Curriculum Vitae

 Dr. Steven B. Schram 140 E. 28th St. (1F) New York , NY 10016 (212) 696-4426

Formal Education and Certifications

Institution                                                     Degree          Dates             Focus                       

Gettysburg College                                        B.A.                1969-1973     Chemistry
University
of Maryland                                   Ph.D.              1973-1978     Chemistry
University
of Georgia                                     Post-Doc      1979-1980     Chemistry
Life University
                                                D.C.                 1980-1983     Chiropractic
Nat’l Board of Chiro Examiners                  Diplomate     1983               Chiropractic
Pacific
College of Oriental Medicine          L.Ac.               1993-1996     Acupuncture
NCCAOM                                                      Diplomate     1996               Acupuncture
Pacific College
of Oriental Medicine          Herbology    2006-2007     Herbology
NCCAOM                                                      Diplomate     2008               Herbology  

Professional / Work History

Private practice, Chiropractor & Acupuncture 140 East 28th Street , New York City , 1984-present.
Oxford HealthCare – Specialist Provider 1997-present.
 

Owner and Founder of Chapter 1 Software, Inc. a software company focused on providing    management solutions to medical and chiropractic offices. Founded 1982, Inc 1988.

Consulting Expert on Acupuncture Litigation, Smith & Brink P.C., Attorneys at Law, 350 Granite
Street, Braintree , MA 02184 2012-present

Consulting Expert on Acupuncture Litigation, Rivkin Radler, Attorneys at Law, 926 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY. 2011-present

Assistant Professor of Research, Life University, 1980-1984. 
Duties included supervisory role for undergraduate research assistants, budgeting and planning, research, publishing and conference proceedings, data analysis, grant applications, and teaching research methodology.

 

Consultant: Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (library archive/index project). 1983-1984

 

Graham Perdue Post-Doctoral research fellow, Chemistry Department, University of Georgia , 1979. Duties included varied aspects of research in a large, well-funded analytical research laboratory.

Research/teaching assistant, University of Maryland, 1973-1978. Duties included doctoral research and undergraduate teaching a variety of chemistry classes including a senior level class on electronic interfacing and computer applications to chemical analysis.

Computer Operator, Gettysburg College 1970-1973. Duties included operation, programming and teaching the use of an IBM 1130 mainframe computer system.

Public / Community Service

2011-2012         Member: AAAOM Council of State Associations
2010-present     Member and Vice Chair: NY State Board of Acupuncture (5 year appointment)
2010-present     Member: AAAOM Insurance Committee
2009-present     President: Manhattan Chapter of the NY State Chiropractic Association
2005-2012         Board Member: Acupuncture Society of New York (ASNY)
2007-2009         V.P. and then President: Acupuncture Society of New York (ASNY)
2005-2009         V.P.: Manhattan Chapter of the NY State Chiropractic Association
1980-1984         Grant proposal reviewer: Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research.
1983-1984         Editorial Review Board: J Manip and Physiol Ther.
1980-1984         Research Editor: Today's Chiropractic, published by Life University , Georgia .

Continuing Education

Course Name                                        Organization      Dates             CEUs
Ethics & Liability in Acupuncture                   ASNY                     10/2/2010          4 CEU
Acupuncture Panel Discussion (Leader)                                       9/19/2010          4 CEU
Gastrocnemius Palpatory Method                                                2/20/2010          5 CEU
Accounting in the Acupuncture Practice                                       2/21/2009          1.5 CEU
Spirit of the Herbs                                                                      6/10/2007          7 CEU
Vision, Nutrition, and Chinese Medicine                                       10/28/2006        6.5 CEU
Facial Rejuvenation  (Doran)                                                        10/23/2003        15 CEU

Level 1 Constitutional Facial Renewal            Chi-Akra                  10/2004 28 CEU
TCM Facial Rejuvenation Seminar                                               6/25/2005          14 CEU
Taoist Internal Organ Massage                      Ron Diana               6/1/2003            6 CEU
Treatment of P/E Disorders with TCM            P. Sionneau            6/9/2002            14 CEU

Deepening Understanding of Meridians           PCOM                    5/2002              7 CEU
The Energetics of Structural Balance                                           9/2000              12 CEU
Kiiko’s Style-In Practice Acupuncture                                          3/5/1999            6 CEU
Five Element Emotion Assessment                                             9/20/2008          15 CEU

Clean Needle Technique                               CCAOM                  2/11/1996         

NY International TCM Summit                        ATCMS                   11/1/2008          16 CEU
Clinical Ap of Jin’s 3 needle Technique           ATCMS                   2/2008              5 CEU  

Classical Five Element Acupuncture Part 1    AAAOM                  10/16/2008        4CEU
Classical Five Element Acupuncture Part 2                                                          4 CEU
Professional Ethics, Liability and Risk                                                                 4 CEU
General Session                                                                                                4 CEU

Koren Specific Technique                             Koren                     12/1/2007          16CEU
Koren Specific Technique                                                           10//8/2006         16 CEU  

Evidence-Based Healthcare…                       NYCC                     4/29/2006          10 CEU
The Art of Chiropractic                                                                4/21/2007          12 CEU
Mental Health and TCM                                LIOMA                    4/10/2005          14 CEU

  How to Systemize Your Practice                   NYSCA                   1/29/2005          3 CEU
Worker’s Compensation                                                                                     1 CEU
Treating the Lumbar Spine                                                                                  3 CEU
Chiropractic and No Fault                                                                                   1 CEU
Decoding Manual Therapy                                                                                   1 CEU
Chiropractic and Medicare                                                                                  2 CEU
Ethics                                                                                                               1 CEU
Outcomes Based Practice                                                                                  3 CEU
HIPPA Compliance                                                                                            2 CEU

Worker’s Compensation                               NYSCA                   10/1/2005          1.5 CEU
No Fault                                                                                                            1.5 CEU
Risk Management                                                                                             2 CEU
Prevention of Medical Errors                                                                                2 CEU

Medicare Update                                          NYSCA                   9/24/2010          2 CEU
Chiropractic’s Role in Managing Vertigo                                                              2 CEU
Low Tech Rehabilitation                                                                                      8 CEU
How to Avoid Medicare Audit                                                                               2 CEU
Worker’s Comp New Guidelines                                                                         3.25 CEU  

Core Zero Balancing                                     Upledger                3/25/2004          25 CEU
Somato Emotional Release                                                         9/19/1999          25 CEU
Visceral Manipulation IA Workshop                                             9/13/1998          25 CEU
CranioSacral Therapy Level II                                                      1/26/1992          25 CEU
CranioSacral Therapy Level I                                                       1/26/1989          25 CEU

Publications

Clean Needles for Acupuncture Safety, Michael Jabbour, MS, LAc, William Morris, DAOM, PhD, LAc and Steven Schram, PhD, DC, Lac, Acupuncture Today, June, 2010, Vol. 11, Issue 06

Minimally Invasive Techniques of Ocular-Facial Rejuvenation eds. Zilkha & Bosniak, published by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. Chapter 18 Traditional Chinese Medicine: Its Approach to Facial Beauty. (2005)

Tefillin: An Ancient Acupuncture Point Prescription for Mental Clarity, SB Schram, Journal .of Chinese Medicine., October 2002, 70.

A critique of applications of the euler equation to the human spine, EF Owens, SB Schram, RS Hosek, J Manip Physiol Ther,1983 Jun;6(2):67-70.

Computerized paraspinal skin surface temperature scanning, a technical report, SB Schram, RS Hosek, EF Owens, J Manip Physiol Ther, 1982 Sep;5(3):117-21.

Error limitations in X-ray kinematics of the spine, SB Schram and RS Hosek, J Manip Physiol Ther, 1982 Mar;5(1):5-10.

Humic acid fractionation using a nearly linear pH gradient, MA Curtis, AF Witt, SB Schram and LB Rogers, Anal Chem 1981 Aug;53(8):1195-9.

Characterization of micro-porous polystyrene-divinylbenzene copolymer gels by inverse gel permeation chromatography, DH Freeman and SB Schram, Anal Chem, 1981 Aug;53(8):1235-8.

High voltage paper electrophoresis of organic compounds in aceto-nitrile, MA Tshabalala, SB Schram, FG Gerberich, DW Lowman and LB Rogers, J Chromatgr, 1981;207(3):353-63.

The LDC Basic Book on Liquid Chromatography, SB Schram, Milton Roy Company, St. Petersburg, FL., 1980.

Cervical Manipulation, RS Hosek, SB Schram, HL Silverman and JB Myers, JAMA, 1980 Dec.

X-Ray Error Analysis Using Orthogonal Image Techniques, SB Schram, and HL Silverman, ICAJ, 1980 Oct.

Characterization of LC stationary phases by inverse size exclusion chromatography, SB Schram and DH Freeman, J Liq Chromatogr, 1980 Mar;3(3):403-17.

Correlation of alkane size with liquid-gel permeation: Gauch conformational isomer effect, DH Freeman and SB Schram, Anal Chem, 1979 Nov;51(11):1855-6.

Stationary phase characterization and laboratory automation, SB Schram, Doctoral Thesis, 1978 University of Maryland.

Switchboard for experimental and computer networking, SB Schram and DH Freeman, Anal Chem, 1978 Sep;50(9):1403-4.

Conference Presentations

2010 Practice Management Panel, ASNY, Fall 2010

2008 Plenary Session Speaker at New York TCM Summit , Astoria , Queens (11/1/2008)

1982 World Chiropractic Conference, Venice Italy , Three-dimensional x-ray analysis of pre-post cervical manipulations, SB Schram.

1981 Biomechanics Conference on the Spine, Use of orthogonal imaging techniques for analysis of cervical movements, SB Schram.

1980 Biomechanics Conference on the Spine, Analysis of Errors in Three-Dimensional X-Ray Techniques, SB Schram.

1980 Haldeman Conference of the Spine, Application of Three-Dimensional X-Ray Techniques to the Cervical Region of the Spine, Conference Proceedings, SB Schram, HL Silverman and RS Hosek.

1980 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Non-Aqueous Electrophoresis of Model Compounds, Conference Proceedings, SB Schram, F Gerberich, DW Lowman and LB Rogers.

1980 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, LC Stationary Phase Characterizations, Conference Proceedings, SB Schram and DH Freeman.

1979 National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC, Small Molecule Calibration Using Inverse Gel Permeation Chromatography, Conference Proceedings, SB Schram and DH Freeman.

1978 Middle Atlantic Regional ACS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Porosity of Porous Polymers, Conference Proceedings, SB Schram and DH Freeman.

1976 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Data Logging on Magnetic Tape, Conference Proceedings, SB Schram and DH Freeman.