Sep 11, 2019
Donald Murphy, author of Clinical Reasoning In Spine Pain, was the guest today. We cover how he was able to successfully integrate high quality spine care into a hospital setting and his mission to develop an army of high quality professional called the Primary Spine Practitioner (PSP).
Check out the PSP Program at the University of Pittsburgh here.
CRISP Education and Research site
Dr. Donald Murphy DC Bio:
Dr. Murphy is a chiropractic physician
with over 30 years of experience in practicing, teaching and
consulting in Primary Spine Care.
Dr. Murphy is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of
Family Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy,
University of Pittsburgh. His other faculty appointments
include Professor, Part-Time University Faculty at Southern
California University of Health Sciences and Adjunct Associate
Professor of Research at New York Chiropractic College.
Dr. Murphy has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of
Chiropractors in the United Kingdom. He has also served on the
Expert Panel for several spine care guidelines, including those of
the American College of Environmental and Occupational Medicine,
American College of Physicians and American Pain Society.
Dr. Murphy has nearly 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and book chapters. He teaches in the certification course for Primary Spine Practitioners offered by the University of Pittsburgh.
His recent books, Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain, Volume I and Volume II serve as the required texts for that course for Primary Spine Practitioners offered by the University of Pittsburgh. His recent books, Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain, Volume I and Volume II serve as the required texts for that course.
His consulting activities include assisting hospitals, healthcare
systems and insurers implement high-value spine care services
through Spine
Care Partners, LLC and providing consulting services for
existing and aspiring Primary Spine Practitioners through
the Primary
Spine Practitioner Network . He also provides Primary
Spine Practitioner training services to chiropractic and physical
therapy institutions to assist them in developing a course leading
to PSP Certification as well as Expert Witness and other
medicolegal services.