| Background |
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| Mailing Address |
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Western University of Health Sciences
309 E. Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766-1854 |
E-mail: mseffinger@westernu.edu
Tel.: (909) 469-5634 (work)
Fax: (909) 469-5289
Cell: (310) 344-9697 |
| Professional Data |
| Degree: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University - College of Osteopathic Medicine 1988 |
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License: Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon, State of California, since 1989
Certified: American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians, 2000
American Board of Family Practice, 1992; recertified, 1999
American Osteopathic Board of Special Proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, 1999 (Now called American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine)
Competency in 'Osteopathy in the Cranial Field', 1998 Cranial Academy, component society of American Academy of Osteopathy, American Osteopathic Association
Fellowship: American Academy of Family Physicians, 1996
Hospitals: Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, CA 1999-present
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA 1991-98 |
| Educational Background |
1991-2008 Post-Graduate CME: 50-300 hours per year in Osteopathic Family and Manipulative Medicine
1989-91 Residency, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine
1988-89 Internship, Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, CA
1983-88 Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI: D.O. degree; Michigan Association of Osteopathic Physician and Surgeons Award of Excellence; Sigma Sigma Phi Academic/Service Honors Fraternity; Honors in Psychiatry
1983 Regional Occupational Program of Santa Cruz County, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA. License: Emergency Medical Technician I
1980-83 University of California, Santa Cruz: B.A. Psychobiology, College and Board Honors; 3.8 G.P.A.
1976-79 Aikido World Dojo, Shingu, Japan: 2nd Degree Black Belt
1975-76 Oriental Medicine Pain Control Clinic, Kyoto, Japan;
Seitai Kyokai (body structural adjustment school) Tokyo, Japan
1972-74 University of California, Santa Cruz
Majors: Psychology and Music
1969-72 Ulysses S. Grant High School, Van Nuys, CA
Academic Honors; 3.8 G.P.A. |
| Employment History |
Employment: Salaried Positions
2008- present Chair, Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
2005-present Associate Professor of Family Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine; Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
1999-2005 Assistant Professor of Family Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
1991-98 Family Physician at HealthCare Partners Medical Group (HCPMG), Inc., Gardena, CA . Lead Physician 1996-98
Employment: Teaching Experience
2005-present Associate Professor
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA; full time faculty position, tenured
1999-2005 Assistant Professor
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA; full time faculty position, tenure track
Invited Lecturer-Post-Graduate Continuing Medical Education Programs
Chair, Lecturer, Los Angeles County Osteopathic Medical Association CME lecture series, "Evidence Based Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine", January 2009.
Chair, Program Developer-American Academy of Family Physicians, National Annual Scientific Assemblies: 4-hour Hands-on Procedure Seminars in Manipulative Medicine. Manipulative Medicine for the Family Physician for patients with: "Mechanical Lower Back Pain"; "Upper Back and Neck Pain"; "Common Problems in Family Practice Responsive to Manual Medicine"; Annually 1995-2006, 2008.
Lecturer, monthly lecture series, Osteopathic Family Residency Programs at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, CA, (1197-2001; 2004-2008) and Downey Regional Medical Center, CA (2000-2001): various primary care topics from the viewpoint of "Osteopathic Principles, Philosophy and Manipulative Medicine in Family Medicine."
Lecturer, UC Irvine, School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency grand rounds, "Evidence Based Manual Medicine"; March and Dec. 2006; Jue and September 2008.
Annual Cranial Academy Conference: "Evidence Based Approach Applied to CV4." Tucson, AZ, June 21-24, 2007.
Co-chair, Research Opportunities in Osteopathic Manipulation: Training our Residents and Students Now National Research Conference. "Identifying Resources"; "The Informed Consent in OMT Research Workshop." Colorado Springs, CO, March 19-20, 2007.
American Academy of Osteopathy Annual Covocation 2007: "The Osteopathic Electronic Medical Record-eSOAP", Colorado Springs, CO, March 24, 2007.
American Osteopathic Association Annual Convention: "Plantar Fasciitis" and "Research Opportunities in Osteopathic Manipulation: Training our Residents and Undergraduates Now!" October 16-20, 2006.
American Academy of Osteopathy Annual Convocation: "Physiological Effects of OMT" lectureand "Improving Your OMT" and "eSOAP, an Osteopathic Electronic Medical Record" workshops, March 2006, Birmingham, AL. "Getting a Grip on it All", summary lecture, March 20, 2005, Reno, NV.
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California Annual Scientific Convention: "Headache and OMM"; Palm Springs, CA, February 19, 2005.
UCLA Pediatrics Pain Conference: "The Musculoskeletal Exam and Myofascial Pain"; Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 5, 2004.
Osteopathic Physician and Surgeons of California, Annual "Expanding the Osteopathic Concept, Basic Cranial Course": "The Primary Respiratory Mechanism"; "Balancing the Three Diaphragms"; "The Reciprocal Tension Membrane"; "Lateral Fluctuation of the Temporal Bones"; "Venous Sinus Drainage"; "Compression of the 4th Ventricle"; "Occipital Decompression"; "Frontal and Parietal Lifts"; "Cranial Strain Patterns"; "Cranial Biomechanics"; "The Temporal Bone-Troublemaker in the Head";1997-present.
The Cranial Academy, Basic Course in Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: "Fluctuation of the Cerebrospinal Fluid", "Cranial Nerve Entrapments", "The Temporal Bone"; "Occipital-Cervical Junction"; Tampa, FL, Feb. 2004.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Scientific Program, Kaiser Permanente Medical Corporation: "Evidence-based Spinal Manipulative Medicine"; Dana Point, CA, June 2002.
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, Assistant Chair: "Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Program". Lectures: "Evidence Based Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Update"; "Putting it All Together"; "Randomized Clinical Trials of the Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in Patients with Organic Disease"; "Evidence Based Overview of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field", June 2000, Dana Point, CA; February 2001, San Diego, CA; and June 2001, Dana Point, CA.
Continuing Medical Education Associates (CMEA) Lecture and workshop: "Evidence-Based Alternative Medicine Seminar: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine"; Scottsdale, AZ, May 1999 and May 2000.
Invited Lecturer-Medical School Education Programs
UC Irvine, College of Medicine, Neurology Lecture Series (for sophomore medical students): "Osteopathic Manipulation for Patients with Low Back Pain"; March 24, 2005; "Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine" an Itroduction to Manipulation Theripies Course, UC Irvine College of Medicine, Dec. 3, 2001.
Preceptor
Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, CA, Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency Program, 1993-2001
Monthly Medical Lecture Series Coordinator
HealthCare Partners, BayShores Medical Group, 1994-99
Director, Lecturer
Opportunities in Healing Forum, monthly meeting at Pacific Unitarian=Church, Palos Verdes, CA 1997-present
Post-Graduate Program Developer
Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, designed programs for Continuing Medical Education for Residency Faculty: Osteopathic Principles - Applications to Medical Specialties, with Philip E. Greenman, D.O., F.A.A.O., 1987-88
Curriculum Design, Developer
Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles (E.C.O.P. - national project that standardized the integration of osteopathic principles into the medical curriculum at all levels of training at all osteopathic medical schools), 1984-88
Instructor, Tutor, Table Trainer, Course Organizer
Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI 1983-88
Principal and Instructor
University Community School, alternative elementary summer school, Felton, CA 1982
English as a Second Languauge School, Shingu, Japan, 1977-79 and Santa Cruz, CA 1974
Non-professional Program Developer and Instructor
Seminars in Natural Healing: Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, Yoga, Meditation, Katsugen Undo, Shiatsu, Aikido; Movement Arts, East Lansing, MI, 1987-88
Santa Cruz County Courts-Related Schools, Conflict Management Program, 1981-83
Martial and Healing Arts, Aikido of Santa Cruz, CA 1980-83
Natural Healing Community Group, UC Santa Cruz, 1973-74
Teaching or Graduate (Research) Assistant
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1983-88
University of California at Santa Cruz, Dept. of Psychology, 1973
Employment: Research Oversight Experience
2009 Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), Bathesda, MD, Cervical Spine HVLA Sham Control Feasibility Study
2007-8 Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), Bathesda, MD, OMT for Carpel Tunnel Syndrome RCT
2007 Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain in Military Personnel, MILCAM grant, Samueli Institute for Informational Biology
2007 Grant Reviewer, National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), Bethesda, MD
2004-7 Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Multi-Center Osteopathic Pneumonia Study in the Elderly (MOPSE)
Employment: Legal Experience
2007-8 Medical Expert
2003-4 Medical Expert
2001 Medical Expert
Employment and Service: Editorial Experience
Managing Editor, Chair of Publication Committee (Service)
"California D.O.", Quarterly Journal, Offical Publication of the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC), 2004-2008
Associate Editor/Section Editor (Service)
Ward, RC, Ex. Ed. Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 3rd Edition, expected 2009; 2nd Edition, 2003; 1st Edition, 1997.
Editorial Advisory Board and Assistant to the Editor (Service)
Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), 1999-present
JAOA Editorial Advisory Board member, 2007-present
Editorial Assistant (Employment)
Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dept. of Biomechanics; assistant to Ernest W. Retzlaff, Ph.D. and Frederic L. Mitchell, D.O., F.A.A.O., in editing The Cranium and Its Sutures, 1986
Asssitant Editor (Employment)
Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Core Curriculum in Osteopathic Principles Project; Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1984-86.
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| Publications |
Books
1. Reinsch S, Seffinger MA, Tobis JS> The Merger:MDs and DOs in California. Xlibris Press, 2009. See www.lib.uci.edu/themerger and www.themerger.net or www.XLibris.com/TheMerger.html
2. Seffinger MA, Hruby RJ. Evidence Based Manual Medicine: A problem Oriented Approach. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, June 2007.
3.Ward, RC Ex. Ed.; Seffinger, MA, Associate Editor. Foudations for Osteopathic Medicine, 2nd edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2003 (First edition 1997).
4. Fox L, Van Dissel G, Chrisman J, Seffinger MA. Research Manual for Osteopathic Residents. Published online through American Academy of Osteopathy, Louisa Burns Research Committee , May 2002
Available upon request from Dr. Seffinger
Articles and editorials in Peer Reviewed Scientific Journals
1. Snow RJ, Seffinger MA, McGill SL. Vincent RA. DOs need to define value of osteopathic medicine. (Editorial) J Am Osteopath Assoc. July 2008,108(7):319-20.
2. Seffinger MA. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2008;108:239, 267. Review of: Nelson KE, Glonek T, eds. Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine. Available at: http://www.jaoa.org/cgi/content/full/108/5/239. Accessed June 3, 2008.
3. Rogers FJ and Seffinger MA. The Somatic Connection, a quarterly column summarizing research articles related to osteopathic medicine, osteopathic principles and osteopathic manipulation from other scientific journals. J Am Osteopath Assoc. April, July, November 2006; March, July, December 2007; April, May, July, November 2008.
4. Seffinger MA, Najm WI, Mishra SI, Adams A, Dickerson VM, Murphy LS, Reinsch S. Reliability of Spinal Palpation for Diagnosis of Neck or Back Pain: A Systematic Review of the Literature. SPINE 2004, Oct 1, 29(19): 413-425.
5. Najm WI, Seffinger MA, Mishra SI, Dickerson VM, Adams A, Reinsch S, Murphy LS and Goodman AF. Content validity of manual spinal palpatory exams - A systematic review. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2003, 3:1 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/3/1 It is also indexed in PubMed: http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/12734016
6. Seffinger MA, Najm WI, Dickerson VM, Gokhale DV, Goodman A, Adams A, Murphy LS, Reinsch S, Mishra SI: Spinal Palpatory Procedures: Annotated Bibliography of Content Validity and Reliability Studies. J Can Chiropr Assoc 2003; 47(2):93-109. Reprinted, JACA Dec12, 2003:22-32.
7. Murphy LS, Reinsch S, Najm WI, Dickerson VM, Seffinger MA, Adams A, Mishra SI: Searching Biomedical Databases on Complementary Medicine: The Use of Controlled Vocabulary among Authors, Indexers and Investigators. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2003, 3:3 (available online)
8. Murphy LS, Reinsch S, Najm WI, Dickerson VM, Seffinger MA, Adams A, Mishra SI: Spinal Palpation: The Challenges of Information Retrieval Using Available Databases. J Manipulative Physiol Ther, July/August 2003; 26(6):374-382.
9. Rogers FJ, D Alonzo GE, Glover J, Korr IM, Nichols T, Patterson MM, Seffinger MA, Willard F. Proposed tenets of osteopathic medicine and principles for patient care. J Am Osteopath Assoc, 2002; 102(2):63-65.
10. Friedman HD, Johnston WL, Kelso AF, Schwartz FN, Beal MC, Seffinger MA. Standardization of the hospital medical record for osteopathic structural examination: Part 2. Effects of an educational intervention on documentation of palpatory and structural findings and diagnosis. J Am Osteopath Assoc. Sept. 1996, 96:9, pp.529-536.
11. Seffinger MA, Friedman HD, Johnston WL. Standardization of the hospital medical record for osteopathic structural examination: Recording of musculoskeletal findings and somatic dysfunction. J Am Osteopath Assoc. February 1995, 95:2, pp. 90-96.
12. Zhu Y, Haldeman S, Starr A, Seffinger MA, Su S-H. Paraspinal muscle evoked cerebral potentials in patients with unilateral low back pain. SPINE. 1993; 18(8):1096-1102.
Abstracts in peer reviewed scientific journals
1. Ananyev D, Rodriguez Jr. C, Mercado R, Bagla A, Seffinger MA, Wagner E. CV4 Alters Autonomic Balance During Paced Breathing. J Am Osteopath Assoc. August 2008.
2. Bagla A, Ananyev D, Rodriguez Jr. C, Mercado R, Seffinger MA, Wagner E. Effect of an Osteopathic Manipulative Procedure on Psychoemotional Parameters. J Invest Med, 56 (31) January 2008.
3. Guinn K, Rodriquez C, Bucheli D, Alsip R, Seffinger MA, Smith M. Reproducibility assessment of the response to CV4 as measured by the laser Doppler flowmeter and electrocardiogram. J Am Osteopath Assoc. August 2007.
4. Hartinger J, Cloar N, Seffinger MA. Inter-rater reliability of rib strain-counterstrain tenderpoints. J Am Osteopath Assoc. August 2007.
5. Guinn K, Ali H, Seffinger MA, Glonek T. Validation of the laser Doppler flowmeter in measuring autonomic tone. J Am Osteopath Assoc. August 2006.
6. Guinn K, Seffinger MA. Effect of CV-4 on heart rate variability. J Am Osteopath Assoc. August 2006.
7. Veneziano MF, Seffinger MA, Gugelchuk G. The effects of cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) as measured by transcutaneous oximetry. J Am Osteopath Assoc, August 2004;104(8):341.
8. Murphy LS, Reinsch S, Najm WI, Dickerson VM, Seffinger MA, Adams A, Mishra SI. Spinal Palpation: The Challenges of Information Retrieval Using Available Databases. J Am Osteopath Assoc. Aug 2002;102(8):440.
9. Zhu Y, Haldeman S, Starr A, Seffinger MA, Su S-H. Paraspinal muscle evoked cerebral potentials in patients with unilateral low back pain. J Am Osteopath Assoc. August 1992.
10. Seffinger MA, Johnston WL. Relationship between musculoskeletal findings and somatic dysfunction. J Am Osteopath Assoc. July 1990.
Poster presentations at scientific meetings
1. Boroughf W, Seffinger MA. Anatomical validation of Jones counterstrain tenderpoint nomenclature - A feasibility study. Presented at the American Osteopathic Association Annual Research Convention, October 26, 2008, Las Vegas, NV.
2. Ananyev D, Rodriguez Jr. C, Mercado R, Bagla A, Seffinger MA, Wagner E. CV4 Alters Autonomic Balance During Paced Breathing. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation, March 28, 2008, Dallas, TX. Awarded both 2nd Place and Most Original Presentation in the Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee/National Undergraduate Fellows Academy student poster competition.
3. Guinn K, Rodriguez Jr C, Bucheli D, Alsip RL, Seffinger MA, Smith ML. Reproducibility Assessment of the Response to CV4 as Measured by the Laser Doppler Flowmeter and Electrocardiogram. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation, March 23, 2007, Colorado Springs, CO. Awarded both 1st Place and Most Original Presentation in the Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee/National Undergraduate Fellows Academy student poster competition.
4. Guinn K, Ali H, Seffinger MA, Glonek T. Validation of the laser Doppler flowmeter in measuring autonomic tone. Poster presentation at the American Osteopathic Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV, October 16-20, 2006 and at the American Academy of Osteopathy Annual Convocation. Birmingham, Alabama, March 22-26, 2006. Awarded 2nd Place in the Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee/National Undergraduate Fellows Academy student poster competition and 1st Place nationally at the AOA Research Convention with different data presentation.
5. Guinn K, Seffinger MA. Effect of CV-4 on heart rate variability. Poster presentation at the American Osteopathic Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV, October 16-20, 2006 and at the American Academy of Osteopathy Annual Convocation. Birmingham, Alabama, March 22-26, 2006. Awarded 3rd Place in the Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee/National Undergraduate Fellows Academy student poster competition.
6. Veneziano MF, Seffinger MA, Gugelchuk G. The effects of cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) as measured by transcutaneous oximetry. Poster Presentation: American Osteopathic Association Annual Scientific Convention, November 9, 2004, San Francisco, CA. Awarded 1st Place in resident poster competition.
7. Seffinger MA, Najm WI, Mishra SI, Adams A, Dickerson VM, Murphy LS, Reinsch S. Validity and Reliability of Spinal Palpation: Systematic Reviews. Poster presentations at the Osteopathic Collaborative Clinical Trials Initiative Conference V and American Academy of Osteopathy Annual Convocation, Colorado Springs, CO, March 15-21, 2004.
8. Fox L, Van Dissel G, Chrisman J, Seffinger MA. Interexaminer reliability in osteopathic structural examination procedures. Poster presentation. American Academy of Osteopathy Annual Convocation. Ottawa, Canada, March 2003.
9. Murphy LS, Reinsch S, Najm WI, Dickerson VM, Seffinger MA, Adams A, Mishra SI. “Spinal Palpation: The Challenges of Information Retrieval Using Available Databases.” Poster presentations at the AOA Annual Research Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 9, 2002 and at The 4th Annual Tamkin Symposium, UC Irvine College of Medicine, November 21, 2002.
10. Zhu Y, Haldeman S, Starr A, Seffinger MA, Su S-H. Paraspinal muscle evoked cerebral potentials in patients with unilateral low back pain. Poster presentation at the American Osteopathic Association Annual Scientific Convention, October 1992.
Chapters in Medical Textbooks
1. Seffinger MA. Reliability and Validity of Palpation, In Chaitow L, Palpation and Assessment Skills, 3rd edition, London:Churchill/Livingstone, in press due out March 2009.
2. Seffinger MA, King HH, Ward RC, Jones JJ, Rogers FJ, Patterson MM. Osteopathic Philosophy, chapter 1, in Ward RC, executive editor, Foundations For Osteopathic Medicine, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2003:3-18.
3. Centers S, Morelli MA, Vallad-Hix C, Seffinger MA. General Pediatrics, Chapter 22, in Ward RC, executive editor, Foundations For Osteopathic Medicine, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2003:305-326.
4. Seffinger MA. Development of osteopathic philosophy, chapter 1 in Ward RC, executive editor, Foundations For Osteopathic Medicine, first edition, Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1997:3-7.
5. Mitchell, Jr., FL. and Seffinger, MA.: "The future of cranial research" chapter in The Cranium and Its Sutures, Ernest W. Retzlaff and Frederic L. Mitchell, Jr., Eds., pp. 90-93, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1987.
Articles and editorials in non-peer reviewed publications
1. Seffinger MA. “The Potency of the D.O.-Patient Relationship.” Editorial in California DO Journal, Fall 2008. Sacramento: Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC).
2. Seffinger MA. “Stepping up to the challenge.” Editorial in California DO Journal, Summer 2008. Sacramento: Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC).
3. Seffinger MA. “Osteopathy in the cranial field: Has its time finally arrived?” Editorial in California DO Journal, Summer 2008. Sacramento: Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC).
4. Seffinger MA. Osteopathic Medicine: “The Great Synergizer.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Spring 2008. Sacramento: Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC).
5. Seffinger MA. “Honoring Osteopathic Physicians Serving on Military Bases in California. Editorial in California DO Journal.” Fall 2007. Sacramento: Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC).
6. Seffinger MA. “Paraspinal Inhibition OMT for Postoperative Ileus is Still Alive and Well in California.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Summer 2007. Sacramento: Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC).
7. Seffinger MA. “Maintaining the Legacy of the Journals Published by the California Osteopathic Profession.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Spring 2007. Sacramento: OPSC.
8. Seffinger MA. “An Osteopathic Electronic Medical Record Has Arrived!” Editorial in CaliforniaDO Journal. Fall 2006. Sacramento: OPSC.
9. Seffinger MA. “Economic Update: Reimbursement for Osteopathic Care is in the Process of Change.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Summer 2006. Sacramento: OPSC.
10. Seffinger MA. “A New Era in Osteopathic Continuing Education.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Spring 2006. Sacramento: OPSC.
11. Seffinger MA. “California State Occupational Analysis Validates Need for Separate Osteopathic Licensing Board.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Winter 2005. Sacramento: OPSC.
12. Seffinger MA. “Degrees of Association.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Summer 2005. Sacramento: OPSC.
13. Seffinger MA. “Evidence Based Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Spring 2005. Sacramento: OPSC.
14. Seffinger MA. “Evidence Based Medicine and the Bottom Line.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Fall 2004. Sacramento: OPSC.
15. Seffinger MA. “A Force of One.” Editorial in California DO Journal. Summer 2004. Sacramento: OPSC.
16. Seffinger MA. Book Review: “The Muscle Energy Manual. Volume 3. Evaluation and treatment of the pelvis. Mitchell, Jr. FL, Mitchell KG. East Lansing, MI: MET Press 1999.” Journal of the AAO. 2001
17. Seffinger MA. Book Review: “The Muscle Energy Manual. Volume 2. Evaluation and Treatment of the thoracic and lumbar spine by Mitchell, Jr. FL, Mitchell KG. East Lansing, MI: MET Press 1998.” Journal of the AAO. 2000
18. Seffinger MA: “The martial and healing arts,” article in The Nexus News, East Lansing, MI, 1987.
19. Seffinger, MA: “Integration of body, mind and spirit,” article in The Nexus News, East Lansing, MI, 1987.
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| Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants and Awards |
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2009 Special Recognition (outstanding service) Award, Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC)
2007 American Osteopathic Association Mentors Hall of Fame inductee.
2007-8 41st Trust Fund Research Grant, Consultant, “History of Osteopathic and Allopathic Relations in California”; $5,000 annually.
2007 Special Recognition (service and leadership) Award, Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC)
2005-7 41st Trust Fund Research Grant, Consultant, "Osteopathy in California", $20,000 (total grant award $98,000).
2004-5 MILCAM: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Military, grant administered through the U.S. Dept. of Defense in conjunction with the Samueli Institute for Informational Biology; Co-P.I.: "Feasibility of Assessing Standard Medical Care vs. Standard Medical Care Plus Spinal Manipulation for Military Active Duty Personnel with Acute Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study"; $175,000
2005 Most Valuable Physician Award, Osteopathic Physician and Surgeons of CA
2002-3 41st Trust Fund Research Grant; consultant on systematic reviews related to reliability and validity of spinal palpatory diagnostic procedures; $40,000
2001-2 41st Trust Fund Research Grant; consultant on systematic reviews related to reliability and validity of spinal palpatory diagnostic procedures. $18,000
2001-2 Intramural Research Grant, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, "History of Osteopathy in California". $1,000
2001 Distinguished Service Award, Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California
2000-2001 Pacific Hospital Trust Fund Grant, "Developing a Research Program for Residents in the Western University Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutes", $30,000
1999 Intramural Faculty Development Research Grant, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, "Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in Elderly Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia - a Pilot Outcomes-Based Study" $5,000
1997-98 The Stanley A. Golanty Award for Greatest Contribution to the Teaching Program at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, presented by the 1998 graduating intern class in Osteopathic Family Medicine
1997-98 Excellence in Service Award for Patient Satisfaction, HealthCare Partners Medical Group, Inc.
1996 Fellowship in American Academy of Family Physicians
1991 Forty-First Medical Trust grant for research project pertaining to Osteopathic Principles in Practice at UC Irvine, Dept. of Neurology; led to publication in SPINE: "Paraspinal muscle evoked cerebral potentials in patients with unilateral low back pain"
1988-89 American Osteopathic Association, Bureau of Research, Burroughs Wellcome Research Fellowship and American Academy of Osteopathy Research Grant: "National survey of medical records at osteopathic postdoctoral training hospitals: documentation of musculoskeletal findings and somatic dysfunction." $5,000
1988 Michigan Association of Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon's Award of Excellence in Osteopathic Principles in Practice
1984 NIH sponsored Summer Research Training Fellowship, Michigan State University: "Stem-cell growth in vitro", Dept. of Microbiology and Public Health
1983-84 Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Depts. of Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Public Health
1983 Lawrence Mills National Osteopathic College Scholarship, Highest Award, $4,000
1982 University of California Regents President's Undergraduate Fellowship and University of California, Santa Cruz Community Service Project Fund Grants: "Design and implementation of a conflict management program into the Santa Cruz County Courts-Related Schools".
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| Research Mentoring Experience |
1. Residents in Western University-Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute Educational Consortium:
Michelle Veneziano, D.O.: "The effects of cranial manipulation as measured by transcutaneous oximetry." 2002-4
Eric Lin, D.O.: "Quality Assessment study on compliance of osteopathic medical residents following an osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) protocol on hospital patients with shortness of breath." 2001-2002
Daniel Sciaroni, D.O.: "Preceptor expectation or house officer interest in OMT:
Which factor has greater influence on performance of structural exams in the outpatient setting?" 2000-2001 2. Osteopathic Medical Students at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific:
Kari Guinn: "Validation of the laser Doppler flowmeter as a measure of autonomic tone and the effects of osteopathic manipulation." 2005
Pedram Naeni: "Effect of posture, temperature and emotion on skin blood-flow velocity measurements." 2004
Laura Fox, Gigi Van Dissel and Jeremy Chrisman:
"Interexaminer reliability of osteopathic structural examination procedures." 2000-2002
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| Professional Service/Offices Held |
Trustee Board of Trustees, American Academy of Osteopathy, 2004-5; re-elected 2005-8; re-elected 2008-2011
Governor Board of Governors, American Academy of Osteopathy, 2000-2001; 2002-2011
Director Board of Directors, Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, 2004-7
Director Board of Directors, Osteopathic Center for Children, San Diego, CA 2005-present
Director Board of Directors, National Fibromyalgia Association, Anaheim, CA 2008-present
Director Board of Directors, Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, 2004-7
Delegate Representing California Osteopathic Physicians to the American Osteopathic Association House of Delegates, 2004-6, 2008
Chair Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee, American Academy of Osteopathy, 2005-9
Chair Bureau of Osteopathic Clinical Education and Research
American Osteopathic Association, 2007-2009
Chair Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Humanism (Self-Study) Panel, Western University of Health Sciences
Vice Chair Bureau of Osteopathic Clinical Education and Research
American Osteopathic Association, 2003-5
Vice Chair Bureau of Osteopathic Clinical Effectiveness
American Osteopathic Association, 2001-3; member 2000-2001
Vice-Chair Institutional Review Board
Western University of Health Sciences, 2001-present
Chair Post-graduate Research Committee
Western University of Health Sciences Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institute (OPTI), 2000-2002; member 1999-present
Member Forty-first Medical Trust Committee, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 2008
President Undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy, Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1985-86
President Council of Medical Students, Michigan State University (1200 students in 3 medical colleges: Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and Veterinary Medicine), 1985-86
Representative College of Osteopathic Medicine to Council of Graduate Students, Michigan State University, 1985-86
Representative University Area Residents Council to Council of Graduates, Michigan State University, 1985-86
Professional Service/Committees at Western University of Health Sciences 1999-present
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) Curriculum Committee, Faculty Senate, University Research Council Task Force, Institutional Review Board, COMP Research Strategic Plan Task Force, COMP Basic Science Chair Search Committee, COMP Promotion and Tenure Committee, Osteopathic Post-doctoral Training Institute Research and Osteopathic Principles and Practices Committees, WASC Accreditation study group.
Courses Taught at College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Freshman and sophomore level history and physical exam skills, differential diagnosis, osteopathic structural exam and osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), which is 210 hours per each year in the first two years of osteopathic medical training, critical reading of scientific literature, research in OMT, evidence based medicine and evidence based manual medicine, osteopathic history in California, osteopathic identity; oversee junior year clinical rotation in osteopathic manipulative medicine; proctor/instruct students at all levels in clinical application of OMT.
Faculty Development
- National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Grantsmanship Research Seminar, June 3-5, 2008
- National Board of Osteopathic Examiners Rater Training Seminars, annually 2006-2008
- Academic Boot Camp, Western University of Health Sciences, January 2008
- COMLEX test question writing training and experience 1999-present
Professional Affiliations
American Osteopathic Association, American Academy of Osteopathy, The Cranial Academy, Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, Los Angeles County Osteopathic Medical Association
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