance these motor patterns.

Master functional taping applications for Performance Chains

Integrate assessment of sport-specific movement patterns and the use of taping to improve sports performance

ConnectX Therapy (IASTM) Training Class: Spine/Thorax & Head/Neck 2015

An Instrument-Assisted Connective Tissue Therapy Class

Functional anatomy accuracy and precision stressed throughout the training

Indications, contraindications, diagnosis, pre- and post- treatment practices, rehabilitation, and case management discussed and practiced

The only instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) system utilizing evidence-based, research-reflective data to achieve continuous clinical improvement via NIH’s PROMIS® (National Institute of Health's Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System)

Sacro Occipital Technique Levels One & Two (the three categories-analysis & treatment) 2015

Hands-on seminar covered the anatomy and physiology of the three SOT category systems. The comprehensive evaluation and assessment procedures for assessing and treating a sacroiliac joint instability disorder (category two) with its complex of interrelated factors. In this class also covered is the trapezius fiber analysis and adjusting for the thoracolumbar region, the cervical stair step adjustment for the cervical spine, and the basic cranial adjustment for category two. All the treatment for lumbosacral disc herniation, piriformis muscle syndrome, and sciatica presentations (category three) and all of the treatments for sacroiliac joint fixation, pelvic torsion, and altered sacral nutation (category one) were covered. In this class the occipital fiber analysis and treatment for thoracolumbar regions and cranial techniques for category three and one, rehabilitation techniques, and transitioning between categories was taught.

CERTIFICATIONS

NYSCA Member

New York Chiropractic College Advanced Certificate: Wholefood Nutrition

C.P.R. Certified

First Aid Certified

Rocktape Certified

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH – native language

SPANISH – speak, read, and write with basic competence

References available upon request

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